S. Vishnu Sharma
IIM Calcutta’s achievement is all about the great rank it secured in the recently declared Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings 2020.
IIM Calcutta has been ranked second in India and second in Asia among the five Indian B-schools listed in the rankings.
IIM Calcutta’s achievement
The institute also has secured 21st rank globally in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2020 for its flagship two-year Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programme.
IIM Calcutta’s achievement reflects the high quality of education provided by the institute and the outcome of successful employment and career progression among the MBA programme’s alumni.
Categories taken into account in the rankings include alumni career progress, school diversity and international experience and research.
IIM Calcutta’s achievement became possible as it excelled in several criteria in these categories which include the salary of graduates three years after graduation, salary percentage increase and career progress of alumni since graduation, and the effectiveness of career services with jobs upon graduation.
There is more to it than meets the eye. IIM Calcutta also did well in terms of diversity including the percentage of female faculty and percentage of female students, international faculty, international board members and international course experience.
A good performance in all these areas have also made for IIM Calcutta’s achievement materialise.
Speaking about IIM Calcutta’s achievement, Professor Anju Seth, director, IIM Calcutta said the great rank demonstrates that the IIM Calcutta MBA program is a powerful launching pad for their graduates to contribute to business and society in leadership positions.
‘We congratulate our alumni for their remarkable accomplishments. IIM Calcutta’s achievement is a moment of pride for all of us.’
Besides being the motivation for us to buttress the leadership position IIM Calcutta holds in several criteria, the rankings are also a great source to inform our strategic decisions.
In line with our vision of global eminence, our continuing endeavour is to further promote curricular relevance, international engagement, and diversity for a dynamic learning experience that positions our
students as global leaders.
IIM Calcutta had an advantage over its competitors as the only B-school to be a part of the prestigious CEMS.
The Global Alliance in Management Education or CEMS is a cooperation of leading business schools and universities with multinational companies and NGOs.
The CEMS Global Alliance includes 33 academic institutions on five continents, nearly 70 corporate partners and seven social partners from around the globe.
Other parameters that are considered in the rankings include value for money ranking, involvement of women in the Institute’s board, international student in-take, international mobility ranking of alumni, faculty with doctorates and other languages known.
There is a long list of achievements for IIM Calcutta. IIM Calcutta’s achievement is no ordinary by any means, it is a reiteration that good work which brought the institute the present glory will continue in the years to come.
About IIM Calcutta
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry.
Over the years, IIM Calcutta has grown into a mature institution with global reputation, imparting high quality management education.
It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalizing Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level programs, Executive Training Programs, Research and Consulting Activities.
The vision of the Institute is to emerge as an International Centre of Excellence in all facets of Management Education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values.
Over the past four decades, IIM-C has developed into one of Asia’s finest Business Schools. Its strong ties to the business community make it an effective mechanism for the promotion of professional management practices in Indian organizations.
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Today, IIM-C attracts the best talent in India to its faculty and the best and brightest young men and women pursue its academic programs.
The residential experience is the foundation of the IIM Calcutta culture, which promotes teamwork and the building of lifelong relationships.
Students and partners live on or near campus, making social events and shared activities a way of life.
Through a core curriculum which stresses general management skills and advanced elective and seminar courses, IIM Calcutta students have access to a preeminent faculty of thought leaders.
To its students, IIM-C offers intellectual depth, abundant resources, and individual attention.
To the alumni, it provides a lifelong connection to excellence. To the world, it has a commitment to develop ethical and responsible leaders.
Another of IIM Calcutta’s achievement was seen on the placement front recently.