IIMB in Spotlight
IIMB’s PGPEM Enters Global Top 100 in FT EMBA Ranking 2025
IIM Bangalore’s Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM), the institute’s weekend MBA for working professionals, has achieved a major milestone by securing #72 globally and #2 in India in the Financial Times Executive MBA (FT EMBA) 2025 Ranking. The rise reflects strong alumni outcomes, with a significant jump in salary increase—from 68% to 82%—highlighting the programme’s impact on career growth. The presence of international participants this year further signals PGPEM’s expanding global appeal.
Launched in 1998, the PGPEM supports experienced professionals in advancing their managerial capabilities without pausing their careers. The programme’s practice-oriented curriculum and emphasis on real-world application remain central to its value.
IIMB also recorded notable gains across sustainability, research, and inclusion metrics. Carbon Footprint Rank improved from #83 to #23, and the FT Research Rank climbed from #97 to #68. Representation of women increased across faculty, students, and Board membership, reinforcing the Institute’s commitment to diversity.
IIM Bangalore Completes 2026 Summer Placements with Strong Hiring Momentum
IIM Bangalore successfully concluded summer placements for the PGP and PGP-BA 2025–27 cohorts, with all 601 students receiving offers from 137 organisations. Consulting emerged as the top recruiting domain, contributing 46% of all offers, a sharp rise from last year. Investment Banking and E-commerce roles also saw strong demand, while Healthcare recorded a 70% increase in offers. Nearly 30% of recruiters participated for the first time, reflecting deepening industry confidence.
Prof. Nishant Kumar Verma, Chairperson of Career Development Services, commended the students’ performance and the seamless coordination between the Placement Committee and CDS Office. Recruiters also praised the efficiency of the process and the talent pool.
Legacy recruiters across consulting, FMCG, general management, technology, and finance continued strong hiring, with Accenture Strategy making a record number of offers. With the largest cohort among all IIMs, this placement season underscored IIMB’s strong industry reputation and enduring recruiter trust.
IIMB’s Prof. Abhay Sobhanan Wins Prestigious 2025 INFORMS TSL Collaborative Grant
Professor Abhay Sobhanan, Young Faculty Research Chair in the Decision Sciences area at IIM Bangalore, has been awarded the 2025 TSL Cross-regional Collaborative Grant by the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society. He shares this recognition with Professor Christof Defryn of the University of Antwerp. The award was announced at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta, USA.
The grant supports global research partnerships in transportation science and logistics. Professor Sobhanan’s work focuses on optimising transportation networks and supply chains, with an emphasis on equitable workload allocation. His research integrates methods such as integer programming, neural combinatorial optimisation, and machine learning to address complex logistics challenges.
His publications in top journals—including Transportation Science, Computers & Operations Research, and Annals of Operations Research—have earned international recognition, including a finalist position for Best Paper at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference in Canada. The award reinforces IIMB’s growing impact in advanced analytics and logistics research.
IIMB Doctoral Student Gopinath Annadurai Selected for UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship
Gopinath Annadurai, a doctoral scholar in the Public Policy area at IIM Bangalore, has been selected for the prestigious UNU-WIDER Visiting PhD Fellowship in Helsinki. He joined the programme last month. His research explores local governance, social stratification, and structural shifts in rural India, with a focus on how changing production systems and demographic patterns influence social organisation.
At UNU-WIDER, Gopinath will advance his project titled ‘India Lives in Her Hamlets: Asymmetric Caste Segregation in Rural India’. Using census-scale datasets, his study examines intra-village caste segregation and its implications for inequality across rural communities.
The fellowship enables him to deepen research aligned with his doctoral dissertation at IIMB, while engaging with global scholars working on development and inequality. His selection reflects the growing visibility of IIMB’s Public Policy research in international academic circles.
IIMB’s Anshika Gambhir Selected as India’s Sole Delegate to Berlin Global Dialogue 2025
Anshika Gambhir, from IIM Bangalore’s one-year MBA for experienced professionals (EPGP), has been selected to represent India at the Berlin Global Dialogue (BGD) 2025, hosted by ESMT Berlin from 22–25 October. She is the only Indian delegate and the first EPGP student from IIMB to receive this distinction.
The programme brings together 29 students from 18 universities across 15 countries to explore how multipolarity can support global growth and stability. The Berlin Global Dialogue is an internationally recognised forum that convenes world leaders, policymakers and CEOs to discuss challenges such as climate transition, geopolitical shifts, technological innovation, and global inequality.
Past speakers include Ursula von der Leyen, Piyush Goyal, Ola Källenius, and Christian Sewing. Anshika’s selection underscores the academic calibre of IIMB’s EPGP programme and reflects the Institute’s growing global presence in leadership and policy dialogues.
