Welcome to the IBS®

The mission of IBS^® is to develop ethically grounded, professional managers who can add value to the organizations and communities in which they function. IBS^® provides a high-quality learning experience that is designed to develop managers who can meet the challenges of the world of business with competence and confidence.

IBS^® gives utmost importance to value-based education in the form of

Academic freedom for the faculty and students, that enables intellectual growth and encourages open and honest expression of ideas and views.

Equal opportunity for all, without discrimination.
A supportive environment that develops and sustains the potential of the faculty and students.
Community service and involvement.
Commitment to ethics.

The Hub and Spokes Model

IBS^® follows a hub and spokes model of operations.

In this system, the hub is located at the IBS^® headquarters at Hyderabad. All centralized activities like admissions, development of courseware, establishing procedures for standardized evaluation, etc., are undertaken at the hub.

The IBS^® Executive Council, consisting of the Director, IBS^®, and the Directors/Deans/Coordinators of all the IBS^® campuses, is the apex body that regulates the operational and academic functioning of IBS^®. The Executive Council reviews the operations of the individual campuses and takes decisions on all centralized academic and operational issues.

The spokes are the individual IBS^® campuses, at different locations across the country. They are responsible for delivering high-quality instruction based on the common program structure and curriculum of the University. They are also responsible for providing the requisite academic infrastructure (library, computer support, well equipped classrooms, and certified faculty), maintaining discipline, developing a strong industry-institute interface, and taking care of placements.

The individual IBS^® campuses operate independently. Each campus is administered by a Director/Dean/Coordinator with the help of an Advisory Board, a Faculty Council, a Student Council, and Alumni Chapters.

High academic standards are ensured at all the IBS^® campuses through well-structured pedagogy processes and quality assurance systems.

The program structure, the core courses and electives, and the syllabus are common for all IBS^® campuses.
Courseware (textbooks, workbooks, and books of reading) are developed centrally and provided to all the campuses.
All students are provided with laptop computers with the necessary software.
Academic delivery, including the session plans and the cases handled, is conducted according to a common weekly schedule at all the campuses.
Faculty selection for all the IBS^® campuses is carried out by a common Faculty Selection Board, and is based on uniform norms and quality standards.
All the campuses have access to the same rich set of industry databases, academic databases, and software. The libraries of all the IBS^® campuses have access to databases like EBSCO, Science Direct, Emerald Management Xtra, Reuters Business Insight, Marketline, EIU Viewswire, Word Development Indicators, CMIE, Cygnus MBA Knowledge Pack, etc.
All academic resources and other infrastructure resources across all the campuses are administered according to uniform norms.
Faculty forums, workshops, and seminars are organized regularly to facilitate exchange of ideas between campuses and improve teaching effectiveness across all campuses.
Faculty Development Workshops are frequently conducted at all the campuses to provide opportunities for self-development to the faculty members.
Systems are in place for the continuous monitoring of academic processes to ensure that delivery and evaluation schedules are adhered to, and uniform quality is maintained across all campuses.
Student activities, including the organization of management festivals and guest lectures, are encouraged and implemented by the campuses.
Placement of students is centrally monitored at the hub and executed at all the individual campuses by strong placement teams.

While the campuses carry out the complete process of academic delivery as per the guidelines from the hub at Hyderabad, they also undertake other unique activities for their own development.

This system ensures a uniform quality of academic delivery, faculty, placements, and facilities across the family of IBS^® campuses, and also gives the individual campuses the independence to develop and grow on their own.

This balanced mix of centralization and decentralization has worked successfully for more than a decade, and today, IBS^® can be proud of its 16,500 alumni, who after passing out from the multi-state network of IBS^® campuses, are contributing successfully to 900 organizations both in India and abroad.

The profiles of individual IBS^® campuses are provided in the subsequent sections.