IBA students are trained to be competent by every managerial measurement, strategic leadership, people-skills, management, information technology, public relations, innovation and integrity being some of the critical ones.
The academics, learning and activities at IBA are designed and delivered to enhance competency.
Value-added Academics
- Constantly evolving curriculum which is focused on contemporary needs
- Slick blend of core business subjects and functional dual specialization
- Synergy between education and practice
- Industry interfaced, knowledge based and technology enabled
- Capstone business simulation programs
- Knowledge and current affairs
- Emphasis on decision making and problem solving
- Augmentative skill-building and personality development training
- International exposure
Encompassing Learning
- Progressively accelerated lessons
- Case studies and research driven projects
- Expert faculty from academics and industry
- Presentations, discussions, interactions and lectures
- Integrative learning – seminars, workshops and conferences
- Mentored and self-driven erudition
- Sprawling purpose-designed State-of-the-art integrated residential campus
- Extensive repository of off-line and on-line knowledge resources
Distinctive Activities
- Summer internship project
- Regular industry visits
- Overseas business study mission
- Club-driven curricular activities
- CSR and cultural initiatives
- Group dynamics and team work
- Engagement with apex academic and industry bodies
Dr. Subhash Sharma
Chief Mentor & Senior Professor, IBA, Bengaluru
PGDM IIM-A, Ph.D.(University of Southern California (USC) LA, USA)
Prof. Subhash Sharma, holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Ph.D from University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles.
He is a leading Indian management thinker and has authored many path breaking books like Omega Circle: New Perspectvies in Management & Leadership, Conversations on the Remaking of Managers, New Ideas in Strategic Thinking & Management: A Knowledge Tree of New Age Mantras, From the Edge of Chaos: Dialogues Amongst Social Theory & Practice, Wisdom & Consciousness from the East: Life, Living & Leadership (this book is also published in French, Leadership Par La Sagesse & La Conscience: Tresors & Secrets de l’ Orient au Benefice de l’ Humanite). His other books, New Earth Sastra, Management in New Age, New Mantras in Corporate Corridors, Creation from Shunya, Quantum Rope, Arrows of Time, Market’s Maya and Shunya Poems, are also known for their creative ideas with literary touch. He has published a number of thought provoking articles on management, leadership and social concerns, in journals of national and international repute. His innovative approach of ‘Corporate Rhymes’ has drawn worldwide attention.
As an institution builder, Dr. Subhash Sharma has assisted in the development of WISDOM (Women’s Institute for Studies in Development Oriented Management) at Banasthali University; has been the Founder Director of Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore and is also a Founding Member of Indus Business Academy.
He has received several Excellence & Achievement awards for his significant contributions including the ‘The Innovative Leader Award’ at the Global Leadership Conference, 2006, ‘AIMS International Outstanding Editor Award’ for the AIMS International Journal of Management for 2008, and ‘AIMS International Fellow’ in 2009.
He has been conferred the title of ‘Academic Rishi’ by PES University MBA Department and the ‘Management Guru’ award by MTC Global in 2015. He was also recently awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by AIMS International on 26th December 2016.
His research work has also been used by the Honorable Supreme Court of India for a very important judgment.