Institute for Financial Management and Research

IFMR Graduate School of Business
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TypePrivate business school
Established1970; 55 years ago (1970)
AffiliationUniversity Grants Commission (UGC)
Vice-ChancellorDr. Nirmala Rao
DeanDr. Lakshmi Kumar
Location
Sri City
,
Andhra Pradesh
,
India

13°33′07″N 79°59′43″E / 13.551884°N 79.995392°E / 13.551884; 79.995392
CampusUrban Residential
Websitekrea.edu.in/ifmrgsb/

IFMR - Graduate School of Business at Krea University is a private business school located at Sri City, in Andhra Pradesh, India, about 70 km from Chennai. IFMR offered a 2-year PGDM program which is accredited by AICTE till 2016. Currently, it offers a 2-year MBA program. It is an approved institution by the University of Madras for pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Finance, Economics and Management.[1]

Programs

MBA: The MBA program is a two-year full-time program with six trimesters and two months of summer internship. The program was launched in the year 2000 and currently offers core specializations in Finance and Accounting, Marketing, Human Resource and Operations. The other specializations offered in this program are Quantitative Finance, Economics, Data Science & Information Systems, and Strategy Management. The sanctioned annual intake is 180 students for this program.[2]

Executive Programs: IFMR provides executive programs viz. consulting, certificate as well as fully customized training programs and management development programs, and has to date trained over 15,000 middle and senior managers across various functional disciplines from government, banking, public and private sectors.[3]

PhD: IFMR offers PhD programs in affiliation with the University of Madras and IIT Madras. Disciplines offered include Economics, Finance & Accounting, HR & OB, Strategy and Operations Management.[4]

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Accreditation

IFMR GSB is accredited by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the university has been a member of SAQS (South Asian Quality System) since December 2017 for a period of five years. SAQS is run by AMDISA (Association of Management Development Institutes in South Asia).[5] The college has received recognition from the CFA Institute (USA) which allows meritorious students to get scholarship opportunities for the program.

References

  1. ^ "About Us | IFMR". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ^ "MBA — IFMR".
  3. ^ "MDP at IFMR GSB | Management Development program in India". Premier & Leading B-School of India |Best MBA in Finance| Data Science. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ "PHD — IFMR".
  5. ^ "Rankings & Accreditation". Premier & Leading B-School of India |Best MBA in Finance| Data Science. Retrieved 2 May 2021.