IIMB ranked No.1 in India, enters top 30 globally in FT Masters in Management 2025
Bengaluru (PTI): IIMB on Monday said its postgraduate programme in Management is ranked No. 1 in India and No. 28 globally (up from No. 41 in 2024) in the Financial Times Masters in Management (FT MiM) 2025 ranking.
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is now the only Indian business school to feature in the global top 30, officials said in a statement.
"The FT MiM ranking reaffirms our promise of delivering a transformational experience that leaves a lasting impact on students, practitioners, industries, and society," said U Dinesh Kumar, Director-in-Charge, IIMB.
"We have always maintained a competitive edge through inclusive practices," said Mukta Kulkarni, Dean of Programmes and Chairperson, Office of International Affairs. She added that the 2025 FT MiM ranking "reflects the diversity cultivated across IIMB’s faculty, student body, alumni, and governing board."
"Access to a world-class cohort and consistent interactions with some of the most exciting thinkers and decision-makers of our time have contributed to this outcome," she said.
The FT MiM ranking evaluates the world’s top business schools across 19 criteria, with "alumni feedback accounting for 56 per cent" of the weight and school data comprising the remaining 44 per cent, the statement added.
By factoring in outcomes such as employment, return on investment, diversity, ESG, and internationalisation, the assessment provides a holistic measure of institutional performance, it further said.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
