About The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) & ICFAI Business School (IBS-Hyderabad)

The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) is a deemed-to-be-university established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, of the Government of India. Prof. C. Rangarajan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, is the Chancellor of IFHE. The IFHE has a 91-acre lush green campus in Hyderabad with a built-up area of over 16 lakh square feet. The campus is fully residential, Wi-Fi enabled, and equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. Hostels, along with a wide range of indoor and outdoor games facilities, are available. The IFHE has a large and well-qualified faculty pool, comprising mostly doctoral degree holders with rich industry experience. The faculty members are involved in research, case development, and industry consultancy.

IBS, Hyderabad, is a constituent of the IFHE, Hyderabad, Telangana, a deemed-to-be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. Since its inception in 1995, IBS has grown impressively and achieved widespread recognition from industry, academic circles, and professional bodies. It is a premier business school that has been consistently ranked by independent rating agencies as one of the top business schools in India. It was one of the first three business schools from South Asia to receive SAQS accreditation from the Association of Management Development Institutions of South Asia (AMDISA) in 2006. IBS is the first business school in India to be accredited by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for all three programs it offers – BBA, MBA, and PhD. IFHE has also been accredited by the premier national accreditation agency, NAAC, with an ‘A++’ grade and a CGPA score of 3.59/4.00. It has also received a rating of A** from CRISIL and ICRA. IBS Hyderabad is one of the few B-schools that incorporate a 100% case-based methodology into its pedagogy. It offers high-quality programs, including BBA, MBA, Executive PhD, and PhD, to a diverse range of students, executives, and professionals. All the above programs are campus-based residential programs. IBS Hyderabad also conducts MDPs for industry executives and FDPs for faculty members of business schoolss