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

About The Conference

The International Conference on Business and Finance is an annual flagship conference of the Finance and Accounting Department of IBS, Hyderabad. ICBF-2026 is the 18th edition of it. ICBF, since its inception, has consistently attracted the best researchers from all over the country and the Asia Pacific Region. The conference has been graced by Industry Luminaries, Policymakers, and Impactful Academics as keynote speakers since its inception. It is one of the few popular conferences for disseminating research in Business and Finance. Participants in past conferences have carried considerable feedback to refine their work for impactful publications. The International Conference on Business and Finance 2026 (ICBF–2026), the flagship annual event of the Department of Finance and Accounting at ICFAI Business School, invites papers for its 18_th edition, to be held at IBS-Hyderabad on April 10_th–11_th, 2026. Academicians, researchers, doctoral students, and practitioners are invited and encouraged to submit research papers in all areas of finance accounting.

• Conceptual Papers/ Empirical Papers/ Theoretical Papers
• Case Studies/White Papers/Practice Papers

Paper Submission Guidelines

All submissions received in accordance with the guidelines will be double-blind reviewed. The full papers must contain an abstract of a maximum of 250 words, along with the following sections: Purpose of the research, Motivation, Methodology, Main results, and Practical Implications. For practice papers, authors may include sections on business context, analytical problem, proposed solution, and insights. The authors should clearly indicate the theme under which they want their paper to be considered. Conceptual Papers/ Empirical Papers/ Theoretical Papers should be between 4000-6000 words long, while Case Studies/ White Papers/ Practice Papers may be of 1500-3000 words. Authors of the Cases will be required to submit a Teaching Note for those cases that are considered for publication.

The papers should be submitted in Word format, using Times New Roman font in 12-point size with 1.5 line spacing. The Title/Cover Page shall contain the Paper Title, Author(s), Affiliation(s), Contact Details (e-mail ID & phone number). The authors should clearly indicate whether they are faculty members, research scholars, or practitioners in their respective fields of affiliation.

Note: Abstract submissions will be considered only for presentation and publication of the book of abstracts. They will NOT be considered for awards and publications.

Registration Fee

Publication Opportunities

Accepted papers will be sent for consideration for publication to one of the following journals based on their suitability to the aim and scope of the respective journals. Please note that the final decision of acceptance or rejection will be at the discretion of the editors of the Journals.

The following are the journals for the ICBF-2026 conference: (More journals may be added to the list)

1. The IUP Journal of Accounting Research & Audit Practices (ABDC-C, Special Issue)
2. The IUP Journal of Corporate Governance (ABDC-C, Special Issue)
3. The IUP Journal of Applied Economics (ABDC-C, Special Issue)
4. Edited book from Reputed Publisher (details will be updated shortly)