The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's position in the Financial Times’s 'Top full-time global MBA programs Rankings' has moved up to number 26 this year (2015) from its current number 30 position last year (2014), said a release from the B-school on Wednesday. IIMA Director Ashish Nanda in an official release underlined the institute's commitment to attracting and nurturing a diverse community to achieve the best learning experience for the institute. "Rankings are indicators of how we are doing, compared to other institutions, and provide an insight into what we are doing well and what we need to work on more. Our students have a rich learning experience recognized by the recruiters, as evidenced by our high ranking in the salary of graduates, value for money, career progress, and placement success metrics. We lag other institutions on measures of gender diversity and international composition." While attributing the premier B-school's improvement in rank to "the result of achieving our goals, rather than the goal itself", the Director added, "We have made changes to our admissions approach to encourage individuals with diverse and international backgrounds to apply to IIMA and continue to make efforts through globally advertised chaired professorships and faculty fellow positions to introduce more diversity in our faculty as well."
