Education, Careers & Professional News
IIM-A The reluctant champ
Source
TOI
Date
2005-06-17
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A survey on Indias best institutions of higher education has reconfirmed what most already knew: That the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is still, unquestionably, the best B-School in India.
Ironically though, not too long ago, the six IIMs had taken a joint decision to abstain from such ranking surveys, except for a select few international ones conducted by the likes of Business Week and Financial Times. So is IIM-A angry at being declared numero uno, despite abstaining from the competition? The news did come as a bit of a surprise, says Indira Parikh, Dean, IIMA, adding that the institute did not divulge any information to the survey team.
But shouldnt everyone participate in such surveys so that students get a better idea? Professor in the Faculty of Management Studies, MSU, Kiran Joshi says: Sometimes an institution reaches a level where it doesnt need to be ranked. It is like trying to rate Shah Rukh Khan or Amitabh Bachchan. Anup Singh, director, Nirma Institute of Management, though, doesnt agree. The survey may not have required active participation from the institutes themselves. However, it is desirable for institutes to participate in such surveys so that information can be disseminated among the student community, he says.
Most students agree that such surveys sometimes help them make an informed choice. Nobody really thinks these surveys are completely accurate. Often, undeserving institutes get unexceptionably high rankings. But overall, they give us a general idea regarding resources and placements, says Ashita Mehta, waiting to crack the CAT next year.