B.M.L. Jain, ChairmanIndus Business Academy, Bangalore

Centers of Excellence

  1. Management Research
  2. Strategic Research Units / Research Tracks (RT)
  3. E - Learning
  4. AIMS-IBA CMR
  5. Human Values

IBA Centre for Management Research

IBA is committed to development of its own intellectual capital. In this endeavour, it has established IBA Centre for Management Research. This centre promotes management research through ‘IBA Knowledge Family’ consisting of its core and visiting faculty as well as scholars from other institutions with interest in IBA’s research agenda and research endeavours and those practitioners who are interested in joining IBA’s research network. It has identified several research tracks for continuing research and undertakes sponsored research projects.

Strategic Research Units / Research Tracks (RT)

IBA faculty members undertake research in their areas of interest. The following are some of the Research Tracks (RTs) of contemporary relevance on which IBA faculty members are currently working :

RT1 Management Thought and Management Perspectives
Focus of this research track is on the evolution and development of management thought and its future direction in terms of many new age perspectives with respect to concept of management. This research track explores dynamic relationship between Market, Society and Self in the context of ‘holistic globalisation’.

RT2 Practical Spirituality and Human Development
Focus of this research track is on the application of the concept of spirituality in day-to-day activities with a view to improve human relationships and thereby contribute to human development. It explores the role of spirituality and spiritulisation to create work - life balance and achieve the goal of holistic development of human beings.

RT3 Indian Business Approaches
Focus of this research track is on study of Indian Business Approaches as well as distinctiveness of Indian Business Philosophy. It also traces the development of Indian business through the ages and takes a full spectrum approach to the study of Indian business and entrepreneurship highlighting the role of ‘nano sector’, micro and medium size enterprises and the mega corporates. It also focuses on globalisation of Indian business.

RT4 Sectoral Studies : Strategic & Managerial Perspectives
Focus of this research track is on study of various sectors of economy from the strategic and managerial viewpoint. Framework of ‘Forward Engineering’ constitutes the foundation for these sectoral studies. It analyses the changing competitive advantage of various sectors of the economy and suggests the remedial actions for improving the same.

RT5 Social Transitions and Transformations
Focus of this research track is on social transitions, movements and transformations and their impact on the Corporates, Government, NGOs and other institutions in the society. It focuses on issues such as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Good Governance, Social Entrepreneurship etc.

IBA Centre for e-Learning (IBACeL)

This centre addresses the critical need of academic augmentation of the new age managers and CEOs without disturbing their jobs through e-Learning.

Curriculum:: IBACeL will provide initially a 1- year programme in Management titled ‘Post Graduate Program in e-Learning’ (PGPeL) split into two semesters. The courses that will be taught during the curriculum will primarily be decided on the basis of industry requirements hovering over fundamental concepts of Indian management practices.

Pedagogy:: Initially the Centre will run on a distance education mode, later on the Centre will escalate its capabilities as a full scale
e-Learning initiative.

AIMS - IBA Centre for Management Research (AIMS-IBA CMR)

Established in October, 2007 to give impetus to original research in Management, with collaborative participation of Indian Management scholars with IBA. Association of Indian Management Scholars (AIMS) International has lent strengthening support to this initiative through a MOU signed at Assumption University, Bangkok leading to establishment of AIMS - IBA Centre for Management Research.

Spandan - IBA Centre For Human Values

A collaborative research initiative between IBA and Spandan Foundation for Human Values, Noida, it aims at propagation and inculcation of human values as integral to work ethics and culture. The assumption and experience is that such inculcations of value orientation enables an organization to achieve and maintain an optimal balance between Results and Relations, thereby enabling it to realize its Mission as best as possible.

It has already started its activities by organizing First Spandan - IBA Annual Award in Human Values for professionals in Management, Administrators and Entrepreneurs which was at IBA Campus, Greater Noida.