IBA Bangalore MBA Admission 2025: Check Details USPs, Fees, Placements, Academics of this high ROI B-School

Established in 2001, Indus Business Academy (IBA) Bangalore is a leading B-school which has established a tradition for excellence and quality. Sharing the focus on quality management education, Dr Manish Jain, Chairman, IBA Bangalore said, “We aim to build managers and leaders who are hardworking, who believe in dignity of labour, who are team players and pragmatic, having their foot firmly on ground.” Check why you should consider applying to IBA Bangalore to pursue your MBA/PGDM.

Table of Contents
1. IBA Bangalore: Key Highlights & USPs
2. IBA Leadership
3. IBA PGDM Program & Specialization
4. IBA Bangalore Fees 
5. IBA Bangalore Placements 
6. IBA Bangalore Seats for PGDM Program
7. IBA Bangalore Scholarships, Fee Waivers & Awards
8. IBA Admission Eligibility Criteria 
9. How to Apply for IBA Bangalore Admission 
10. IBA Bangalore Admission Process
Read detailed explanation for each of the points above.

1. IBA Bangalore: Key Highlights & USPs

• Accreditations: PGDM at Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore is both Internationally and Nationally Accredited. It is Accredited by IACBE (Approved by CHEA) USA and is the 19th among the 58 B – Schools (Out of 5000+ B – Schools in India) to get an International Accreditation. It is also accredited by NBA (National Board of Accreditation). Recently, IBA also received SAQS Accreditation for 5 years. 
• Ranking: IBA is ranked # 42 in MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2024; IBA was ranked among top 125 B-schools in Govt of India, MHRD NIRF Ranking; World Consulting & Research corporation (WCRC) has certified IBA (process evaluated by KPMG) as one of Asia’s fastest growing Institutes.
• AICTE Approved: IBA PGDM is approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and is accorded MBA equivalence by Association of Indian Universities (AIU). 
• Moderate Fee: IBA Bangalore Fees for 2 Years PGDM programme is Rs. 10.32 lakhs only, which is much lower than any other good B-school. 
• Strong IBA Bangalore Placements 2023: IBA has a consistent record of good placements. 100% Placements are completed with Average salary going up at Rs. 7.96 LPA and Highest Salary at Rs.22.26 LPA.
• Top Recruiters: More than 100 companies participate in IBA placements. Top recruiters include Colgate, Federal Bank, KPMG, TCS, Landmark Group, BYJU’s, Berger paints, Deloitte, CIPLA Elexes, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, Info Edge, PwC, Godrej & Boyce, Tech Mahindra among others.
• Innovative Pedagogy: IBA differentiates itself from other B-Schools by its innovative pedagogy and its teaching excellence. Regular Guest Lectures, company visits and panel discussions help students relate books with reality. Courses like Emotional Intelligence, Critical thinking, Transition Management, Managing Business Disruption and Social Entrepreneurship are taught in depth. In addition, they are also certified by KPMG in Six Sigma, in entrepreneurship by EDII & NEN (Wadhwani Operating Foundation, USA) and in Business Strategy through Capstone course offered by CAPSIM, USA.

2. IBA Leadership and IBA Faculty – Experienced Mentor 
Dr. Manish Jain is the Chairman (Founder & CEO) of IBA Bengaluru. Dr Jain holds a B.E. (Mechanical), PGDBM (Finance), MBA (Marketing) and Ph.D. Dr. Subhash Sharma is the Dean, IBA Bengaluru. He holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Ph.D from University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles. IBA Faculty consists of many well experienced and talented professors. Check details below.

Name of Faculty	Designation	Qualification	Academic Exp(Yrs)	Industry Exp(Yrs)	Area of Specialization
Dr. Subhash Sharma	Chief Mentor & Senior Professor	PhD (University of Southern California, USA), PGDM (IIM Ahmedabad)	48+	5+	General Management
Dr. Subhendu Dey	Director & Professor	PhD (AMU), PGCPM (IIM-K), B.E. (Mechanical)	30+	1+	Strategic Management, SCM & Sustainable Development
Dr. S. Ramesh	Professor	PhD, FCS & FICS (UK), M.Com, MBA (Marketing), MBA (Finance), LLB	28+	16+	Finance
Prof. J. B. Shetty	Sr. Asst. Professor	B.Sc., Diploma in Footwear (Canadian Institute of Footwear Technology), MDP (IIM –Calcutta)	16+	32+	Sales, Marketing & Retail
Dr. R. Ravi Sankar	Professor	PhD, M.S., ACS, ACMA, PGDPM, B.Com	20+	22+	Finance
Dr. M R Suresh	Professor	PhD , PGDRM (IRMA)	25+	13+	Marketing and Strategy interface, Product Management, Marketing Research, Social enterprises
Dr. Suranjan Bhattacharya	Professor	B.Sc(Physics Hons), CAIIB, FCMA,ACIB(UK), PhD,(CPA)	12+	36+	Finance and Banking
Dr Bijay Krishna Bhattacharya	Professor	PhD, M.Phil, PGDBM, M.Com, CAIIB, MBA (Finance)	15+	29+	Banking & Finance
Prof. V. Suresh Chandra	Asso. Professor	M.Tech. (IIT Madras), B.Tech. (IIT Kharagpur)	18+	30+	Operations Management, Quantitative Techniques
Dr. AravamudhanNR	Professor	PhD, UGC (NET), M.Phil, MBA, B.com	24+	0	Human Resource Management
Dr. Manish Jain	Asso. Professor	PhD, PGDBM (Finance), MBA (Marketing), BE (Mechanical)	13+	14+	General Management
Prof. Shailendra Kadre	Professor of Practice	M.Tech.(Design Engg), IIT Delhi; MS(AI), LIJM University, UK; PGD, AI, IIITB; PMP; Lead Auditor, IT Security	4+	30+	AI/ML/Business Analytics, Information Technology, Project Management, Manufacturing Operations Management
Prof. Prashant Kulkarni	Sr. Asst. Professor	MA (Economics), PGDM	20+	2+	Economics & Finance
Prof. Narendra Babu B V	Sr. Asst. Professor	MBA, BE (Mechanical)	11+	8+	Marketing
Dr. Nagendra G. Hegde	Sr. Asst. Professor	PhD, BBA, MBA (Marketing)	11+	12+	Marketing
Dr. Anju Kumar	Professor	PhD, MBA, B.Arch	19+	3+	Human Resources Management
Prof. B.M.Gourish	Sr. Asst. Professor	MSW, PGTD	11+	25+	Human Resource Management & Employee Relations
Prof. Ramesh Murty	Asst. Professor	MBA (IIFT, New Delhi), B.Tech (IIT Madras)	4+	30+	Operations Management
Dr. Muruganandham Rajagopal	Asso. Professor	Ph.D(Management), Ph.D(Y.Sc, USA), M.Phil(Management), DYT, MBA, B.E(Mechanical Engineering)	2+	25+	Operations Management & Business Analytics
Prof. Santanu Saha	Asst. Professor	PGDM, B.Sc. (Comp. Sc.), Bachelor of Information Technology	10+	8+	Sales & Marketing
Prof. Bhavya Kalra	Sr. Asst. Professor	MBA, PGPM, BBA	11+	1+	Finance
Dr. Krishna Kumari	Asst. Professor	PhD, MBA(Finance), M.Com	13+	2+	Finance
Prof. Pargat Singh Sidhu	Asst. Professor	PGDM (Marketing & Finance), BBA (Industry Integrated)	2+	10+	Sales & Marketing
Ms. Jenita Saji	Asst. Professor	MA (English Literature), MA (Industrial Psychology), BA-Sociology, Psychology, Communicative English (Triple Major)	3+	2+	English Language and Communication
Dr. Krishnan Hariharan	Associate Professor	B.E(Mech Engg), MBA, Ph D	15+	17+	Business Analytics
Pavankumar Ramachandran	AGM – Learning and Development	PhD (Pursuing), MBA, MSW (Psychiatric Social Work), PGDWCD, B.Com	1+	17+	HR Management: Training and Development, Employee Engagement and Talent Acquisition, Coaching and Mentoring.
Prof. Sathyan Subbiah	Assistant Professor	PGDM	1+	18+	Entrepreneurship

3. IBA PGDM Program & Specialization
IBA offers following PGDM programs:

• 2 Year Full Time AICTE Approved Residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
• 2 Year Full Time AICTE Approved Residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM-General)

IBA Bangalore offers these PGDM programs with a wide range of industry relevant specializations.

IBA PGDM Specializations
IBA offers diverse specializations in its PGDM Programs as below

• Business Analytics
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Human Resources
• International Business
• Marketing
• Operations
• Retail Management

4. IBA Bangalore Fees 
The 2 years IBA Bangalore Fees for PGDM and PGDM General 2025-25 batch is Rs. 10.32 lakhs only. 

5. IBA Bangalore Placements
Over the years, IBA Bangalore has recorded consistently high placements. Here are key details:

• IBA Bangalore Average Salary in Placement 2024: IBA Bangalore Average Salary in PGDM Placements 2024 has stood at Rs.7.96 LPA. 
• IBA Bangalore Highest Salary in Placement: In Placement 2024 IBA Bangalore highest salary is Rs.22.26 LPA.
• IBA Bangalore Top Recruiters: IBA Bangalore Top recruiters include Colgate, Federal Bank, KPMG, TCS, Landmark Group, BYJU’s, Berger paints, Deloitte, CIPLA Elexes, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, Info Edge, PwC, Godrej & Boyce, Tech Mahindra among others
• Sector Wise Placements: A good number of core companies have shown interest in campus hiring. This year, 24% of the offers made at IBA Bangalore are from the core industries. Recruiters from Diverse Sectors including Banking, Finance, Fintech, FMCG, Food and Beverages, HR Consulting, Insurance, Internet and E-commerce, IT and Retail participated in IBA placements 2023. Banking & Finance emerged as the top recruiting sector with 29% placements followed by Retail and FMCG with 18% placements.

Check more details of IBA Bangalore Placements.  

6. IBA Bangalore Seats 
Indus Business Academy has 240 seats for its PGDM and PGDM-General 2025-27 batch as below:

Program Offered	Seats
PGDM	180
PGDM-General	60
Total Seats	240

7. IBA Bangalore Scholarships, Fee Waivers & Awards: Worth in Crores
IBA Bangalore offers Fee waivers, number of scholarships and awards to its deserving students.

7.1 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Scholarship
Student/s having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 60% or above in Class X, XII, Graduation and having percentile/Composite Score as mentioned below in the Entrance Tests would be awarded Scholarships as below:

CAT 2023 / XAT 2024 / GMAT or GRE (after July, 2023)	MAT 2023 & 2024 / ATMA 2024	CMAT 2024 (As per format of results published by CMAT)	SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT (Rs.)
85 percentile or above	Composite Score of 750 or above	above 95 percentile OR AIR 1-999	Rs.1,00,000
80 to 84.99 percentile	Composite Score of 700 to 749	90 to 94.99 percentile OR AIR 1000-2499	Rs.  80,000
70 to 79.99 percentile	Composite Score of 650 to 699	80 to 89.99 percentile OR AIR 2500-3999	Rs.  70,000
60 to 69.99 percentile	Composite Score of 600 to 649	70 to 79.99 percentile OR AIR 4000-4999	Rs.  60,000

7.2 Scholarships: Based on Academic Record
Students who meet below mentioned criteria will be awarded one of the following scholarships. A student will be awarded the best option, if eligible for more than one scholarship

• "Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Scholarship ‘: Student/s having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 60% or above in Class X, XII and Graduation, would be awarded a Scholarship of Rs.50,000/-
• ‘Sardarar Vallabhbhai Jhaveribhai Patel Memorial Scholarship’ : Student/s having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 70% or above in Class X, XII and Graduation, would be awarded a Scholarship of Rs.60,000/-
• ‘Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Memorial Scholarship’: Student/s having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 80% or above in Class X, XII and Graduation, would be awarded a Scholarship of Rs.70,000/-

7.3 IBA Fee Waiver Scheme for Deserving Students
IBA Fee waiver scheme is applied for the benefit of deserving students coming from economically weaker section. The scheme is need based

Scheme Name & Applicable Year	Amount	No. of Students to be benefitted	Eligibility criteria
Mother Teresa Fee Waiver: 1st Academic Year	Rs.25000 to Rs.35000	10 Students	Economically weak and Need based
Tirthankara Mahavira Swami Fee Waiver: 2nd Academic Year	Rs.25000 to Rs.35000	10 Students	Economically weak and Need based
Shri BML Jain Memorial Special Scholarship for wards of Defence & CRPF Personnel -2nd Academic Year	25% Fee Waiver on Academics	Wards of Defence & CRPF Personnel	Defence & CRPF Personnel wards
OBSM (Overseas Business Studies Mission)- 2nd Academic Year	Opportunity for International Study Programme (OBSM)	Deserving students visit1 B-Schools and corporations in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai	Top 50% performers in Academics at the end of 1st year

7.4 IBA Bangalore Awards Scheme for Students
IBA Bangalore confers following awards to deserving students in first year as well as in second year and at the time of Convocation.

Awards	Amount (Rs.)	No.	To whom Conferred
Swami Vivekananda Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to Topper in Academics in 1st Trimester
Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to 2nd Topper in Academics in 1st Trimester
Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to Topper in Academics in 2nd Trimester
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to 2nd Topper in Academics in 2nd Trimester
Dr. B.R Ambedkar Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to Topper in Academics in 3rd Trimester
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to 2nd Topper in Academics in 3rd Trimester
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to Topper in Academics in 4th Trimester
Jayaprakash Narayan Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to 2nd Topper in Academics in 4th Trimester
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to Topper in Academics in 5th Trimester
Rani Lakshmi Bai Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to 2nd Topper in Academics in 5th Trimester
Rabindra Nath Tagore Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to Topper in Academics in 6th Trimester
Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Award	12,000/-	1	Given to 2nd Topper in Academics in 6th Trimester
SPECIAL AWARDS GIVEN AT CONVOCATION

Awards	Amount (Rs.)	No.	Eligibility Criteria
Dr. Anil Agarwal Memorial Award	51,000/-	1	Best IBA student (who excels in Academics, Discipline, Team Leadership & Extracurricular activities in all the 6 Trimesters of the course)
Shri B.M.L Jain Memorial Award (Gold Medals)	11,000/-	–	This award is given to the students along with the Gold Medal who scores more than 8.7 CGPA at the completion of the PGDM Programme
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Memorial Award (Silver Medals)	11,000/-	–	This award is given to the students along with the Silver Medal who scores more than 8.3 CGPA at the completion of the PGDM Programme
Smt. Gyanmati Devi Jain Memorial Scholarship	15,000/-	1	This Scholarship is given to a student who excels in different/unique areas like Research initiatives etc. (varies every year)
Smt. Padma Devi Jain Memorial Award	10,000/-	2	This award is given to top two students of the Batch on their performance during the Corporate Internship Programme as per the criteria decided by the Institute

IBA Bangalore MBA Admission 2025 Open: Apply Now

8. IBA Admission Eligibility Criteria 
IBA Admission 2025 is open. Check admission eligibility criteria below.  

• IBA Bangalore eligibility criteria require that the candidate must hold a bachelor's degree of minimum 3 years duration in any discipline, with at least 50% marks or equivalent
• For SC/ST/OBC & other reserved category Candidates the minimum required percentage of marks is 45% in graduation.
• The candidate should have appeared in at least one of the MBA entrance exams - CAT/XAT/CMAT/MAT /ATMA/GMAT/GRE/GATE.
• IBA will also accept score of State MBA entrance exams like KMAT and PGCET. 
• A candidate appearing for the final year bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed the degree requirements and are awaiting results are also eligible to apply

9. How to Apply for IBA Bangalore Admission? Step by Step Application Process
IBA Admission 2025 is open. Application for MBA Admission at IBA Bangalore should be filled up and submitted online at the institute’s website. The IBA Application process is shared below:

• Step-1: Fill the Online Application form by login with IBA user ID and password. You will receive it after registering for admission on IBA website.
• Step-2: Fill Up all personal details & click on Save & Continue
• Step-3: Fill up academic details from class 10 onwards
• Step-4: Fill in details about your work experience, if any
• Step-5: Enter details about family background. Enter all the information regarding parent's / guardian’s address, email ID, telephone number, and mobile number 
• Step-6: Enter program name you are applying for, GD-PI Centre
• Step-7: Make payment of application fee online. Application Fee can be paid through Credit Card / Debit Card / Internet Banking / Demand Draft.
• Step-8: After payment of the application fee and submission of the application form, you will receive a PDF copy of filled application form on your registered primary email id.

The application process for IBA Bangalore Admission 2025 is open. Apply Now. 

10. IBA Admission: Final Selection Weightage
IBA Admission 2025 is open. Final admission offer by IBA Bangalore for PGDM batch will be made on following parameters:

Scores of Aptitude Test (list of accepted tests given under Eligibility Criteria)	20 marks	Original Score Card will be verified during Personal Interview
Consideration of Bachelor Degree Marks, 12th Standard, 10th Standard Marks & Work Experience / Extra-curricular activities	35 marks	10 Marks each for Bachelor Degree, 12th and 10th Standard. 05 marks for Work Experience / Extra-curricular activities
SOP (Statement of Purpose)	10 Marks	Assessment will be done at GD-PI Centre
Group Discussion (GD) or Personal Interview (PI) 1	35 marks
Personal Interview (PI)*
Total	100 marks

*It is necessary for an applicant to clear the Personal Interview round for Admission at IBA.

Hope you found this article on IBA Bangalore admission 2025 helpful in taking MBA admission decision. IBA Admission 2025 is open. Apply Now. 

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