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Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH),

Greater Noida Earns Prestigious AACSB Accreditation: Joins

Ivy League of Top Global B-Schools

irla Institute of Management Technology, happy to receive the confirmation of AACSB accreditation.
B Greater Noida, has received the prestigious I congratulate the faculty, staff, students, and all other

stakeholders for making it possible. This prestigious award
AACSB Accreditation. With this coveted
international recognition, BIMTECH has joined
presence in the global arena of management education"
the elite club of AACSB b-schools in India and abroad. will be a game changer for BIMTECH in establishing its
Industrial Visit of Students
The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH),
PGDM (Insurance Business Management) programme had
a 3-day industrial visit to Rudrapur Industrial Area,
Uttarakhand, in October. As a part of the industrial visit,
students visited India Glycols Ltd., a petrochemical company.
India Glycols is a leading publicly listed company that
manufactures bulk, specialty, and performance chemicals
The US-based accrediting body, i.e., the Association to
and natural gums, spirits, and nutraceuticals.
Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Dr. R. K. Sharma, the Head of the Sustainability
accreditation, is considered to be the gold standard in
Department, and Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Head of HR, played
management education. It provides a framework of 15
host and facilitated the visit. They gave students and
international standards against which business schools
accompanying faculty a presentation about Indian glycols
around the world can assess the quality of their education.
and on various production processes happening at the plant.
BIMTECH has now joined the Ivy League, with AACSB
The purpose of the visit for students was to provide them
accrediting less than 6% of the world's top business schools.
with real-world experience to help them understand the risks
Now there are four IIMs with AACSB accreditation, and the
that organisations face and how to assess risk assessment
total number of Indian business schools with AACSB
and suggest suitable insurance products for risk
accreditation has gone up to 21 from 19 earlier.
management.
In an official statement sharing the news, Stephanie
M. Bryant, Executive Vice President and Chief
Accreditation Officer of AACSB, congratulated
BIMTECH and its entire team for their roles in earning
this respected honour.
Smt. Jayashree Mohta, Chairperson of the Board of
Governors at BIMTECH, was happy to reach this
milestone. She said, "This well-known international
award shows that our institute is committed to
continuous improvement to drive innovation in
teaching, research, curriculum development, and
student learning."
BIMTECH Director, Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi said: "I am

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