ISB Sets New Benchmarks With its Class Of 2007

ISB Sets New Benchmarks With its Class Of 2007
Increases Class Size, Becomes One of the Largest B-schools in the World *

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Students Reject International B-school Offers for the ISB

The current class has many students who have rejected offers from B-schools in USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Singapore, and have chosen to study at the ISB. Some of the renowned B-schools from whom the students received and rejected offers include Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia Business School, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Purdue University, INSEAD, University of California, Los Angeles, National University of Singapore, and several others.

"On evaluating various options, I chose ISB because it offers the latest and best in global management practices and draws faculty from the top B-schools in the world. Moreover, the students here are drawn from a variety of backgrounds making the experience at the ISB even more interactive and unique," said Yashovardhan Gupta, a student who has rejected an offer from Carnegie Mellon University.

Women Numbers Go Up

Another highlight of the new class at the ISB is the significant increase in the number of women students. The ISB, which has always encouraged women to take up a management career, has seen an upward trend year after year in women student intake. The number of women students, which has gone up to 87 from 67 last year, represents 20% of the Class of 2007, which is comparable to some of the leading European B-schools.

Unity in Diversity

Keeping up the ISB tradition, the Class of 2007 comes from varied academic backgrounds and diverse work experience. Some are doctors, some are from the Indian armed forces, others are entrepreneurs, architects, model/actor, urban planner, chef, etc. Students with interesting industry backgrounds like media, advertising, real estate and social services have also joined the ISB this year.

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Contributed by -
Ms. Bhuvana Ramalingam,
Director - Communications,
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

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