The Indian Institute of Management- Ahemdabad's food and agri-business management (PGP-FABM) program has been ranked number 1 for the year 2017, on global scale. This ranking has been given by the Paris based ranking agency which specializes in higher education.
A read from official press release
"The two-year PGP-FABM offered by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has been ranked as number one in the world by Eduniversal, France for the year 2017," the IIM-A said.
The institution attributed to the success of the program and said that this course provides cross-functional management exposure to the students who came into management field from the fields like agriculture, food sciences, engineering, biotechnology and life sciences.
"This prepares the participants to take up challenges in this sector- focused problem-solving. The alumni from this program are playing a key role in shaping up policies and addressing the needs of this sector," the institute added.
The same course is offered by France's ESSEC Business School, USA' Corness University, Australia's University of Melbourne and Argentina's University of Buenos Aires has been given the rank second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.
About the course
- IIM-A's PGP-FABM is a full time two year program.
- Topics such as food processing, commodities and rural development sector and rural infrastructure are covered
- Every year 46 students are selected for the course.
About Eduniversal, France
Best Masters Ranking by Eduniversal provides detailed assessment of the Master's and MBA program on global scale and has been designed to help students so that they can discover the best options for their graduate studies.