XLRI earns AACSB accreditation for management, doctoral programmes

AACSB International Accreditation

One of India’s premier business schools XLRI - Xavier School of Management has earned accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) for its flagship management and doctoral programmes.

This is the second coveted international accreditation for XLRI after the one by Association of MBAs (AMBA), which the institution received in 2015, an XLRI release said.

"It takes a great deal of self-evaluation and determination to earn the AACSB Accreditation and I commend XLRI Jamshedpur for its dedication to management education, as well as its leadership in the community," said Robert D. Reid, Executive Vice President and Chief Accreditation Officer of AACSB International.

XLRI Director Father E Abraham said, "The AACSB accreditation is an important milestone for XLRI, India's oldest management school founded in 1949.

Founded in 1916, AACSB International is known worldwide as the longest standing and most recognised professional accreditation body in the field of business education at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level.

XLRI has joined a select group of global business schools which have received AACSB accreditation for their doctoral programmes. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Indian School of Business, Institute of Management Technology, TA Pai Management Institute are other top Indian institutes accredited by AACSB International.

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