IIFM is India’s first integrated higher education institute in the domain of management and financial education. Started by top banker’s and industry leaders, IIFM has the distinction of marrying education to employment that no institute has done earlier. This was also observed last year when IEDRA (Indian Economic Development & Research Association) awarded IIFM for the greatest contribution to the corporate sector. This award was presented after considering more than 1000 institutes across India. This year IIFM is the recipient of the 'Rajiv Gandhi Education' award. IIFM has also been ranked No. 1 in the Competition Success Review(CSR) B-School Survey in the category of 'Emerging -Schools'. The governing council at IIFM includes 30 luminaries from the corporate and academic sector. These include people like Dr. George Mentz (Global Chairman at American Academy of Financial Management), Dr. Rudy Hasl (Dean at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego), Vikas Shahdadpuri (Arizona State University), Dr. Dilip Pandit (Edinburgh University), Varsha Parab (Director, NMIMS University), Vikas Agnihotri (CEO of Religare Macquarie), Vineeta Yadav (GM – HR at Godrej), Saurabh Singh (Europe Head for ABN Amro Bank), and several other CEOs and top managers.