IBS, Hyderabad is a constituent of the IFHE, Hyderabad, Telangana, a deemed-to-be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. Since inception in 1995, IBS has grown impressively and achieved widespread recognition from industry, academic circles and professional bodies. It is a premier business school that has been consistently ranked by independent rating agencies as one of the top B-Schools of India. It was one of the first three business schools from South Asia to get SAQS accreditation by AMDISA (Association of Management Development Institutions of South Asia) in the year 2006. IBS is the first business school in India to be accredited by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) for all the three programs it offers – BBA, MBA and PhD. IFHE has also been accredited by the premier national accreditation agency, NAAC with 'A++' grade with a CGPA score of 3.59/4.00. IBS, Hyderabad has also received a rating of A*** from CRISIL. IBS, Hyderabad is one of the very few B-Schools which incorporate 100% case methodology in its pedagogy. It offers high quality programs such as BBA, MBA, Executive PhD and PhD to a wide cross section of students, executives and professionals. IBS Hyderabad also conducts MDPs for industry executives and FDPs for faculty members of business schools.