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GIBS follows a structured and selective process for recruiting faculty, thereby ensuring that students learn from highly qualified academicians with a rich experience in industry. The screening mechanism involves academic credentials, research contributions, and multiple rounds of interviews conducted by senior academic panels and industry experts. Only such candidates who show strong teaching abilities and relevant corporate exposure find a place in the shortlist.
Strong Academic Background: Most of the faculty members hold higher degrees, such as MBA, PhD, and UGC-NET, or special certifications in Management, Analytics, and Leadership.

Industry Experience: Professors hold vast experience in working for leading companies in various roles related to marketing, finance, HR, analytics, supply chain, and entrepreneurship. Their practical exposure will help students understand real-world business scenarios.

Blend of Academicians & Practitioners: The faculty pool consists of researchers, consultants, corporate trainers, entrepreneurs, and visiting experts from top organizations.

Continuous Development: GIBS seeks to keep faculty abreast of the latest developments through training programs, research activities, international conferences, and industry workshops.

Industry-Integrated Teaching Style: The corporate background enables them to use case studies, simulations, field projects, and experiential learning techniques in classes.

For me, one big advantage at GIBS is how much industry exposure they squeeze into the program. It's not that typical college style where you only hear case studies in class and then suddenly go for placements. Here it's continuous. We get guest talks almost every month from CEOs, founders, VPs, HR heads, etc. IRE sessions also push us to think like entrepreneurs and not just textbook students.

Plus we have field trips, industrial visits, internships, live projects, and proper workshops from industry people. I actually liked the fact that we interacted with companies before even knowing what specialisation we'll take — it helps you figure out if you're more into marketing, finance, HR or whatever. Even TEDx and podcasts give exposure in a very different way, because we're not just sitting and listening, we're working as teams behind the scenes.

If I compare with my friends from other colleges, they start thinking about “industry” only after final semesters. Here from the first month you start touching that world. So placements don't feel like some final exam.