IIFM (Indian Institute of Finance and Management) is one of the key business divisions of Ideacount Education, one of the Top 10 Education conglomerates in India. Within Ideacount Education, there are several brands of national and international repute including Frameboxx Animation & Visual Effects, which is India's largest animation education company. All put together, Ideacount has more than 112 campuses across India with a total faculty strength in excess of 650. Ideacount Education is positioned to become the fastest growing education conglomerate in the country IIFM is the flagship business of Ideacount Education and is an integrated higher education institute, offering management programs at the graduate, post graduate & higher end executive education. IIFMâ??s management team is supported by a robust governing council of 30 luminaries from the academic side as well as business and policy leaders. In the past, IIFMâ??s team through its affiliate institute, PeopleFirst, has been responsible for educating & training more than 5,000 banking & financial services professionals in India as well as the Middle East. In 2009, the prestigious award for the greatest contribution to the corporate sector by any Institute in India was awarded to IIFM by the government of India; this selection is based on a sample of more than 1,000 management institutes across India. IN 2010, IIFM has been ranked as the No 1 B-School in the Competition Success Review B-School Survey, 2010 in the 'Emerging B-School Category.' IIFM is positioned around the plank of innovation. Today, corporates need to be able to adapt to changes faster than the changes in the market, in order to be competitive. This requires human resources who can help the organization think differently and constantly innovate. This is where IIFM contributes - its positioning of â??Constantly innovatingâ? can be seen in everything that they do - whether it is senior corporate executives interviewing students at the time of admission or the innovative curriculum or the manner in which education is imparted i.e.

the pedagogy. IIFM students therefore are uniquely positioned to help corporates gain competitive advantage once they are part of the corporate sector