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International Accreditation Institutions - ACBSP, USA

The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. Formerly known as Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) is the leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating and rewarding teaching excellence since 1988. Located in Kansas City ACBSP has been an active player around the world. It is the second agency to be recognized by Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), the apex regulatory advisory body of USA to be recognized as an international accreditation agency. As of August 2010, the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) has 828 member campuses, 134 of which are located outside of the United States. Of those member campuses, 529 have achieved accreditation and more than 220 are in candidacy for accreditation. Individual membership now exceeds 8,000. ACBSP has a formal tie-up with the Global quality awards organization, Malcolm Balridge Award Foundation. As such the accreditations done by ACBSP conforms to the standards set by Malcolm Balridge Award for B-schools.

INDIAN ACBSP ACCREDITED SCHOOLS

In India PSG Institute of Management (PSGIM) became the first B-school to gain ACBSP accreditation in 2010.

ACBSP Candidacy schools who may be getting their accreditation soon:

Name City State Country Type Accredited Amity University Noida Uttar Pradesh India Bacc/Grad Degree Candidacy Baldev Ram Mirdha Institute of Technology (BMIT), Jaipur Sitapura, Jaipur Rajasthan India Bacc/Grad Degree Candidacy ICBM - School of Business Excellence Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh India Bacc/Grad Degree Candidacy Jansons School of Business Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India Bacc/Grad Degree Candidacy Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies Bangalore Karnataka India Bacc/Grad Degree Candidacy Regional College of Management Autonomous Bhubaneswar Orissa India Bacc/Grad Degree Candidacy School of Communication and Management Studies (SCMS Group) Cochin Kerala India Bacc/Grad Degree Candidacy

Other ACBSP member schools

Name City State Country Type Accredited C K Shah Vijapurwala Institute of Management Vadodara Gujarat India Bacc/Grad Degree No Global Values Research Foundation Bathinda Punjab India Bacc/Grad Degree No Lovely Professional University Phagwara Punjab India Bacc/Grad Degree No

The ACBSP accreditation is for the programmes run by the B-schools and it is totally “outcome” based. There are detailed guidelines for student outcome and the best practices outcome by the agency. See link.

The honour societies Kappa Beta Delta and Sigma Beta Delta member institutions are accredited through the ACBSP.

ACBSP INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITED SCHOOLS