European Federation of Management Development  is now called EFMD Global. EFMD is an international  non-profit, membership driven organisation dedicated to management development. It is Recognised globally as an accreditation body for business schools, business school programmes, and corporate universities.

The organisation has around  900+ members across 91 countries, and acts as a catalyst to promote and enhance excellence in management development.  Based in Brussels, Belgium EFMD has    offices in Geneva, Hong Kong, Miami and Prague.

EFMD Global  membership offers the unique opportunity to become part of the leading international network in the field of management development.

The massive  network 30,000 management professionals from academia, business, public service, and consultancies, helps EFMD Global  to play a central role in shaping global approach to management education and provide a unique forum for information, research, networking, and debate on innovation and best practice.

The Indian  schools that received the EFMD's institutional accreditation called EQUIS

Indian Institute of Management (IIM A)

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM C)  (now  the first triple crown accredited school with AACSB and AMBA added) 

Indian School of Business Hyderabad 

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore IIM B

Indian Institute of Management Indore IIM  Indore  The second school to get triple crown accreditation

EFMD Global Member Schools in India 

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1. AIMS School of Business (AIMS Institutes) Bangalore 

2. Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida

3. BML Munjal University, School of Management, Gurugram

4. Chitkara University, Chitkara Business School, Chandigarh

5. Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa 

6. IFIM Business School, Bangalore

7. IILM Institute for Higher Education, New Delhi

8. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi

9. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA)

10. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB)

11. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC)

12. Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI)

13. Indian Institute of Management, Raipur 

14. Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

15. Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore (IIPMB)

16. Indian School of Business, Hyderabad

17. Indian Institute of Cost and Management Studies, Pune

18. Institute of Management Technology - IMT, Hyderabad

19. Institute of Management Technology - IMT, Ghaziabad

20. Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad

21. IMI, Bhubaneshwar 

22. Loyola Institute of Business Administration - LIBA, Chennai

23. Management Development Institute, Gurugram

24. N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai

25. Nirma University, Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 

26. O. P. Jindal Global University, Jindal Global Business School, Sonipat

27. Prin.L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai

28. PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore

29. Rajagiri Business School, Cochin

30. S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai

31. SDMIMD, Mysore

32. SVKM's NMIMS University, School of Business Management, Mumbai

33. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

34. L M Thapar School of Management, Mohali

35. UPES, School of Business, Dehradun

36. Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship (XIME)

37. Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB), Faculty of Management

38. XLRI , Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur

The first ever EFMD-EPAS (now changed only to EFMD ) accreditation has been conferred on an Indian school SDMIMD, Mysore. This the second international accreditation  obtained barely within months  of  its ACBSP accreditation 

EFMD provides a wide range of targeted learning, networking and professional development services.

ACCREDITATION 

Business schools (EQUIS) EFMD Quality System is the most comprehensive institutional accreditation system for business and management schools

 EFMD Programmatic Accreditation System  which was formerly called EPAS provides the rigorous standards for  programme instead of institution. 

EFMD programme accreditation  covers the full range of academic programmes offered by  the institution, from Bachelor's level to Doctoral studies

Online courses (EOCCS)
European Online Course Certification System provides top quality benchmarks in digital learning 

ASSESSMENT

Corporate universities (CLIP)
Corporate Leadership Improvement Programme (CLIP) is for corporate varsities

EFMD GN Deans Across Frontiers EDAF is an 

 assessment and mentoring system for business schools. 

BSIS is a   comprehensive impact assessment framework tool for business schools  comprising 120 indicators covering 7 dimensions including financial, economic, societal and image dimensions of impact.