Founded in 1995 as IFIM Business School in Bengaluru – the IT capital of India, and renamed in 2020 to honor Professor Jagdish Sheth, a global scholar and thought leader with a prolific and diverse record of contributions to management research, education, and practice, JAGSoM stands out among India’s 12 leading business schools, with AACSB accreditation for its Bengaluru and Greater Mumbai campuses and inclusion in the QS Business Masters Global Rankings 2024. Celebrated for its forward-thinking and global perspective by leading Indian ranking bodies, JAGSoM today shines bright amongst only a handful of management institutions that are poised for even greater international acclaim.
Dr. Jagdish N. Sheth is Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He is globally known for his scholarly contributions in consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy, and geopolitical analysis. Professor Sheth has over 50 years of combined experience in teaching and research at the University of Southern California, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Columbia University, MIT, and Emory University.
Dr. Sheth is a recipient of the 2020 Padma Bhushan Award for literature and education, one of the highest civilian awards given by the Government of India. He is also a Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB); Fellow of the Association of Consumer Research (ACR); Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA); Fellow of the American Marketing Association (AMA); Distinguished Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS); and a Distinguished Fellow of International Engineering Consortium. Dr. Sheth is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate in Science, awarded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2016), and Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, awarded by Shiv Nadar University (2017). He is the recipient of all four top awards given by the American Marketing Association (AMA).
Dr. Sheth has been an advisor to numerous corporations all over the world. He has authored or coauthored more than 350 papers and numerous books. He is the Founder of Center for Telecommunications Management (CTM) at University of Southern California (USC), Founder and Chairman of India, China, and America (ICA) Institute which analyzes the trilateral relationship and its impact on geopolitics, security, trade, and investment, and the Founder and Chairman of the Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM) which supports research and scholarship among Indian scholars in marketing and management.