PANJIM: The Goa Institute of Management rated among the top four B-schools globally for its social impact and sustainability achievements in the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) Edition 2021, launched at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN-PRME) Global Forum on Friday.
GIM was one of 46 business schools from 21 countries worldwide that took part in the rating this year and achieved Level 5, making it a Pioneering school within the PIR. Only four B-schools globally made it to the top ranked ‘Pioneering’ list of which three hails from India.
The social impact levels of the 46 business schools were announced by Prof Thomas Dyllick of the PIR Association and Sophie Charrois, President of oikos International.
The PIR is a rating conducted by students and for students. For the second time, students worldwide assessed their business schools on how they perceive their positive impact in the world.
“Students assessed how GIM addresses societal and sustainable challenges and prepares its students to be responsible business leaders,” GIM said in a press statement issued.
GIM said that this is the first time that they participated and this year151students from their school, responded to the survey. A student team comprising of Ashima Mathur, Ameya Ambike, Jessica Roy and Shivani Bhatia at GIM coordinated with PIR.
Director GIM Ajit Parulekar said that the PIR rates B schools globally based on ‘Best For the World’ rather than on ‘Best in the World’.
“We at GIM are honored and delighted to be named among the top four B-schools globally in leading pioneering change in the prestigious PIR 2021 which is looked up to by management institutes globally” he said.
Parulekar said that PIR is the voice of students around the globe and what is most satisfying for us is that our main stakeholders – our students have acknowledged institute commitment towards sustainability, responsibility and impact and encouraged us to design and execute more such initiatives for positive long-term impact in future.
The PIR was created by concerned business school experts together with global NGOs – WWF, Oxfam, and UN Global Compact. International Student Association Oikos, AIESEC and Net Impact are also part of the PIR, which is supported by VIVA Idea and Fehr Advice.
Katrin Muff, President of the Positive Impact Rating Association, said: “PIR is designed as a tool to improve and transform business education. It enables schools to understand what a positive impact for society is, according to their students. The PIR highlights the potential for improvement, even for leading schools.”
