RCIs are a forum where knowledge and business understanding are exchanged between the academics and the corporate. Since its inception, ISB has differentiated itself with its strong research focus. Operating out of the Hyderabad campus,
Centres of Excellence are playing a vital role. They conduct research in areas critical to emerging economies, such as emerging markets finance, affordable housing, innovation, information systems and entrepreneurship development.
The four institutes, operating out of the Mohali Campus, have a unique engagement model with industry, academia and the government, in India and abroad. They conduct research and build management capacity in the four sectors that they address, through specialised programmes and initiatives.