[4] Pramath Sinha, then a junior partner at McKinsey in India, was persuaded to take a leave of absence to be the school's first dean.

The then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu played an important role for establishment of ISB in Hyderabad.

[11] The modern Mohali campus began operations on 14 April 2012, and offers ISB's Post-Graduate Programme (PGP) and additional short-term executive education programs.

The academic block houses lecture theatres, faculty offices and lounge, the learning resource centre (LRC), and an atrium which can serve as a 500-seat auditorium.

[17] The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has ruled that for the purposes of US Visa and Green Cards, the post-graduate PGP certificate awarded by ISB is not equivalent to a Master of Business Administration degree, unlike similarly named certificates awarded by the Indian Institutes of Management.

[19] The Young Leaders' Programme (YLP)[20] select undergraduate students for mentoring over a period of two years while they work.

The programme is oriented towards mid-career professionals, examining public policy perspectives on a wide range of economic and management subjects.

[25] It presents research across management areas such as strategy, marketing, information technology, accounting, behavioural studies, finance, economics and public policy.