Manish Kothari is the Founder & Chairman of ISBR Business School Bangalore. He is also the President of ISBR Group of Institutions, Oxford Group of Institutions & BET Group of Institutions.

Under his leadership, his business school has received numerous awards including the National Excellence Award as the ‘Most Upcoming Business School of the Year’ for Higher education by ASSOCHAM and the Association of Indian Universities, and the ‘Business Excellence’ award by the Bharti Group, among others.

His Group of institutions has 16 international university partners across the globe.

Kothari has been the recipient of various awards including the ‘Jewels of Rajasthan’ award for his contribution to the fields of Business and Education, the ‘Business Excellence’ award through the KLE Group, The ‘Godwad Gaurav’ award and the ‘Young Achievers Award’ by the Lions Club International.