Security Review

Is iimbg.ac.in legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 92/100

Official IIM Bodh Gaya website — a legitimate, NIRF-ranked Indian management institute with clean reputation and no fraud signals.

iimbg.ac.inScanned 3h ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 91·MT 92
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/91
All engines report clean
Domain Age
11 years old
Registered Nov 17, 2015
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% confidence
SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
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Confidence
The domain iimbg.ac.in is the verified official website of Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, a government-established autonomous business school. Wikipedia, NIRF rankings, and the institute's own pages consistently identify this as the legitimate domain. The site has operated for approximately 10.5 years, aligns with the institute's 2015 establishment date, and carries valid SSL encryption from a trusted certificate authority. Our antivirus network flagged zero detections across 91 engines, and major browser blocklists show no warnings. The evidence package confirms active legitimate operations including admissions portals, student verification services, and recruitment activities. No scam reports, complaints, or phishing associations appear in any search results. The hosting IP shows minimal abuse history (9/100 risk score with only 2 reports), consistent with a large institutional server.
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Page Content

The page displays the official homepage of IIM Bodh Gaya with institutional branding, navigation to academic programs (MBA, IPM, PhD, Executive PhD), admissions information, faculty research, and student resources. The site includes links to official portals such as the learning management system (Moodle), NIRF data, and student verification services. Contact information references official institutional email addresses (director_office@iimbg.ac.in, pgp@iimbg.ac.in) and social media links to verified institutional accounts.

Infrastructure

The domain uses valid SSL encryption issued by Sectigo Limited with 208 days remaining on the certificate. The hosting IP (20.235.195.177) has a low abuse score of 9/100 and only 2 abuse reports, typical for institutional infrastructure. External resources loaded include Google Tag Manager, Google Fonts, and links to government education portals (education.gov.in, exams.nta.nic.in, nvsp.in), all consistent with a legitimate educational institution.

Domain History

The domain was registered approximately 3,856 days ago (roughly 10.5 years), which aligns with the institute's official establishment in 2015. The registrar is ERNET India, the primary domain registry for Indian educational and research institutions. WHOIS privacy is enabled, a standard practice for institutional domains.

Web Reputation

Zero detections across our antivirus network and major browser blocklists. Independent review aggregators and Wikipedia confirm this as the official IIM Bodh Gaya domain. Positive mentions appear on educational review sites (Shiksha.com) highlighting placement outcomes and academic quality. No scam reports, complaints, or phishing associations found in any targeted searches.

Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age of 10.5 years matches institute establishment in 2015, ruling out ephemeral fraud patterns.
  • Verified as official domain on Wikipedia, NIRF rankings portal, LinkedIn, and government education sites.
  • Valid SSL certificate from trusted issuer (Sectigo) with 208 days remaining.
  • Zero antivirus detections across 91 engines and clean browser blocklists.
  • Active institutional operations confirmed: admissions portals, student verification, recruitment, and events ongoing as of 2026.
AI Recommendation
This is a safe, legitimate institutional website. Students, faculty, and prospective applicants can use this domain with confidence for admissions, program information, and official communications.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for iimbg.ac.in, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
10 yrs
Registered Nov 2015
Business registration
Active · India
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
3 positive
Key findings
7 headline facts from open-web research
  • Official website of Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIM BG), a public autonomous management institute established in 2015 under the mentorship of IIM Calcutta.
  • Domain consistently listed as the official site on Wikipedia, institute's own pages (about, contact, admissions, NIRF data), LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and NIRF rankings portal.
  • Institute holds NIRF Management ranking of 31st (2025), previously 33rd (2024); AACSB member; offers MBA, IPM, PhD, Executive PhD, and MDP programs.
  • Physical address: Uruvela, Prabandh Vihar, Bodh Gaya – 824234, Bihar, India; official emails like director_office@iimbg.ac.in, pgp@iimbg.ac.in.
  • No scam reports, fraud complaints, or phishing associations found across targeted searches for "iimbg.ac.in scam", "fake", or similar terms.
  • Active recruitment, tenders, admissions portals (e.g., ao.iimbg.ac.in), student verification services, and events confirm ongoing legitimate operations as of 2026.
  • Domain age of ~3856 days (~10.5 years) aligns with establishment in 2015.
Positive reviews (3)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Wikipediaopen

    "The Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIM Bodh Gaya or IIM-BG) is an autonomous public business school in Bodh Gaya, Bihar in India. It is the 16th Indian Institute of Management."

  • Shiksha.comopen

    "Review of IIM Bodh Gaya - Indian Institute of Management. Placements: Placements offered here is exemplary. The range of companies is extremely diverse."

  • desenmascara.meopen

    "✅ iimbg.ac.in — Legitimate · 7/100. No fraud signals, brand impersonation, or suspicious activity were detected. Heuristic analysis confirms this is a legitimate site."

Business registration
Status: active · India

Autonomous public business school established in 2015 by Ministry of Education (formerly MHRD), Government of India; 16th IIM, mentored by IIM Calcutta; NIRF-ranked management institute

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for iimbg.ac.in and found no scam reports, complaints, or phishing associations. The domain is consistently verified as the official website of Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya across Wikipedia, NIRF rankings, government education portals, and the institute's own institutional pages. Positive mentions appear on educational review aggregators highlighting placement outcomes and academic reputation. The institute is an active, legitimate autonomous business school established in 2015 under government mentorship.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 91 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 91 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless91Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaindirector_office@iimbg.ac.in
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles5
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (director_office@iimbg.ac.in).
  • Links to 5 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age11 years old
RegistrarERNET India
RegisteredNov 17, 2015
ExpiresNov 17, 2034
Owner privacyHidden
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerSectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
ExpiresJan 3, 2027 (208d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingMicrosoft Corporation
Server locationIN
Web serverApache
Platform / CMSWordPress

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://iimbg.ac.in/
  • 2403https://iimbg.ac.in/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score9%
Reports on file2
ISPMicrosoft Corporation
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on iimbg.ac.in and not a lookalike like i-imbg.ac.in.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
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Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on iimbg.ac.in. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
  • iimbg.ac.in passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
  • Yes. iimbg.ac.in presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Sectigo Limited · Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, expiring in 208 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • iimbg.ac.in is 10.6 years old, registered on 11/17/2015 through ERNET India. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • No. All 91 antivirus engines in our malware network report iimbg.ac.in as clean.
  • No. iimbg.ac.in is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • iimbg.ac.in resolves to an IP operated by Microsoft Corporation in IN (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around iimbg.ac.in have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·iimbg.ac.in
SAFE

This is the official website of Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, a legitimate autonomous public business school established in 2015 and ranked 31st nationally by NIRF. The domain is over 10 years old, holds valid SSL certification, and carries no scam reports or fraud indicators.

This is a safe, legitimate institutional website. Students, faculty, and prospective applicants can use this domain with confidence for admissions, program information, and official communications.

AV engines
91
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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