B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!

B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!

Edited By Team Careers360 | Updated on Sep 03, 2024 03:04 PM IST

RANKING of B-Schools is a formidable venture. With over 2000 schools of different hues forming the universe, identifying a manageable set of institutions to evaluate is in itself a tough task. We tabulated the past rankings obtained by B-Schools in leading magazines. We attempted to generate a manageable cluster by reducing the diversity that these magazines represent by using a novel methodology. The result is a table of tables of the top 10% of B-Schools in the country. Here’s how the schools stack up alphabetically within the clusters.

B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!
B-Schools ranking according to clusters. Compare!

B-Schools Ranking - Methodology

To arrive at a CLUSTER-BASED grouping of leading Business Schools in India, in addition to the Careers360 ranking we began by tabulating the B-School ranking of four magazines namely Business India (BI), Business Today (BT), Business World (BW) and Outlook (OL) for the period 2005 to 2010. While BT and OL 2009 rankings are perception-based; BI, BW and OL (2005-10) rank based on objective parameters. A total of 190 schools constituted the universe.

From this set, we short-listed those who appeared at least thrice in one or multiple rankings, including Careers360. We eliminated institutions that were not ranked at all by any objective criterion (a threshold of A and above was maintained in the case of BI ranking). By this methodology, we short-listed 173 B-Schools. Another 17 schools, which appeared in the universe, but did meet the criterion partially, were also included since we felt these institutions do have the potential to be in the Top-100 list. These institutions were then classified based on the following approximation into eight major groupings.

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Rankings and their corresponding levels

Magazine

Top

Tier 1

Tier 2

Tier 3

Business India

1 – 15

16 – 50

51 – 75

76 – 125

Business World

1 – 15

16 – 30

31 – 60

61 – 100

Business Today

1 – 7

8 – 20

21 – 30

31-100

Careers360

1 – 10

11 – 25

26 – 40

41-50

Outlook

1 – 15

16 – 30

31 – 50

51 – 75

Top MBA colleges in India

Tier 1 MBA colleges in India

Tier 2 MBA colleges in India

Name of the institute

Location

Accurate Institute of Management and Technology

Greater Noida

Army Institute of Management

Kolkata

Balaji Institute of Modern Management

Pune

Birla Institute of Technology Mesra

Ranchi

Calcutta University, Dept, of Business Management

Kolkata

Christ College Institute of Management

Bangalore

College of Management Studies (GITAM)

Visakhapatnam

FORE School of Management

New Delhi

Gitam Institute of Foreign Trade

Visakhapatnam

IBS Bangalore

Bangalore

IBS Gurgaon

Gurgaon

IBS Mumbai

Mumbai

Institute for Technology and Management (ITM)

Navi Mumbai

Institute of Business Administration & Training (IBAT)

Bhubaneswar

Institute of Business Management & Research

Indore

Institute of Business Management & Technology

Bangalore

Institute of Health Management Research

Jaipur

Institute of Management Studies

Ghaziabad

Integrated Academy of Management and Technology

Ghaziabad

Jagan Institute of Management Studies

New Delhi

Karunya School of Management

Coimbatore

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management

New Delhi

Mount Carmel Institute of Management

Bangalore

NCRD's Sterling Institute of Management studies

Mumbai

Osmania University, Dept of Business Management

Hyderabad

Prestige Institute of Management & Research

Indore

Punjab College of Technical Education

Ludhiana

Rourkela Institute of Management Studies

Rourkela

School of Communication & Management Studies

Cochin

School of Management Sciences

Varanasi

SIES College of Management Studies

Mumbai

ST.Joseph’s College of Business Administration

Bangalore

Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology

Pune

VIT University, Dept of Business Management

Vellore

Xavier Institute of Social Service

Ranchi

Tier 3 MBA colleges in India

Name of the institute

Location

Allana Institute of Management Science

Mumbai

Anna University, Department of Management Studies

Chennai

Balaji Institute of Telecom & Management

Pune

Bhadruka Institute of Foreign Trade & Management

Hyderabad

Bharti Vidyapeeth

Pune

Delhi School of Professional Studies & Research

New Delhi

EMPI Business School

New Delhi

Gian Jyoti Institute of Management & Technology

Mohali

Guru Nanak Institute of Management & Technology

Ludhiana

Institute of Management Development & Research

Pune

Institute for Integrated Learning in Management

New Delhi

Institute of Finance & International Management

Bangalore

Institute of Science & Management

Ranchi

Institute of Technology and Science

Ghaziabad

Institute of Technology and Science

New Delhi

International School of Business and Media

Pune

J K Business School

Gurgaon

Jagannath International Management School

New Delhi

Jankidevi Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

Mumbai

Jansons School of Business

Coimbatore

K. S. R Business School

Tiruchengode

KIIT School of Management

Bhubaneswar

LBSIMT

Bareilly

M.S. Patel Institute of Management Studies

Baroda

Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management

Haryana

MKM Institute of Management studies

Jaipur

Mumbai Educational Trust's Institute of Management

Mumbai

N.L. Dalmia Inst. of Mgt Studies & Research

Mumbai

National Institute of Management and Technology

Ghaziabad

National Institute of Management Calcutta

Kolkata

New Delhi Institute of Management

New Delhi

Punjabi Univ., Punjab School of Management Studies

Patiala

Sinhgad Institute Management

Pune

Siva Sivani Institute of Management

Secunderabad

Sona School of Management

Salem

Sri Venkateswara University, SBM

Tirupati

Thiagarajar School of Management

Madurai

Tirpude College, Department of Management Studies

Nagpur

Vasantrao Patil Institute of Mgmt Studies & Research

Miraj

Xavier Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management

Secunderabad

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Which B-school ranking is best?

Here is the list of the top 5 B-schools in India as per the NIRF 2024 ranking.

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Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore
3Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode
4Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi
5Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta
2. What is a Tier 1 B-school?

Tier 1 B-Schools in India are the top-ranked management B-schools that offer the best education, staff, infrastructure, and Placements. IITs, IIMs, Symbiosis, and XLRI are some of the top Tier-1 MBA colleges in India.

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