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    Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 List As Per NIRF 2025 Ranking

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    Suvam MaitiUpdated on 08 Sep 2025, 01:03 PM IST

    IIM Ahmedabad has once again bagged the 1st spot among the top 100 MBA colleges in India 2026-28 list. IIM A has become India’s no. 1 college for mba admission 2026-28. This year, IIM Ahmedabad gained an NIRF score of 83.29 to become the no. 1 in NIRF MBA ranking 2025 followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. Apart from the IIMs, IIT Delhi made it to the top NIRF MBA ranking list 2025, making it the highest-ranked IITs, offering MBA courses. MDI Gurgaon has moved up to rank 9 in the NIRF management ranking 2025, making it the highest-ranked private MBA college in India 2026-28. Apart from the IIMS, IITs and the private MBA colleges, non-IIM government colleges made it to the NIRF management ranking list 2025.

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    1. Top 100 B-Schools In India (NIRF 2025 Ranking): Important Highlights You Must Know
    2. Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 As Per NIRF Ranking 2025
    3. Top IIT MBA Colleges in India 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023 (NIRF Ranking)
    4. Top 15 Private MBA Colleges in India 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023 (NIRF Ranking)
    5. Parameters for NIRF 2025 Ranking of MBA Colleges
    6. Top 10 MBA Colleges In India Last Year (NIRF MBA Ranking 2024)
    Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 List As Per NIRF 2025 Ranking
    Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 List As Per NIRF 2025 Ranking

    Apart from the existing NIRF parameters, two major changes have been introduced this year in the NIRF MBA ranking 2025. First, in judging parameters, the management institutions are judged based on their compliance with sustainable development goals. Moreover, for the first time, the idea of negative marking was introduced for the retraction of the research paper. Check out the list of top 100 MBA colleges in India 2026-28 as per NIRF MBA 2025 ranking.

    Top 100 B-Schools In India (NIRF 2025 Ranking): Important Highlights You Must Know

    1. Top IIM in NIRF Management Ranking 2025: IIM Ahmedabad

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    Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 As Per NIRF Ranking 2025

    MBA Colleges

    State

    Type

    NIRF Rank 2025

    Score 25

    Change from 2024

    Rank 24

    Rank 23

    IIM, Ahmedabad

    Gujarat

    Public

    1

    83.29

    -

    1

    1

    IIM, Bangalore

    Karnataka

    Public

    2

    81.56

    -

    2

    2

    IIM, Kozhikode

    Kerala

    Public

    3

    79.85

    -

    3

    3

    IIT, Delhi

    Delhi

    Public

    4

    78.94

    -

    4

    5

    IIM, Lucknow

    Uttar Pradesh

    Public

    5

    77.97

    +2

    7

    6

    IIM, Mumbai

    Maharashtra

    Public

    6

    77.58

    0

    6

    7

    IIM, Calcutta

    West Bengal

    Public

    7

    77.34

    -2

    5

    4

    IIM, Indore

    Madhya Pradesh

    Public

    8

    75.68

    0

    8

    8

    MDI, Gurgaon

    Haryana

    Private

    9

    71.96

    +2

    11

    13

    XLRI, Jamshedpur

    Jharkhand

    Private

    10

    70.63

    -1

    9

    9

    SIBM, Pune

    Maharashtra

    Private

    11

    67.9

    +2

    13

    17

    IIT, Kharagpur

    West Bengal

    Public

    12

    66.97

    +7

    19

    14

    IIT, Madras

    Tamil Nadu

    Public

    13

    66.5

    -3

    16

    15

    IIT, Bombay

    Maharashtra

    Public

    14

    65.82

    -4

    10

    10

    IIM, Raipur

    Chhattisgarh

    Public

    15

    65.03

    +1

    14

    11

    IIM, Tiruchirappalli

    Tamil Nadu

    Public

    16

    64.95

    + 11

    27

    22

    IIFT, Delhi

    Delhi

    Public

    17

    62.93

    -2

    15

    27

    IIM, Ranchi

    Jharkhand

    Public

    18

    62.77

    -1

    17

    24

    IIM, Rohtak

    Haryana

    Public

    19

    62.6

    -7

    12

    12

    SPJIMR, Mumbai

    Maharashtra

    Private

    20

    62.06

    -

    20

    20

    IIM, Udaipur

    Rajasthan

    Public

    21

    61.79

    +1

    22

    16

    IIT, Roorkee

    Uttarakhand

    Public

    22

    61.77

    -4

    18

    18

    IIM, Kashipur

    Uttarakhand

    Public

    23

    61.74

    -

    23

    19

    NMIMS, Mumbai

    Maharashtra

    Private

    24

    60.99

    -3

    21

    21

    IIM, Nagpur

    Maharashtra

    Public

    25

    60.88

    +6

    31

    43

    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

    Tamil Nadu

    Private

    26

    60.25

    +2

    28

    30

    IIT, Kanpur

    Uttar Pradesh

    Public

    27

    60.15

    -2

    29

    23

    Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

    Delhi

    Public

    28

    60.06

    -3

    25

    25

    IIM, Visakhapatnam

    Andhra Pradesh

    Public

    29

    59.95

    -3

    26

    29

    IMT, Ghaziabad

    Uttar Pradesh

    Private

    30

    59.85

    +5

    35

    38

    IIM, Bodh Gaya

    Bihar

    Public

    31

    59.65

    +2

    33

    53

    Chandigarh University, Chandigarh

    Punjab

    Private

    32

    59.4

    +4

    36

    36

    MICA, Ahmedabad

    Gujarat

    Private

    33

    59.22

    -1

    32

    37

    IIM, Sambalpur

    Odisha

    Public

    34

    58.59

    +16

    50

    58

    IIM, Jammu

    Jammu & Kashmir

    Public

    35

    58.5

    +7

    42

    41

    UPES, Dehradun

    Uttarakhand

    Private

    36

    58.33

    +5

    41

    39

    Great Lakes, Chennai

    Tamil Nadu

    Private

    37

    58.05

    -3

    34

    31

    IIM, Shillong

    Meghalaya

    Public

    38

    57.7

    -14

    24

    26

    TAPMI, Manipal

    Karnataka

    Private

    39

    57.13

    +19

    58

    42

    IMI, Delhi

    Delhi

    Private

    40

    56.59

    -

    40

    34

    Jaipuria, Noida

    Uttar Pradesh

    Private

    41

    56.46

    +4

    45

    47

    IMI, Kolkata

    West Bengal

    Private

    42

    55.42

    +14

    56

    70

    Goa Institute of Management, Goa

    Goa

    Private

    43

    55.27

    -6

    37

    33

    LPU, Phagwara

    Punjab

    Private

    44

    55

    -6

    38

    32

    XIM University, Bhubaneswar

    Odisha

    Private

    45

    54.73

    -2

    43

    46

    ICFAI, Hyderabad

    Telangana

    Private

    46

    54.4

    -7

    39

    40

    Thapar Institute, Patiala

    Punjab

    Private

    46

    54.4

    -2

    44

    49

    IIT, Dhanbad

    Jharkhand

    Public

    48

    54.34

    -2

    46

    44

    Amity University, Noida

    Uttar Pradesh

    Private

    49

    54.15

    -20

    29

    28

    Great Lakes, Gurgaon

    Haryana

    Private

    50

    54.08

    +2

    52

    62

    IIM, Sirmaur

    Himachal Pradesh

    Public

    51

    54.03

    +6

    57

    98

    Graphic Era University, Dehradun

    Uttarakhand

    Private

    52

    53.98

    +7

    59

    65

    Nirma University, Ahmedabad

    Gujarat

    Private

    53

    53.48

    +2

    55

    61

    IRMA, Anand

    Gujarat

    Private

    54

    53.34

    -5

    49

    54

    Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai

    Tamil Nadu

    Private

    55

    53.12

    +11

    66


    SRM Institute of Science and Technology

    Chennai

    Tamilnadu

    56

    52.74




    Christ University, Bangalore

    Karnataka

    Private

    57

    52.47

    +3

    60

    60

    NIT, Tiruchirappalli

    Tamil Nadu

    Public

    58

    52.47

    -7

    51

    35

    FORE School of Management, Delhi

    Delhi

    Private

    59

    52.23

    -6

    53

    63

    Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

    Uttar Pradesh

    Public

    60

    52.14

    -12

    48

    56

    BIMTECH, Greater Noida

    Uttar Pradesh

    Private

    61

    52.09

    +3

    64

    48

    MNIT, Jaipur

    Rajasthan

    Public

    62

    52.07

    +6

    68

    69

    SIMTS, Chennai

    Tamil Nadu

    Private

    63

    52.01

    +13

    74

    71

    IIM, Amritsar

    Punjab

    Public

    64

    51.7

    -17

    47

    51

    K J Somaiya, Mumbai

    Maharashtra

    Private

    65

    51.28

    -2

    63

    45

    Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar

    Odisha

    Private

    66

    50.88

    -4

    62

    57

    Jaipuria, Lucknow

    Uttar Pradesh

    Private

    67

    50.86

    +5

    72

    92

    KIIT, Bhubaneswar

    Odisha

    Private

    68

    50.68

    -1

    67

    59

    Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

    Uttar Pradesh

    Public

    69

    49.95

    +1

    70

    55

    KLE Foundation, Guntur

    Andhra Pradesh

    Private

    70

    49.89

    +9

    79

    52

    Alliance University, Bangalore

    Karnataka

    Private

    71

    49.85

    -

    71

    87

    IMT, Hyderabad

    Telangana

    Private

    72

    49.38

    +27

    97

    84

    Jain University, Bangalore

    Karnataka

    Private

    73

    49.28

    +4

    77

    85

    Jaipuria, Jaipur

    Rajasthan

    Private

    74

    49.26

    +1

    75

    80

    Welingkar, Mumbai

    Maharashtra

    Private

    75

    49.08

    +9

    84

    73

    GGSIPU, Delhi

    Delhi

    Public

    76

    48.88

    -11

    65

    66

    BML Munjal University, Gurgaon

    Haryana

    Private

    77

    48.41

    +6

    83

    72

    Chitkara University, Patiala

    Punjab

    Private

    78

    48.3

    -24

    54

    64

    Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

    Uttar Pradesh

    Public

    79

    48.13

    +7

    86

    78

    Thiagarajar School of Management, Thirupparankundram

    Tamil Nadu

    Private

    80

    48.05

    +2

    82

    90

    Manipal University, Jaipur

    Rajasthan

    Private

    81

    47.56

    -8

    73

    79

    Cochin University of Science and Technology

    Kerala

    Public

    82

    47.47

    -1

    81


    Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology

    Uttar Pradesh

    Private

    83

    47.46

    -

    -

    -

    PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

    Tamil Nadu

    Private

    84

    47.38

    -4

    80

    89

    NIT, Calicut

    Kerala

    Public

    85

    47.3

    -9

    76

    75

    NDIM, Delhi

    Delhi

    Private

    86

    47.25

    +2

    88

    99

    Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

    Delhi

    Private

    87

    47.1

    -9

    78

    96

    Anna University, Chennai

    Tamil Nadu

    Public

    88

    46.92

    -19

    69

    49

    PDEU, Gandhinagar

    Gujarat

    Private

    89

    46.81

    -

    89

    94

    JIMS Rohini, Delhi

    Delhi

    Private

    90

    46.63

    -3

    87

    88

    Rajagiri Business School, Kochi

    Kerala

    Private

    91

    46.62

    -2

    93

    83

    Panjab University, Chandigarh

    Chandigarh

    Public

    92

    46.31

    -

    92

    82

    Atal Bihari Vajpayee IIIT & M, Gwalior

    Madhya Pradesh

    Public

    93

    46.3

    -8

    85

    68

    IMI, Bhubaneswar

    Odisha

    Private

    94

    46.24

    -33

    61

    67

    National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management


    Hyderabad


    95

    45.48

    +1

    96


    Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli

    Tamil Nadu

    Public

    96

    45.36

    -2

    94

    86

    BIT, Mesra

    Jharkhand

    Private

    97

    45.25

    -7

    90

    77

    IIT Jodhpur

    Jodhpur

    Public

    98

    45.02

    -

    -

    -

    IMT Nagpur

    Nagpur


    99

    44.93

    -

    -

    -

    University of Lucknow

    Uttarpradesh


    100

    44.53

    -

    -

    -

    Top IIT MBA Colleges in India 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023 (NIRF Ranking)

    College Name

    NIRF Ranking 2025

    NIRF Ranking 2024

    NIRF Rank 2023

    IIT Madras

    13

    16

    15

    IIT Delhi

    4

    4

    5

    IIT Kharagpur

    12

    19

    14

    IIT Bombay

    14

    10

    10

    IIT Roorkee

    22

    18

    18

    IIT Kanpur

    27

    29

    28

    IIT Guwahati

    -

    -

    9

    Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

    48

    46

    44

    Top 15 Private MBA Colleges in India 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023 (NIRF Ranking)

    Parameters for NIRF 2025 Ranking of MBA Colleges

    The parameters used for the NIRF ranking of MBA colleges, along with the weightage, are mentioned in the table below.

    Parameters

    Marks

    Weightage

    Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)

    100

    0.40

    Research Productivity, Impact and IPR (RPII)

    100

    0.20

    Graduation Outcome (GO)

    100

    0.15

    Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)

    100

    0.15

    Peer Perception (PP)

    100

    0.10

    Top 10 MBA Colleges In India Last Year (NIRF MBA Ranking 2024)

    NIRF MBA Ranking 2024 List

    NIRF Management Ranking 2024

    NIRF Score 2024

    IIM Ahmedabad

    1

    83.32

    IIM Bangalore

    2

    81.16

    IIM Kozhikode

    3

    77.90

    IIT Delhi

    4

    76.25

    IIM Calcutta

    5

    75.07

    IIM Mumbai

    6

    74.73

    IIM Lucknow

    7

    74.43

    IIM Indore

    8

    73.53

    XLRI-Xavier School of Management

    9

    68.13

    IIT Bombay

    10

    67.16

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Which is the top-most private MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025?
    A:

    MDI Gurgaon is the top-most private MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025.

    Q: Which is the top-most IIT MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025?
    A:

    IIT Delhi is the top-most IIT that offers MBA in the NIRF ranking 2025

    Q: Which is the top-most IIM MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025?
    A:

    IIM Ahmedabad is the top-most IIM in the NIRF Ranking 2025. 

    Q: Which is the top-most non-IIM MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025?
    A:

    IIT Delhi is the top-most non-IIM MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025. 

    Q: Which is the top-most MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025?
    A:

    IIM Ahmedabad is the top-most MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025. 

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    Digital marketing is growing, diverse, and is covering a wide variety of career paths. Each job function aids in the development of effective digital marketing strategies and techniques. The aims and objectives of the individuals who opt for a career as a digital marketing executive are similar to those of a marketing professional: to build brand awareness, promote company services or products, and increase conversions. Individuals who opt for a career as Digital Marketing Executives, unlike traditional marketing companies, communicate effectively through suitable technology platforms.

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    Business Analyst

    Individuals who opt for a career as a business analyst look at how a company operates. He or she conducts research and analyses data to improve his or her knowledge about the company. This is required so that an individual can suggest the company strategies for improving their operations and processes.

    In a business analyst  job role a lot of analysis is done, things are learned from past mistakes and the successful strategies are enhanced further. A business analyst goes through real-world data in order to provide the most feasible solutions to an organisation. Students can pursue Business Analytics to become Business Analysts. 

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