India’s Best B-Schools

The global economy is in a churn. The good news is that the Indian economy is on the track towards retaining the title of the fastest growing large economy in the world in 2022. The robust state of the Indian economy has significantly and positively scaled up the placements for the Class of 2022 at India’s leading b-schools. Corporate hiring from b-school campuses is at an all-time high, leading to higher compensation (pay) packages.

Writing in this space two years ago, we had predicted that the Class of 2022 (comprising students who enrolled in the MBA programme in 2020) would reap great rewards, especially after battling the Covid-induced online classes, reduced campus exposure and peer learning, and uncertainty concerning placements. How prophetic our words proved to be!

However, not all b-schools saw great placements. Top b-schools reported ‘record-breaking’ salary levels, while some b-schools were either stuck at earlier salary levels or saw only a meagre increase.

We have always laid great emphasis on a range of parameters, and not just salary data. We always advise our students that salary packages are not the end-all to rank b-schools; they must consider a host of other parameters as well (elaborated later in this article).

Considering this background, this year’s T.I.M.E. B-School Categorization attains great importance in terms of its utility to you. You must make sure that you pick the right b-school to give the right push to your budding career. With more than three thousand b-schools in India, the MBA scene is pretty crowded, a situation which can be both rewarding and confusing. On one side, studying at any of India’s top b-schools can give you big returns on your investment of both time and money. On the other side, a wrong choice of b-school could potentially damage a bright career. With several thousand schools around, you may face considerable difficulty in evaluating, applying to, and eventually joining one of them. Also, it does not help that these schools make wildly varied and conflicting claims, some genuine and some exaggerated.

In this context, we believe that T.I.M.E.’s B-School Categorization will help you carefully and safely navigate this minefield and reach the first step of building a successful and rewarding career – ‘selecting the right b-school’. Hence, it is important that you understand the key parameters used by T.I.M.E. to evaluate b-schools. Once you understand the parameters, you must look at b-schools for their performance on these parameters and arrive at your list of good b-schools. This exercise calls not just for a great deal of authentic information about the schools but also some clear and deep understanding about them so that the data available can be analyzed correctly.

Even as you try to obtain this information, there is a high possibility that you may fall prey to the false claims that fly thick and fast on various fora, including social media. This is where T.I.M.E. comes in. With its immense knowledge of students/b-schools, built over three decades and a large network of the company’s offices across the country, T.I.M.E. is in a vantage position to evaluate the claims made by b-schools for their authenticity. Our transparent work ensures that you receive the most authentic information about b-schools.

At T.I.M.E., our work is defined by the organization’s motto: ‘we care for your career’. It brings us immense joy when our students build successful careers. Hence, we invest considerable time and resources in building the T.I.M.E. B-School Categorization to help our students make the right choices.

As the title suggests, the b-school categorization has b-schools listed across categories. This categorization is the result of months of extensive research and data collection, ably guided by experts with decades of experience in counselling students on MBA admissions. It is our firm belief that this categorization will help you greatly in making a long- and short-list of schools you wish to apply to for admission. For your information, we are sharing the important parameters and the methodology used by T.I.M.E. to categorize b-schools.

Parameters used for B-School Categorization

(a) Quality of Students

The quality of students on a b-school campus makes a considerable difference on account of the interaction that students have with their peers. A significant proportion of the learning at any good b-school happens outside the class and a fairly large part of this comes from peer learning. A great deal of learning at any b-school is on account of group activities such as assignments and projects. Hence, better the peers, richer is the learning experience.

Also, the quality of a b-school’s selection process (in terms of the weightage assigned to the percentiles/cut-off marks in the written exam, the rigorousness of the GD/Essay-writing/Interview process, the strength of the profile of students, etc.) is a great indicator of the quality of the students it admits. ‘The higher the cut-off, the better the quality of the b-school’ is a self-explanatory mantra.

Some b-schools give weightage to other parameters like academics and work experience. Even at these b-schools, the cut-off marks/percentile values in the entrance exams are significantly higher than some of the schools listed in the categories immediately below them. Hence, cut-offs are a reliable parameter to judge the quality of b-schools.

At the same time, our experts also believe that the b-schools that give good weightage to ‘other’ parameters do not lose out because of their lower cut-offs. The necessary expert opinion-based correction is done to adjust for their lower cut-offs.

(b) Placement

Placements are, undoubtedly, one of the key parameters used by most students to evaluate the quality of the b-school they are considering joining. Almost every aspirant has a very firm eye on the post-MBA salary they would receive. They are also, quite justifiably, interested in the quality of the job they would land and the prospects it carries.

Many b-schools boast of 100 percent placement record. However, such claims should not be taken at face value, and should be scrutinized closely. While these claims may not be false, they could be cleverly camouflaged by projecting numbers arrived at after ‘requesting some students to drop out of placement process’.

Similarly, sometimes b-schools claim extremely high salaries by adding ‘joining bonus’ or ‘variable pay’. It would be worthwhile to study these numbers carefully and consider the median salaries (wherever provided) rather than the average salaries (arithmetic mean of all salaries) as they would give a better picture of how most of the batch was placed. Also, a glance at the types of companies visiting the campus would provide an idea of how the business world views the b-school. It also helps in understanding the different industry verticals and the roles on offer.

Also, it helps in understanding that all those companies that a b-school claim to be recruiting from their campus need not necessarily be around during the final placements. Some/many of them may be those who boarded students only for summer internships. Some companies may have recruited a few students in the past but may not be visiting those b-schools anymore. However, a b-school may still claim such companies as recruiters. You should, therefore, make the necessary effort to get a clear picture about such claims before making your decision.

It needs a fair amount of due diligence before you can draw any meaningful conclusions about the status of placements at a b-school. It has been noticed that most students, in the excitement of considering high average salary (at various schools) as a parameter, miss the average number of offers that each student receives at these schools. This parameter is also important as it indicates the amount of choice a student has in terms of jobs across companies on offer.

Unfortunately, there is no standard reporting structure on placement data that b-schools are required to follow. Such a mandatory standard reporting requirement could put a stop to trickery (resorted to by some b-schools) and would make the placement data fair and reliable. In 2011, IIM Ahmedabad launched the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS), which, unfortunately but not surprisingly, found little acceptance among b-schools. If you wish to know about the IPRS, visit https://www.iima.ac.in/web/pgp/placements/iprs.

Some b-schools do not put out any official statement/document about their placements in some years. This could be due to many reasons. However, we believe that by not making placement information available to the aspirants, the correct picture about the b-school is denied to the students. Hence, we treat this seriously and ensure that such schools are appropriately penalized for such acts in our categorization process.

However, it is also important to note that placement numbers reveal only short-term trends. What may get hidden are the long-term benefits that top b-schools could offer. Hence, you will make a big mistake if you consider ‘only’ the placement figures.

(c) Age and Image of the B-School

The reputation of a b-school is reflected in its ‘image’ or ‘brand value’, especially the way it is perceived by the business world and the student community. It is obvious even to a cursory observer of the ‘MBA world’ that the stronger the brand, the better the placements – an immediate, short-term yet meaningful way of assessing the impact of the b-school brand on your post-MBA prospects. Also, it is true that a ‘strong b-school brand’ will give a definite push toward a more successful and rewarding career in the long-term.

Hence, the ‘brand image’ of a b-school as perceived by the business world and the student community should be one of your key considerations while selecting b-schools. It can be said that it is natural for older b-schools to have a better reputation than the ‘younger’ ones; however, it would not be prudent to make such a sweeping generalization. Also, the situation is slightly different when an older, well-established b-school sets up a new campus. In such cases, the ‘parent’ b-school certainly helps the new campus through its formative years. This support may include, but may not be limited to, faculty support, admissions support, and most importantly, placement support.

The long-term advantages of association with a good b-school brand often overhaul the short-term parameters such as ‘salary’. You should understand that the brand value of top b-schools, especially that of the IIMs, has the power to open corporate doors – this would mean gaining access to the right people, and which, in many cases, would make the difference between a deal and a no-deal, between a job and a no-job. Long after you would pass out of the b-school, you would benefit from the power of its brand image – both in terms of career growth and in everyday professional and personal aspects. Not only students, but the image of the school also helps in attracting quality teaching faculty as well.

(d) Location of the B-School

Here, location refers to the geographical location of the b-school. The b-school’s location indirectly affects the placements on the campus. Placements are better at b-schools located in places where there is a concentration of business and industry. This is because companies find it much easier to recruit management graduates from b-schools located geographically closer to their own headquarters rather than visit a b-school campus located far away. A better location does a better job at attracting quality teaching faculty for the b-school. Faculty would in general prefer their families to enjoy the comforts that a city/metro would provide over those of a relatively smaller place.

For these reasons, everything else remaining the same, the b-schools in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bengaluru always score better than the b-schools based in other cities. Chennai, Pune, and Hyderabad make up the next level of cities. Thus, the impact location has gets more pronounced as you go down the category list.

However, sometimes the b-school’s strong brand value compensates for locational disadvantage. If you look at the new IIMs, you will notice that despite the non-metro nature of their locations, these IIMs are able to attract some of the best students and are also able to attract and retain senior academics.

(d) Programme Fee

With the fee at most b-schools rising sharply, it is necessary to ensure that the return on the fee invested works out to be reasonable. With the fee at some schools at around ₹20–25 lakh and for several others upwards of ₹10 lakh, fee becomes an especially important factor while evaluating the b-school. It should, however, be said that fee is a non-issue if you make it to one of the best b-schools. Availability of loans to pay for the programme fee at a top b-school is high while your ability to repay the education loan will also be high due to the good placement opportunities.

Banks offer collateral-free education loan to study at top b-schools. Some banks have classified b-schools into categories where the students from the top category b-schools get collateral-free loans at lower interest rates. As one moves down the b-school category rungs, banks may demand a collateral or charge a slightly higher interest rate or resort to doing both. Hence, to ensure a level playing field we have evaluated the top 40 b-schools without the fee parameter.

On the other side, fee becomes an increasingly relevant evaluation parameter as you move down the b-school categories, especially since fee does not drop as sharply as the average salary does. You are advised to keep a careful eye on the return on investment that you would end up getting from some of the lower ranked schools.

T.I.M.E.’s B-School Categorization takes special care to budget for the impact of fee in the selection of b-schools.

(f) Other Important Factors to Consider

(1) Infrastructure

An important factor to consider is the availability of necessary infrastructure in terms of state-of-the-art computer labs, high-speed Internet connectivity, a well-stocked library with subscriptions to famous management journals, and classrooms furnished with audio-visual aids. A b-school that does not have these facilities cannot be labelled a top-class institute.

If you are looking at joining a lesser-known b-school, we suggest that you visit the campus, particularly if you do not know much about it, to gather first-hand information about the facilities available before taking a decision to seek admission.

You should also find information about the b-school’s hostel facility, if available. Sadly, a number of top b-schools, especially in large cities, do not have good hostel facilities. Of course, there are always options like staying as paying guests and tagging with college mates to rent out an accommodation.

A fully residential programme at a top b-school fosters all-round development as the period of interaction with peers and faculty is not restricted to the class hours but, in fact, is an ongoing 24/7 process where the scope to learn is multiplied many times over.

(2) Programmes offered by B-Schools

There are two major types of management programmes: General Management Programme (GMP) and Sectoral Programme (Specialization-based programme).

A General Management Programme gives you the flexibility to join any sector and thus offers maximum diversification and placement opportunities as opposed to a Specialization-based Programme. All the IIMs and most of the other top b-schools offer this programme.

However, some b-schools offer programmes catering to a specific sector or specializing in a specific area. IIMA’s FABM (Food and Agri Business Management) programme, IRMA’s flagship Rural/Agri-business Management programme, MICA’s flagship programme in Strategic Marketing and Communication (Advertising), TISS’s MA in HRM, and XLRI’s PGD–HRM are the best in their respective sectors. You should consider these programmes only if you are interested in building a career in these disciplines.

Today, several new kinds of programmes are being offered to cater to specific sectors and needs of the business world. A few prime examples are actuarial science, retail, and insurance. The placement opportunities in these Specialized Programmes are restricted to companies in that sector and as such do not offer the kind of flexibility (in terms of moving between sectors) that a GMP offers. This should not matter much if you are interested in that specific sector, especially as top b-schools attract good recruitment from companies engaged in those sectors.

Many top b-schools offering GMPs have, of late, started offering Specialized Programmes. Though the image of the b-school lends a good amount of credibility to such programmes, one cannot equate them to their GMP and treat them at par, as, in most cases, the credibility is only a rub-off and not a full transfer. Also, as one goes down the b-school list, this rub-off effect diminishes, and one needs to carefully evaluate such Specialized Programmes before applying to them. As a rule of thumb, you would be advised to go for GMP over SP as the former offers long-term benefits in terms of flexibility.

Our Methodology

The B-School Categorization process adopted by T.I.M.E. is an elaborate, multi-step process where due weightage is given to the statistics available about the b-school in the public domain and the opinions of experts at T.I.M.E.. This unique blend of expert opinion and objective data makes it the most accurate categorization available. The objective parameters used are: (a) placement data, (b) cut-off score in entrance tests, (c) location of the b-school, (d) age and image of the b-school, and (e) programme fee. The rating given by T.I.M.E. experts, based on the brand image of the school, its alumni base, and its faculty strength, forms the subjective part of the process.

Please note that only the b-schools offering two-year programmes, with at least one batch of students having graduated, have been considered for this exercise.

The b-schools in the list below are divided into seven broad categories:

Top 10 category features world-class b-schools, like the IIMs and XLRI, that you and every other MBA aspirant wishes to make it to. Many of these b-schools are comparable with the best in the world. Indeed, some of them regularly feature in the best b-schools lists released by international business magazines. These b-schools invariably have a 100% placement record. Even the not-so-academically-good students at these b-schools manage to get good jobs on account of the ‘rub-off’ effect of the b-school’s reputation.

AAA+ & AAA categories of b-schools fall into the Top 30. They offer high quality of education, have top-notch faculty and good infrastructure facilities. These b-schools have a 100% placement record. A significant number of the top students at these b-schools secure placements comparable to those offered at the Top 10 b-schools.

AA & A categories of b-schools offer high and consistent quality of education, faculty, and infrastructure facilities. A good number of students at these schools get placements that are much better than the placements of the lower half of the above categories. These b-schools are successful in providing high quality placements to their top students, especially those with good communication skills.

BBB+, BBB, and BB categories of b-schools are well regarded by the business world and have been remarkably successful in placing students. Some of these schools were very strong brands themselves earlier but have now been pushed down only because of the addition of multiple IIMs over the years. This shows that most of these hold their ground successfully and that students can rely on them to give a boost to their careers.

B+ and B categories of schools have a good recognition within the business world. They may not provide too many national-level placement opportunities but are generally successful in providing placements to many of their students with prominent local and national companies.

Apart from all these, we have also listed b-schools under the ‘Others’ category, which may be found to be lacking in one or more of (a) infrastructure, (b) industry interface, (c) faculty, (d) alumni network, (e) curriculum, and (f) placements. However, we believe these b-schools are better than the hordes of others that do not feature in our list at all. Considering these issues, you are hence advised to get thorough information (by visiting the campuses and speaking with past and current students) about these institutes before taking any decision concerning admission.

You must remember that while talking with current/ex-students of a b-school may help, you should take their feedback with a pinch of salt, as the students generally tend to do their bit to help their alma mater. Also, you should not be influenced by the reviews you find on the Internet as they can be biased towards either extreme.

In short, this would mean that the top 60 schools – listed in Top 10, AAA+, AAA, AA, and A categories – would be the schools to strongly aspire for.

Your academic performance at the b-school makes all the difference

An extremely important factor that you must keep in mind is that, regardless of the b-school you get into, your academic performance in the programme plays a very important role in determining the kind of return you get out of your MBA.

It is only normal for all schools to have students who are laggards, and so their placements may not be the envy of many. Similarly, the top performers from the schools in the lower categories may bag the best of placements from their campuses and make the most of their MBA stint. Some of these placements could be far better than those secured by less well-performing students in the categories above them.

The obvious point that many aspirants do not consider is that the students who work hard during the two years of their MBA certainly do much better than those who do not work hard.

How will the B-School Categorization help you?

The list of top b-schools is a valuable guide that will help you on two fronts: (a) to pick the right set of b-schools to apply to and (b) to select the right b-school to join for final admission (i.e., from among the schools that confirmed admissions in case of multiple conversions).

(a) To which/how many b-schools should you apply?

To arrive at the answer to the above question, you should use the following parameters:

Budget: With the cost of application for each institute being in the range of ₹500 to ₹2,500, an optimal number may be 10 to 12 schools. However, it could be slightly higher, based on one’s affordability. You are strongly advised to apply to b-schools across categories to ensure that your chance of admission goes up.

Background: What you are doing currently in terms of your education/work matters a lot. A final-year student, for example, can afford to be selective as he/she can make another attempt the next year, while a person who has completed graduation and is not employed will be keener to get into a b-school. A working professional, comfortably placed with two years of work experience, may be selective, while one with 4–5 years of work experience may not want to lose further time and will play it safe by applying to more schools.

AIMCAT Performance: Depending on your AIMCAT performance, you can estimate the possible percentile that you may score in the CAT. You must apply to b-schools both above and below this expected percentile to cover for any jump/drop in the expected CAT percentile. The categorization in the list will help you compare schools and pick the appropriate ones.

Also, you may want to hedge your risk by applying to more b-schools – particularly to b-schools across categories. It is a good practice to apply to b-schools in three different categories – 50% of the schools you apply to should be in the category where you are likely to land calls for the interview, 30% of the schools in an aspiration level – typically one level above your expected range, and 20% of the schools you apply to should be in the level below the expected range of score to safeguard your interests in case of a bad performance.

We strongly advise you to apply to ALL the IIMs while filling in the CAT application form. The time for picking and choosing will come later – once you have landed the final admissions.

Key notes about T.i.M.E.'s B-School Categorization for 2022:

• Within each category, the schools are arranged in alphabetical order.
• The list comprises only the two-year programmes offered by b-schools. It does not include the one-year programmes, such as the ones offered at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and the executive programmes offered by the IIMs.

T.I.M.E.'S B-SCHOOL CATEGORISATION – 2022

Top Ten

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi, Delhi
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
XLRI Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur

AAA+

Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi and Kolkata
Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI)
Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurugram
Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management (RGIIM), Shillong
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJSOM), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Delhi

AAA

Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Indian Institute of Management Raipur (IIM-Rai)
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM-Ran)
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (IIM-Roh)
Indian Institute of Management Trichy (IIMT)
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU)
MICA (Ahmedabad)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune
Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)

AA

Department of Business Economics (DBE), South Campus, University of Delhi
Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics (DSE), University of Delhi
Department of Financial Studies (DFS), University of Delhi, South Campus
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
FORE School of Management, New Delhi
Indian Institute of Management Amritsar (IIM-Amr)
Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ)
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur (IIM-Ka)
Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIMN)
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV)
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT-G)
International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE), Mumbai
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB)

A

University Business School (UBS), Panjab University, Chandigarh
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Sanquelim (Goa)
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Chennai (PGDM Two-Year Programme)
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIM-BG)
Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur (IIM-Sam)
Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur (IIM-Sir)
Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi
National Institute of Bank Management,Pune.
NMIMS Bengaluru
SIBM Bengaluru
Sri Ram College of Commerce (MBA – GBO), Delhi
Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune
T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal

BBB+

Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchirapally
Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University (FMS – BHU)
GLIM Gurugram
IIT Jodhpur
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR), Mumbai
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai
MANAGE, Hyderabad (only for those interested in Agri-Business/Rural Management)
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NITT)
National Insurance Academy(NIA), Pune
Nirma University Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (NIRMA)
NMIMS Hyderabad
NMIMS Navi Mumbai
Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WE School), Mumbai
SDA Bocconi Asia Centre, Mumbai
Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik

BBB

Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida
Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
Christ University Institute of Management (CUIM), Bengaluru
Department of Business Management, Osmania University (OU), Hyderabad
Department of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Pune (PUMBA), Pune
FOSTIIMA B-School, New Delhi
IFMR Graduate School of Business, KREA University, Chennai
IMT Nagpur
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata
MDI Murshidabad
NMIMS Indore
SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS), Mumbai
Symbiosis Institute of Digital and Telecom Management (SIDTM), Pune
Welingkar Institute of Management (We School), Bengaluru
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Bengaluru

BB

Delhi School of Management (Delhi Technological University), Delhi
DoMS – NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
Hyderabad Central University (HCU), Hyderabad
ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad
IMI Bhubaneswar
IMI Kolkata
Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal
IMT, Hyderabad
MET's Institute of Management, Mumbai
N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research (NLDIMSR), Mumbai
National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC)
SDM Institute for Management Development (SDM–IMD), Mysuru
Symbiosis Center for Information Technology (SCIT), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), Pune
Universal Business School, Karjat (Mumbai)

B+

Department of Management Studies, Anna University, Chennai
Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore
Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Institute of Management and Research, Delhi
Chetna's R. K. Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi
ICFAI B-School, Mumbai
IES Management College and Research Centre, Mumbai
Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bengaluru
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad
Institute of Technology & Management (ITM), Navi Mumbai
International School of Management Excellence (ISME), Bengaluru
Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS), New Delhi
Jagdish Sheth School of Management (formerly IFIM Business School), Bengaluru
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Prayagraj
National Institute of Technology Warangal (NIT-W)
New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM), New Delhi
School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems & Management, Hyderabad
Xavier Institute of Management & Research (XIMR), Mumbai
XIME Chennai

B

Amity Business School, Noida
Army Institute of Management (AIM), Kolkata
Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi
B. K. School of Business Management, Ahmedabad
Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM), Pune
Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management, Delhi
Birla Global University Bhubaneshwar (formerly BIMTECH Bhubaneshwar)
Department of Management Studies, IIT Dhanbad (formerly Indian School of Mines Dhanbad)
ICFAI B-School, Gurugram
IILM Institute for Business and Management, Gurugram
IILM Institute for Higher Education, Delhi
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management, Mumbai
MIT World Peace University's Faculty of Management, Pune
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Suratkal
Pondicherry Central University (PCU), Puducherry
PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore
Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Kochi
Rizvi Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
School of Communication & Management Studies (SCMS), Kochi
School of Management, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi
Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Hyderabad
SSN School of Management & Computer Applications, Chennai
St Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMR), Mumbai
SIBM, Hyderabad
Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance, Pune
Thakur Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun
University School of Management Studies – Indraprastha University, Delhi
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, Hyderabad
Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Kochi
Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi

Others

Acharya Institute of Management Studies, Bengaluru
Badruka College – Post Graduate Center (OU affiliated MBA), Hyderabad
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi
Christ Institute of Management, Ghaziabad
Christ Institute of Management, Pune
Dhruva College of Management, Hyderabad
Gitam School of International Business, Visakhapatnam
Globsyn, Kolkata
ICFAI B–School (IBS) Hyderabad off-campus at Bengaluru
IBS, Ahmedabad
IBS, Dehradun
IBS, Jaipur
IBS, Kolkata
IBS, Pune
IIEBM, Indus B–School, Pune
IIRM Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Finance, New Delhi
Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), Gwalior
Indira Institute of Management, Pune
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur
Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies (KIAMS), Harihar
Lovely Professional University, Jallandhar, Punjab
M. S. Ramiah Institute of Management, Bengaluru
Master School of Management, Meerut
Myra School of Business, Mysuru
National Institute of Technology Durgapur (NIT-D)
R. A. Podar Institute of Management, Jaipur
St Joseph's College of Business Administration, Bengaluru
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication (SIMC), Pune
Symbiosis School of Media and Communication (SSMC), Bengaluru
Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences (SSSS), Pune
Vanguard Business School (VBS), Bengaluru
VIT Business School, Vellore