The MBAUniverse.com Indian B-school Rankings 2010 was recently released at the MBAUniverse.com Indian Management Conclave on Aug 14. Our readers will remember, IIM Ahmedabad was crowned as the Number 1 B-school in India. We are now starting this special series where we will be analyzing the rankings in greater detail to help you, the MBA aspirant, chose the right B-school. In this first article of the series we tell you about the locations where you can find the best B-schools and which provide you the maximum number of options in deciding your future.

The MBAUniverse.com Rankings 2010 has revealed that the two biggest corporate hubs of India, the Delhi NCR and Mumbai, have proved to be the high-growth centres for quality conscious B-schools. The analysis of the top 25 B-schools in the rankings has divulged that these two centres are home to maximum number of top league B-schools of India.

There are five top league B-schools in Delhi, led by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT); Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi; International Management Institute (IMI). In the extended Delhi National Capital Region, there are three top B-schools: Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon; Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad; Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida.

In Mumbai there are 7 top league B-schools, led by: National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE); S P Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR); Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS); Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), University of Mumbai.

60% of the top B-schools are located in these urban areas of the West and the North. While 32% top B-schools are based in the Delhi NCR combined, 28% belong to Mumbai alone.

The B-schools that have been established in the Delhi NCR and Mumbai have been able to build a proud-worthy legacy courtesy the highly competitive environment and the strong industry-institute linkage.

Other cities

Ahmedabad is also leading with 2 top B-schools in the city: IIM Ahmedabad and MICA. Surprisingly Bengaluru and Kolkata, the two other big cities, lag behind in providing green grounds to aspiring B-schools. The two cities have one top B-school each, IIM-B and IIM-C. The other cities that have one top B-school each are: Bhubaneswar (XIMB), Jamshedpur (XLRI), Manipal (TAPMI), Kozhikode (IIM-K), Indore (IIM-I).

Cities like Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad do not even have a saving grace with none of the B-schools from these cities able to find mention in the top league of B-schools. It obviously points to the need for these B-schools to gear up on the front of faculty, placements, infrastructure and student selection.

MBAUniverse.com Indian B-school Rankings 2010 methodology

The MBAUniverse.com Indian B-school Rankings 2010 has rated the quality of 80 B-schools. The B-schools were ranked based on total scores of three parameters: Input (entrance exam, academic background, work experience); Process (faculty, industry engagement, infrastructure, international initiatives) and Output (academic excellence, pre-placement and final placement offers, HR/Recruiters perception and student's experience).

The ranking details are available on http://www.mbauniverse.com/business-schools/mba-rankings-comparative-business-school-rankings.php

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