MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2015: Survey process launched

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
August 26, 2014
With more than 3900 Management Programs in India, offered by many different types of B-schools - like 13 IIMs, 283 PGDMs, 450 odd Private University B-schools - the student community is at a loss.
The Survey is being conducted under the guidance of a high powered advisory body, headed by Padma Shri Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director, IIM Ahmedabad

MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking, India’s most rigorous ranking with past participation from IIMA, IIMC, IIMB & XLRI, is now underway. The results will be available in November 2014 on MBAUniverse.com. 

MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2015 research process is now underway. This benchmark survey combines domain expertise, rigorous research, and customized web-based user interface on MBAUniverse.com. The Survey is being conducted under the guidance of a high powered advisory body, headed by Padma Shri Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director, IIM Ahmedabad.

To ensure that MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2015 is most honest and accurate picture of B-school Universe, there are several innovations undertaken by ranking research team. In one such change, to authenticate CAT/XAT/CMAT scores of the students (as it has significant wtg in MBAUniverse.com methodology), we are seeking CAT/XAT registration numbers of all candidates admitted in 2014, for crosschecking against the CAT/XAT score database. Our research team will also cross check data on Faculty details and qualification from the AICTE & UGC mandatory disclosures. Such checks will act as a deterrent against inaccurate data shared by many B-schools with inexperienced research agencies and media houses. 

MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2015 USPs are:

• Highly credible advisory body: The Survey is being conducted under the guidance of a high powered advisory body, headed by Padma Shri Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director, IIM Ahmedabad and Market Research Guru Dr RK Shukla, former Principal Economist of National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).

Emphasis on data-accuracy and validation, not just mindless number crunching: To ensure that MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2015 is most honest and accurate picture of B-school Universe, there are several innovations undertaken by ranking research team. Our research team will also cross-check data from the AICTE & UGC mandatory disclosures. Such checks will act as a deterrent against inaccurate data shared by many B-schools with inexperienced research agencies and media houses. After all, if data is inaccurate, no amount of analysis and modeling will give correct picture. Garbage in, Garbage out!

Unique data-driven Methodology: Since its inception, MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings uses data, and data alone, to measure performance of B-schools. After all, a B-school is not a bottle of shampoo that should be bought based on brand recall!

• Latest Data from 2014, not old data: MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings asks latest data, based on admissions for the 2014-16 Batch. Almost all rankings reply on one year old data. A lot changes in 12 months!

Maximum participation: IIMA, IIMC, IIMB, XLRI, IIML and virtually every other Top 25 B-school participates in MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings. We were the first B-school to rank new IIMs like IIM Trichy and IIM Ranchi last year. So our data is comprehensive and one can compare across the biggest universe.

• High reach: The results of this survey will reach & influence more than 150,000 MBA aspirants who will apply for Admissions 2015.

In sum, we are taking all steps possible to ensure that MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings are India's most credible ranking.

The questionnaire is dispatched to Top 200 B-schools. Others can soon download the questionnaire from MBAUniverse.com very soon.

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more details on MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2015.