MBAUniverse.com Rankings: Dr MR Rao, former Dean, ISB & Dr D Chatterjee, former Director, IIMK join Advisory Body

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
October 30, 2014
MBAUniverse.com Ranking, India's most rigorous and prestigious B school Ranking, with maximum participation from IIMs, XLRI and other Top 20 B-schools, will be released in just a few weeks.
With widest participation from 150 B-schools and Universities, MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2015 research process is currently underway

Making this ranking the Gold-standard, two stalwarts of Indian management education, Dr MR Rao, former Dean of ISB Hyderabad & Dr Debashis Chatterjee, former Director of IIM K have joined the MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory Body.

These two gurus join Dr RK Shukla, one of India's best known market research guru & former Principal Economist of NCAER, to guide the ranking process. To avoid potential conflict of interest, Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director of IIM Ahmedabad, has voluntarily decided to step down from the MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body. Dr Dholakia was the chair-person of MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body for last four years. He recently joined IMI New Delhi as its Director General. In his guidance, MBAUniverse.com Ranking established itself as one of India's most respected B-school Ranking.

With widest participation from 150 B-schools and Universities, MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2015 research process is currently underway. Results will be released on MBAUniverse.com in mid-November, to coincide with the CAT exams getting over.

Widely respected for his significant contribution in making ISB a World class institution, Dr M Rammohan Rao was the Dean at the Indian School of Business (ISB) from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he has held various positions at IIM Bangalore including Director, Dean and Professor. He was the President of Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS); Chairman, All India Board of Management Studies; Chairperson of the Derivatives Market Review committee appointed by SEBI; and President, Operations Research Society of India. He is currently the Provost of Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad.

Dr. Debashis Chatterjee is the former Director of IIM Kozikode, where he lead the institution to new heights. He is a well known scholar and author. He has taught leadership classes at Harvard University and at the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), Calcutta, Lucknow, and Kozhikode, for nearly two decades. His published work includes six books. He has trained more than 10,000 manager’s globally in Fortune 100 corporations and has served as leadership coach to political leaders and CEOs of major Indian organizations. He is a pioneer in the field of Asian models in leadership. He also serves as an independent director on the boards of several multinational and Indian companies.

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 including Dr MR Rao, former Dean, ISB Hyderabad; Dr Debashis Chatterjee, former Director, IIM K and 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.

 Unique data-driven Methodology: Since its inception, MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings uses data, and data alone, to measure performance of B-schools.

• 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: Top IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, XLRI, and virtually each one of Top 25 B-school participates in MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings. 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.

So the wait for India's most rigorous and prestigious B-schools Ranking will be over soon. Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com.