MBAUniverse.com - Hindu BusinessLine launch Ranking 2017; Dr B Dholakia is Ranking Chairperson

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
September 19, 2016
The Hindu, India's most trusted newspaper, and MBAUniverse.com, India's No 1 MBA Portal, have come together for 2nd successive year to conduct and publish 'The Hindu Business Line - MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking 2017'
The participation in Ranking is now open for B schools approved by MHRD, UGC or AICTE

Since 2010, MBAUniverse.com annually releases its B-school Rankings, widely recognized as India’s most credible & ‘toughest’ Ranking. All top B-schools including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, XLRI participate in this ranking, making it very competitive and the 'toughest' to secure a top high rank. Last year, recognizing its credibility, 125 years old THE HINDU, one of India's most trusted newspaper groups, joined hands with MBAUniverse.com to create THE HINDU BusinessLine - MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings. Taking the initiative forward, Rankings 2017 process is now underway. Dr Bakul Dholakia former Director IIM Ahmedabad & former Director General IMI Delhi is the Chairperson of Ranking 2017 Advisory Committee.

Data Driven 360 Degree Evaluation
The Hindu BusinessLine-MBAUniverse.com Ranking is purely based on Factual Data (no 'Perception Surveys' used), on key parameters that measure the ‘Input’ (Student Quality), ‘Processes’ (Academics) and ‘Outcomes’ (Research & Placements) of a Business School. As a long-standing practice, post the survey, key data points of participating B-schools are released alongwith survey results for complete transparency.

As per recommendations of Advisory Committee, research agency will thoroughly verify the data provided by participating institutes through field visits by researchers/experts, AICTE & UCG records, official website, and surprise checks. In cases of any discrepancies, the concerned institute will not be ranked for next three years.

Eminent Advisory Committee to supervise
The Ranking 2017 will be conducted under the supervision of an eminent Advisory Committee. Dr Bakul Dholakia, Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad & Former Director General, IMI New Delhi is the Advisory Body Chairman for Rankings 2017. He stepped down from his role as IMI DG on September 14. Other members of advisory body include Mr Raghavan SrinivasanEditor, BusinessLine and Dr R K Shukla, Market Research Guru, Former Director, NCAER Center Macro Consumer Research and MD, ICE360.

High reach & Impact
The Rankings will be released in November 2016 and will be published by The Hindu, BusinessLine & MBAUniverse.com.

The Hindu is one of the most circulated English language newspaper in India with average readership of 16 lakhs. It is the first Indian news paper that offered online edition as early as in 1995. BusinessLine is the business newspaper from the group having high readership in CEOs and HR community.

Set up in 2008, MBAUniverse.com is India's No 1 MBA education portal and plays an important role in developing the MBA Education ecosystem in India. MBAUniverse.com also organizes two world class academic conferences – Indian Management Conclave (IMC) and Asian Management Conclave (AMC) Singapore.

The B-school ranking survey will be used by 150,000+ MBA aspirants registered on MBAUniverse.com, MBA recruiters & B-school Leaders for their benchmarking.

Eligibility to participate till October 7
Participation is now open. MHRD, UGC or AICTE approved B-schools and Universities who have completed six years (five batches) or more can apply. Questionnaire is available on this link: http://www.mbauniverse.com/bschoolrankings2017/bschoolranking2017.php. Last date of submission is October 7, 2016.

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