MBA Rankings in India

If you are looking for latest MBA College Rankings, you are on right page. MBA Rankings help you to decide which MBA college or MBA program you should apply when there are hundreds of options available to you.  Although there are dozens of B-school rankings which are published in India, only a few are credible and useful benchmarks. The reputed rankings are objective rather than subjective. This special article reviews all major MBA rankings in India and presents their latest ranking results.

Top MBA Rankings in India
The top MBA Rankings or B-school Rankings in India are published by HRD Ministry, Government of India, NIRF Ranking Framework, MBAUniverse.com and Business Today. These rankings help you make an informed choice. These MBA College Rankings attempt to arrive at the most accurate ranking order so as to give a true picture of management education in India.  This article will let you know the latest top four MBA Rankings - MBAUniverse.com, NIRF, and Business Today

Updated on 15.7.2022

MHRD-NIRF B School Ranking 2022
The 7^th edition of Govt of India NIRF Ranking 2022 has been released on July 15, 2022 at 11 AM by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble HRD Minister of India. This year more than 4000 institutes applied for the rankings. The NIRF Rankings 2022 have been released for 11 streams like last year.  In the recent NIRF Rankings, IIM Ahmedabad has retained its top position while IIM Bangalore is again at 2^nd position followed by IIM Calcutta which is at 3^rd place. One of the key highlights of NIRF Rankings 2022 is that IIT Delhi is consistently rising upwards, while many other IITs are losing their ranking positions. The second generation IIMs like IIM Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Kashipur have jumped many places upwards leaving behind number of top B-schools .

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is approved and released by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The first NIRF Ranking was released in 2016 followed by NIRF 2017, NIRF 2018, NIRF 2019, NIRF 2020 and NIRF 2021. Till 2019 NIRF Rankings were released by Hon’ble President of India. There were 500 maximum marks awarded in NIRF Ranking 2022 on different parameters which included Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research & Professional Practice, Placements, Peer Perception among others.

Top Institutes in NIRF MBA College Ranking 2022
Top 20 management Institutes in MHRD NIRF MBA Ranking 2022 are:

MBAUniverse.com B School Rankings 2022
The 12^th edition of MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings 2022 was released on January 1, 2022. Regarded as one of India’s most credible B-school Rankings, this prestigious ranking puts IIM Bangalore as No 1 B-school in India. IIM Ahmedabad at #2 Rank and IIM Calcutta at #3 Rank are amongst Top 3 B-schools in India. Despite stiff competition from IIMs, top private B-schools like SPJIMR, MDI and NMIMS Mumbai have held on to their leadership by successfully differentiating their programs. New IIMs particularly IIM Udaipur and IIM Trichy have shown significant all-round improvements. It is highly creditable that within a decade of their establishment, they are ranked amongst Top 20 B-schools in India. More details are below.

Source: MBAUniverse.com Ranking 2022 

View complete Ranking of 90+ B-schools on this link.  

  Business Today India’s Best B-schools 2021  
Business Today’s ‘India’s Best B-schools Survey 2021’ was released on November 15, 2021. “After a neck-and-neck battle for several years, which saw IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) and IIM Calcutta (IIMC) occupying the top two positions respectively, IIMC has finally toppled IIMA to claim the No.1 position this year. IIM Bangalore finishes third, followed by IIM Lucknow at fourth place, with S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, coming in at fifth place to complete the top five,” notes the survey. More details are below.