The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 has once again placed IIM Ahmedabad at the top of India’s management institute rankings. IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode follow in second and third positions. IIM Calcutta has slipped to seventh, while MDI Gurgaon entered the top 10 list. NIRF Rankings 2025 was released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on September 4, 2025 in New Delhi. Read this article for complete analysis of NIRF India Rankings 2025 Management of Top 10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-50, and 51-100 B-schools. NIRF Rankings of all IIMs, and Top 10 Gainers and Losers are also published.
NIRF Ranking 2025 Management Colleges: Key Highlights
NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 10 Institutes
B-school | NIRF Ranking 2025 | Gain/Loss over last year | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 4 | - | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | 7 | -2 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai | 6 | - | 6 | 7 | 9 |
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | 5 | +2 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Indian Institute of Management Indore | 8 | - | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon
| 9 | +2 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
XLRI Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur | 10 | -1 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025
- IIT Kharagpur (+7) biggest gainer.
- IIM Trichy (+11) major mover upwards.
- IIM Rohtak drops 7 places to 19th.
Table: NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 11-20 Institutes
College Name, City, State | NIRF Rank 2025 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, Maharashtra | 11 | +2 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal | 12 | +7 | 19 | 14 | 12 |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 13 | +3 | 16 | 15 | 10 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 14 | -4 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Chhattisgarh | 15 | -1 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | 16 | +11 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, Delhi | 17 | -2 | 15 | 27 | 24 |
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Jharkhand | 18 | -1 | 17 | 24 | 15 |
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, Haryana | 19 | -7 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | 21 |
Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025
- IIM Nagpur (+6) and IMT Ghaziabad (+5) see strong gains.
- IIT Roorkee falls (–10).
Table: NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 21-30 Institutes
College Name, City, State | NIRF Rank 2025 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, Rajasthan | 21 | +1 | 22 | 16 | 22 |
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand | 22 | -4 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, Kashipur, Uttarakhand | 23 | - | 23 | 19 | 23 |
SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 24 | -3 | 21 | 21 | 25 |
Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur, Maharashtra | 25 | +6 | 31 | 43 | 43 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | 26 | +2 | 28 | 30 | 27 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 27 | +2 | 29 | 23 | 20 |
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi | 28 | -3 | 25 | 25 | 29 |
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | 29 | -3 | 26 | 29 | 33 |
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh | 30 | +5 | 35 | 38 | 44 |
- IIM Sambalpur (+16), TAPMI Manipal (+19), IMI Kolkata (+14) are major gainers.
- IIM Shillong (–14) and Amity (–20) suffer steep declines.
Table: NIRF Ranking 2025 Management: Top 30-50 Institutes
College Name | NIRF Rank 2025 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar | 31 | +2 | 33 | 53 | 73 |
Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab | 32 | +4 | 36 | 36 | 40 |
MICA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 33 | -1 | 32 | 37 | 42 |
Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur, Odisha | 34 | +16 | 50 | 58 | 66 |
Indian Institute of Management Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir | 35 | +7 | 42 | 41 | 36 |
UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand | 36 | +5 | 41 | 39 | 41 |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 37 | -3 | 34 | 31 | 31 |
Indian Institute of Management Shillong, Meghalaya | 38 | -14 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal, Karnataka | 39 | +19 | 58 | 42 | 38 |
IMI Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi | 40 | - | 40 | 34 | 30 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida, Uttar Pradesh | 41 | +4 | 45 | 47 | 51 |
IMI Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal | 42 | +14 | 56 | 70 | NA |
Goa Institute of Management, Sanquelim, Goa | 43 | -6 | 37 | 33 | 36 |
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab | 44 | -6 | 38 | 32 | 34 |
XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | 45 | -2 | 43 | 46 | 35 |
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, Telangana | 46 | -7 | 39 | 40 | 32 |
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab | 46 |
| 44 | 49 | 53 |
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand | 48 | -2 | 46 | 44 | 46 |
Amity University, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh | 49 | -20 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, Haryana | 50 | +2 | 52 | 62 | 52 |
Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025
There are significant changes in rankings of IIMs in NIRF 2025. Here are the key changes.
- IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kozhikode remain unchanged at top three.
- IIM Lucknow moves up to 5th (+2).
- IIM Calcutta slips to 7th (–2).
- IIM Sambalpur (+16), IIM Tiruchirappalli (+11), IIM Nagpur (+6), and IIM Jammu (+7) show strong gains.
- IIM Shillong suffers a steep fall (–14).
- IIM Amritsar drops 17 places to 64th.
Table: IIMs NIRF Rankings 2022–2025
Institute | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IIM Ahmedabad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
IIM Bangalore | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
IIM Kozhikode | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
IIM Lucknow | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
IIM Mumbai | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
IIM Calcutta | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
IIM Indore | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
IIM Raipur | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
IIM Tiruchirappalli | 16 | 27 | 22 | 18 |
IIM Ranchi | 18 | 17 | 24 | 15 |
IIM Rohtak | 19 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
IIM Udaipur | 21 | 22 | 16 | 22 |
IIM Kashipur | 23 | 23 | 19 | 23 |
IIM Nagpur | 25 | 31 | 43 | 43 |
IIM Visakhapatnam | 29 | 26 | 29 | 33 |
IIM Bodh Gaya | 31 | 33 | 53 | 73 |
IIM Sambalpur | 34 | 50 | 58 | 66 |
IIM Jammu | 35 | 42 | 41 | 36 |
IIM Shillong | 38 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
IIM Sirmaur | 51 | 57 | 98 | 69 |
IIM Amritsar | 64 | 47 | 51 | 55 |
Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025
- Big Gainer in this segment are IIM Sirmaur (+6), IMT Hyderabad (+26), LIBA (+11).
- Rankings of IIM Amritsar (–17), BHU (–12), Guru Gobind Singh IPU (–11) have decline sharply.
- New entrants include Thiagarajar, Manipal Jaipur, PSG, IIT Jodhpur, IMT Nagpur, University of Lucknow.
Table: NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 51–100 Institutes
College Name | NIRF Rank 2025 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh | 51 | +6 | 57 | 98 | 69 |
Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand | 52 | +7 | 59 | 65 | 65 |
Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 53 | +2 | 55 | 61 | 45 |
Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat | 54 | -5 | 49 | 54 | 58 |
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 55 | +11 | 66 | -- | 86 |
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 56 | - | -- | -- | -- |
Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka | 57 | +3 | 60 | 60 | 72 |
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | 57 | -6 | 51 | 35 | 39 |
Fore School of Management, New Delhi, Delhi | 59 | -6 | 53 | 63 | 60 |
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | 60 | -12 | 48 | 56 | 50 |
Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh | 61 | +3 | 64 | 48 | 56 |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 62 | +4 | 68 | 69 | -- |
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 63 | +11 | 74 | 71 | 71 |
Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar, Punjab | 64 | -17 | 47 | 51 | 55 |
K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 65 | -2 | 63 | 45 | 41 |
Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | 66 | -4 | 62 | 57 | -- |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | 67 | +5 | 72 | 92 | 78 |
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | 68 | -1 | 67 | 59 | 48 |
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh | 69 | +1 | 70 | 55 | 57 |
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh | 70 | -9 | 79 | 52 | 47 |
Alliance University, Bengaluru, Karnataka | 71 | - | 71 | 87 | 98 |
Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana | 72 | +26 | 97 | 84 | 75 |
Jain University, Bengaluru, Karnataka | 73 | +4 | 77 | 85 | 96 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 74 | +1 | 75 | 80 | 81 |
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (PGDM), Mumbai, Maharashtra | 75 | +9 | 84 | 73 | 68 |
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, Delhi | 76 | -11 | 65 | 66 | 62 |
BML Munjal University, Gurgaon, Haryana | 77 | +6 | 83 | 72 | 54 |
Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab | 78 | -24 | 54 | 64 | 80 |
Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | 79 | +7 | 86 | - | - |
Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai, Tamil Nadu | 80 | +2 | 82 | 90 | 96 |
Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan | 81 | -8 | 73 | 79 | 85 |
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala | 82 | -1 | 81 | -- | -- |
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh | 83 | - | -- | -- | -- |
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | 84 | -4 | 80 | 89 | 63 |
National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala | 85 | -9 | 76 | 75 | 84 |
New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi, Delhi | 86 | +2 | 88 | 99 | -- |
Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Delhi | 87 | -9 | 78 | 96 | 100 |
Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 88 | -19 | 69 | 49 | 49 |
Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat | 89 | - | 89 | 94 | 89 |
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Delhi | 90 | -3 | 87 | 88 | 82 |
Rajagiri Business School, Cochin, Kerala | 91 | +2 | 93 | 86 | 83 |
Panjab University, Chandigarh, Chandigarh | 92 |
| 92 | 82 | 67 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | 93 | -8 | 85 | 68 | 64 |
IMI Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | 94 | -33 | 61 | 67 | 70 |
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad, Telangana | 95 | +1 | 96 | 97 | -- |
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | 96 | -2 | 94 | 86 | 83 |
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand | 97 | -7 | 90 | 77 | 78 |
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan | 98 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra | 99 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | 100 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Top 10 Gainers
These institutes recorded the sharpest improvements in the NIRF 2025 rankings compared to 2024. Their rise reflects strong performance in academic outcomes, research, and industry perception.
Institute | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
IMT Hyderabad | 72 | 97 | 25 |
TAPMI Manipal | 39 | 58 | 19 |
IIM Sambalpur | 34 | 50 | 16 |
IMI Kolkata | 42 | 56 | 14 |
Saveetha Chennai | 63 | 74 | 11 |
IIM Tiruchirappalli | 16 | 27 | 11 |
LIBA Chennai | 55 | 66 | 11 |
KL University | 70 | 79 | 9 |
Welingkar Mumbai | 75 | 84 | 9 |
IIM Jammu | 35 | 42 | 7 |
Top 10 Losers
These institutes witnessed the steepest declines in NIRF 2025 rankings. The drop signals rising competition and possible challenges in sustaining performance across key parameters.
Institute | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Amity Noida | 49 | 29 | -20 |
IIM Amritsar | 64 | 47 | -17 |
IIM Shillong | 38 | 24 | -14 |
BHU Varanasi | 60 | 48 | -12 |
IP University Delhi | 76 | 65 | -11 |
IIM Rohtak | 19 | 12 | -7 |
ICFAI Hyderabad | 46 | 39 | -7 |
LPU Phagwara | 44 | 38 | -6 |
The NIRF provides a methodology to assess and rank higher education institutions across the country. It is based on the following broad parameters for evaluation: ‘Teaching, Learning and Resources’, ‘Research and Professional Practices’, ‘Graduation Outcomes’, ‘Outreach and Inclusivity’, and ‘Perception’. Since the launch of the rankings, IIMA has been placed at the top position in 2017, 2018, and then again from 2020 onwards.
In conclusion, NIRF Rankings 2025 has once again placed IIM Ahmedabad at the top of India’s management institute rankings. IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode follow in second and third positions. IIM Calcutta has slipped to seventh, while MDI Gurgaon entered the top 10 list. Read above article for NIRF Ranking 2025 list and complete analysis of NIRF India Rankings 2025 Management.
Also read: MBA Rankings in India, MBAUniverse.com MBA Rankings 2025.
