Updated On Date: Oct 18, 2022

Top 20 MBA Colleges in India

 

Top 20 Management Institutes in India

 

In the past decade, IIMs enjoyed top positions in the list of Top 20 MBA Colleges in India. However, for the past few years, some private B-Schools, with impeccable curriculum and great placements, have started replacing IIMs in this list. This year Ministry of Human Resource Development also released NIRF- National Institutional Ranking Framework- rankings for educational institutions all over India. In these rankings, top 9 places are occupied by IIMs and IITs. 10th place in this ‘Top 20 MBA Colleges in India’ list is occupied by Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute-XLRI. With well-tested parameters like academic excellence, Placements, international collaborations, and alumni reviews here are Top 20 MBA Colleges in India.

 

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 Top 20 MBA Colleges in India

Rank

Institute

City

State

1

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) –Ahmadabad

Ahmedabad
Gujarat 
2

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Bangalore

Bangalore
Karnataka 
3

Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute – Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur
Jharkhand 
4

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Kolkata

Kolkata
West Bengal 
5

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Lucknow

Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh 
6

Indian School of Business – Hyderabad

Hyderabad
Telangana 
7

Faculty of Management Studies – Delhi

Delhi
NCR 
8

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies – Mumbai

Mumbai
Maharashtra 
9

International Management Institute- Delhi

Delhi
NCR 
10

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management – Pune

Pune
Maharashtra 
11 

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

Chennai 
Tamil Nadu 
12 

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Indore

Indore 
Madhya Pradesh 
13 

SP Jain Institute of Management and Research – Mumbai

Mumbai 
Maharashtra 
14 

Christ University – Bangalore

Bangalore 
Karnataka 
15 

Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai

Mumbai 
Maharashtra 
16 

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Kozhikode

Kozhikode 
Kerala 
17 

TA Pai Management Institute – Manipal

Manipal 
Karnataka 
18 

ICFAI Business School (IBS) – Hyderabad

Hyderabad 
Telangana 
19 
Loyola Institute of Business Administration – Chennai
Chennai 
Tamil Nadu 
20 

SJM School of Management, IIT – Bombay

Mumbai
Maharashtra 

 

 

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