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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