Recently, we released the list of the
Top-45 Most Desirable Business Schools in 2019, with the top-5 spots being occupied by IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, FMS Delhi and XLRI Jamshedpur, in that order. The rankings were compiled on the basis of responses gathered from hundreds of MBA aspirants who ranked B-schools based on their perception of the B-school's brand. The B-schools in the report were spread out across the length and breadth of India - from Tiruchirappalli in the South to Mohali in the North, and Ahmedabad in the West to Shillong in the East.
While the list of India's top mba colleges was a zoomed-out version of the B-school rankings, in this report, we delve deeper into the top MBA institutes across the 4 zones of India - North India, East India, West India and South India. We will also take a look at the Top-20 business schools in India, based on ownership, i.e., Private and State-Owned (Government).
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Top MBA Colleges In India 2019 - Regional Rankings
Top Business Schools In Western India
5 of the Top-15 MBA institutes in India belong to West India, including India's most desirable business school - IIM Ahmedabad. Within the Western zone, 70% of the Top-10 business schools are located in Maharashtra, and 60% of the Top-10 belong to Mumbai, the financial capital of the country.
The average number of seats in the Top-10 B-schools of Western India is 245.
Top names - IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, SPJIMR Mumbai, JBIMS Mumbai, TISS Mumbai.
| India's Top 10 Management Colleges In Western India |
| Rank |
Names of Business Schools |
Mean Score |
Batch Size |
| 1 |
IIM Ahmedabad |
9.505 |
399 |
| 2 |
IIM Indore |
8.657 |
624 |
| 3 |
SPJIMR Mumbai |
8.551 |
238 |
| 4 |
JBIMS Mumbai |
8.357 |
136 |
| 5 |
TISS Mumbai |
7.265 |
62 |
| 6 |
SIBM Pune |
7.226 |
180 |
| 7 |
SJMSoM IIT Bombay |
7.180 |
115 |
| 8 |
NITIE Mumbai |
7.170 |
241 |
| 9 |
NMIMS Mumbai |
6.664 |
630 |
| 10 |
MICA Ahmedabad |
6.110 |
180 |
Top MBA Colleges In Northern India
4 of the Top-15 MBA institutes of India belong to North India, including one of the Top-5 most desirable MBA institutes in the country - FMS Delhi. 60% of the Top-10 B-schools in North India belong to Delhi NCR, with 30% of the B-schools belonging to Delhi, the national capital of India.
Top names - FMS Delhi, IIM Lucknow, IIFT Delhi, MDI Gurgaon.
The average number of seats in the Top-10 B-schools of Northern India is 265.
| Top 10 Business Schools in Northern India |
| Rank |
Names of Business Schools |
Mean Score |
Batch Size |
| 1 |
FMS Delhi |
9.378 |
231 |
| 2 |
IIM Lucknow |
8.915 |
451 |
| 3 |
IIFT Delhi |
8.498 |
173 |
| 4 |
MDI Gurgaon |
8.201 |
359 |
| 5 |
DMS IIT Delhi |
7.099 |
108 |
| 6 |
IIM Udaipur |
6.746 |
263 |
| 7 |
IIM Rohtak |
6.562 |
231 |
| 8 |
IIM Kashipur |
6.452 |
256 |
| 9 |
DoMS IIT Roorkee |
5.908 |
77 |
| 10 |
IMT Ghaziabad |
5.703 |
500 |
Top MBA Colleges In Southern India
3 of the Top-15 business schools in India belong to South India, including one of the Top-3 most desirable business schools - IIM Bangalore. Within the Top-8, approximately 38% of the top MBA institutes belong to Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu.
Top Names - IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode, Indian School of Business Hyderabad.
The average number of seats in the Top-8 B-schools of Southern India is 311, the highest across all regions in India.
| Top B-Schools in Southern India |
| Rank |
Names of Business Schools |
Mean Score |
Batch Size |
| 1 |
IIM Bangalore |
9.449 |
430 |
| 2 |
IIM Kozhikode |
8.890 |
422 |
| 3 |
ISB Hyderabad |
8.258 |
601 |
| 4 |
IIM Trichy |
6.890 |
186 |
| 5 |
DoMS IIT Madras |
5.696 |
65 |
| 6 |
Great Lakes Institute of Management |
4.424 |
119 |
| 7 |
TAPMI Manipal |
4.399 |
478 |
| 8 |
IFMR Chennai/SriCity (KREA University) |
3.710 |
187 |
Top MBA Institutes In Eastern India
3 of the Top-15 B-schools in India belong to East India, including one of the Top-3 most desirable business schools, IIM Calcutta, and one of the Top-5 most desirable business schools, XLRI Jamshedpur. 33% of the Top-9 MBA institutes in the Eastern zone belong to the state of West Bengal. Business schools under Xavier University make-up 22% of the top business schools in East India.
The average number of seats in the Top-9 B-schools of Eastern India is 268.
Top names - IIM Calcutta, XLRI Jamshedpur, IIM Shillong.
| Top MBA Colleges in Eastern India |
| Rank |
Names of Business Schools |
Mean Score |
Batch Size |
| 1 |
IIM Calcutta |
9.459 |
463 |
| 2 |
XLRI Jamshedpur |
9.311 |
364 |
| 3 |
IIM Shillong |
7.530 |
179 |
| 4 |
IIFT Kolkata |
7.117 |
153 |
| 5 |
IIM Ranchi |
6.968 |
255 |
| 6 |
IIM Raipur |
6.530 |
209 |
| 7 |
VGSoM IIT Kharagpur |
5.898 |
126 |
| 8 |
XIMB |
5.131 |
364 |
| 9 |
XUB |
3.795 |
300 |
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India's Top Business Schools - Rankings By Ownership
Top 15 State-Owned Business Schools In India
| Top-15 Most Desirable Government Owned Management Institutes In India |
| Rank |
Names of Business Schools |
Desirability Score
(Out of 10) |
| 1 |
IIM Ahmedabad |
9.505 |
| 2 |
IIM Calcutta |
9.459 |
| 3 |
IIM Bangalore |
9.449 |
| 4 |
FMS Delhi |
9.378 |
| 5 |
IIM Lucknow |
8.915 |
| 6 |
IIM Kozhikode |
8.890 |
| 7 |
IIM Indore |
8.657 |
| 8 |
IIFT Delhi |
8.498 |
| 9 |
JBIMS Mumbai |
8.357 |
| 10 |
IIM Shillong |
7.530 |
| 11 |
TISS Mumbai |
7.265 |
| 12 |
SJMSoM IIT Bombay |
7.180 |
| 13 |
NITIE Mumbai |
7.170 |
| 14 |
IIFT Kolkata |
7.117 |
| 15 |
DoMS IIT Delhi |
7.099 |
Top 15 Private Business Schools In India
Check out the full list of
India's Top MBA Institutes here.
| Top-15 Private MBA Institutes In India |
| Rank |
Name of Business Schools |
Desirability Score
(Out of 10) |
| 1 |
XLRI Jamshedpur |
9.311 |
| 2 |
SPJIMR Mumbai |
8.551 |
| 3 |
ISB Hyderabad/Mohali |
8.258 |
| 4 |
MDI Gurgaon |
8.201 |
| 5 |
SIBM Pune |
7.226 |
| 6 |
NMIMS Mumbai |
6.664 |
| 7 |
MICA Ahmedabad |
6.110 |
| 8 |
SCMHRD Pune |
5.753 |
| 9 |
IMT Ghaziabad |
5.703 |
| 10 |
XIMB |
5.131 |
| 11 |
KJSIMSR |
4.488 |
| 12 |
Great Lakes |
4.424 |
| 13 |
IMI Delhi |
4.406 |
| 14 |
TAPMI Manipal |
4.399 |
| 15 |
XUB |
3.795 |
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