NIRF MBA Rankings 2021 - Strange Or Accurate?

The NIRF MBA Rankings of 2021 have been released by the MHRD! In 2021, to no one's surprise, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Calcutta have taken the top spots to emerge as India's leading business schools. However, certain peculiarities in the rankings raise a question about the reliability of the NIRF MBA rankings. For instance, the IITs have pipped institutes such as SPJIMR, NITIE and MDI Gurgaon to feature amongst India's top ten business schools. Institutes such as IIFT Delhi feature below Great Lakes. Within the 'Perception' parameter, a new IIM has ranked well above the likes of IIM Indore, XLRI and SPJIMR, while MDI Gurgaon has been ranked below IIM Nagpur, and NITIE Mumbai has been ranked below Chandigarh University. In 2020, 56 percent of the InsideIIM MBA community rejected the NIRF MBA Rankings. How accurate are the latest NIRF 2021 MBA Rankings? Here are all the key highlights.