Guest writer and IIM Ranchi director Prof MJ Xavier argues that India's business schools should go deep enough into teaching Indian business to develop their own brand of education that international applicants will find palatable.

The total number of GMAT score reports sent to Indian b-schools by foreigners however doubled between 2007 and 2011.

Even as India's b-schools have begun contemplating attracting international students, the challenge of hosting foreign students is a lot tougher than it seems, as MDI Gurgaon has learnt in the process of running its PGP-IM programme comprising 50% Europeans.