PaGaLGuY B-school Rankings 2012
India's Most Preferred B-schools

Traditionally, B-schools rankings have been trying to tell us which MBA programs we should be looking at in the coming admissions season. However, none of them have succeeded in capturing the order of business schools that Indians actually want to study at, despite what these rankings advise.

We thus decided to place the power of deciding India's top ranked MBA schools in the hands of the people in an unbiased manner using PaGaLGuY's CommunityRank methodology to produce these rankings.

This year, we feature 100 b-schools in the rankings.

Start browsing the rankings by reading the highlights and analysis , or jump straight to the full list of the rankings below.

For those interested in understanding how we arrived at the rankings, read our methodology . Note, that this is not a ranking of India's Best B-schools, but of India's Most Preferred B-schools. Please interpret this ranking as indicative of what your peers think about India's B-schools.

A total of 8,093 people voted in the 2012 rankings.
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B-school Name Overall Rank Women Rank Work-Ex Rank
(IIM Ahmedabad) Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, 1 1 1
(IIM Calcutta) Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta, Kolkata, 2 3 3
(IIM Bangalore) Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore, Bangalore, 3 2 2
(IIM Lucknow) Indian Institute of Management – Lucknow, Lucknow, 4 7 5
(ISB Hyderabad) Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, 5 4 4
(XLRI Jamshedpur) Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, 6 5 6
(FMS Delhi) Faculty of Management Studies – University of Delhi, Delhi, 7 6 7
(IIM Kozhikode) Indian Institute of Management – Kozhikode, Kozhikode, 7 9 8
(IIM Indore) Indian Institute of Management – Indore, Indore, 9 8 9
(IIFT Delhi & Kolkata) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade – Delhi & Kolkata, Delhi, 10 10 10
(JBIMS Mumbai) Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, 11 10 13
(SJMSoM IIT Bombay) Shailesh J Mehta School of Management – IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 11 14 10
(SPJIMR Mumbai) SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, 13 12 12
(MDI Gurgaon) Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, 14 13 13
(NITIE Mumbai) National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, 15 16 15
(NMIMS Mumbai) Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, 16 17 18
(SIBM Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, 16 18 16
(IMT Ghaziabad) Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, 18 20 16
(MICA Ahmedabad) Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad, 19 15 18
(TISS Mumbai) Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 20 19 21
(DMS IIT Delhi) Department of Management Studies – IIT Delhi, Delhi, 21 21 20
(VGSoM IIT Kharagpur) Vinod Gupta School of Management – IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 22 23 22
(XIM Bhubhaneswar) Xavier’s Institute of Management, Bhubhaneswar, 23 21 23
(SCMHRD Pune) Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resources Development, Pune, 24 24 24
(IIM Shillong) Indian Institute of Management – Shillong, Shillong, 25 25 27
(IIT Kanpur MBA) Industrial and Management Engineering – IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, 26 26 25
(SIMSR Mumbai) KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, 27 28 25
(IRMA Anand) Institute of Rural Management, Anand, 28 27 28
(IIM Trichy) Indian Institute of Management – Trichy, Trichy, 29 29 31
(SIIB Pune) Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune, 30 31 30
(SIBM Bangalore) Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore, 31 29 32
(Great Lakes, Chennai) Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, 32 32 29
(TAPMI Manipal) TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal, 33 33 34
(IMI Delhi) International Management Institute, Delhi, 34 34 33
(IIM Ranchi) Indian Institute of Management – Ranchi, Ranchi, 35 36 35
(IIM Raipur) Indian Institute of Management – Raipur, Raipur, 36 37 38
(IMNU, Nirma University) Institute of Management – Nirma University, Ahmedabad, 37 35 35
(IIM Rohtak) Indian Institute of Management – Rohtak, Rohtak, 38 40 38
(IIM Udaipur) Indian Institute of Management – Udaipur, Udaipur, 38 39 38
(GIM Goa) Goa Institute of Management, Goa, 40 38 41
(DMS IIT Madras) Department of Management Studies – IIT Madras, Chennai, 41 40 37
(XIME Bangalore) Xavier’s Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore, 42 42 42
(SIMS Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune, 43 43 43
(FSM Delhi) FORE School of Management, Delhi, 44 44 43
(We School, Mumbai) Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai, 45 45 45
(BITS Pilani MBA) Management Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, 46 46 46
(LIBA Chennai) Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, 47 47 47
(MIB & MHROD, Delhi University) MIB & MHROD – Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, 48 48 49
(ICFAI Hyderabad) ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, 49 48 48
(LBSIM Delhi) Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, 50 51 52
(DMS IIT Roorkee) Department of Management Studies – IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, 51 52 53
(MBE, Delhi University) Master of Business Economics – University of Delhi, Delhi, 52 54 51
(MFC, Delhi University) Master of Finance and Control – University of Delhi, Delhi, 52 53 50
(SIMC Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune, 54 50 54
(BIM Trichy) Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy, 55 56 56
(IMT Nagpur) Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, 56 58 55
(XISS Ranchi) Xavier’s Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, 56 57 56
(DMS NIT Trichy) Department of Management Studies – NIT Trichy, Trichy, 58 59 58
(FMS-BHU, Varanasi) Faculty of Management Studies – Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 58 60 59
(IIFM Bhopal) Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, 60 62 60
(SRCC GBO, Delhi University) Sri Ram College of Commerce (Global Business Operations), Delhi, 61 55 61
(Great Lakes IEMR, Gurgaon) Great Lakes Institute of Energy Management and Research, Gurgaon, 62 62 62
(UBS Chandigarh) University Business School, Chandigarh, 63 64 63
(VIT Vellore) Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore, 64 61 65
(IFMR Chennai) Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai, 65 65 64
(ICFAI Mumbai) ICFAI Business School, Mumbai, 66 66 67
(SIOM Nasik) Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nasik, 66 67 66
(SITM Pune) Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management, Pune, 68 69 68
(SIMSREE Mumbai) Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai, 69 69 69
(SCIT Pune) Symbiosis Center for Information Technology, Pune, 70 67 70
(DMS IISc Bangalore) Department of Management Studies – IISc Bangalore, Bangalore, 71 71 70
(IIM Kashipur) Indian Institute of Management – Kashipur, Kashipur, 72 74 75
(DMS NIT Durgapur) Department of Management Studies – NIT Durgapur, Durgapur, 73 75 70
(DSM DTU Delhi) Delhi School of Management – Delhi Technological University, Delhi, 73 72 73
(BIMTECH Noida) Birla Institute of Management and Technology, Noida, 75 73 74
(IMT Hyderabad) Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad, 76 76 77
(Alliance University, Bangalore) Alliance University School of Business, Bangalore, 77 77 77
(IISWBM Kolkata) Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata, 78 78 81
(ISBM Pune) International School of Business and Media, Pune, 78 78 76
(NIT Suratkhal MBA) Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management - NIT Suratkhal, 78 80 80
(Amity, Noida) Amity Business School, Noida, 81 81 77
(AIM Kolkata) Army Institute of Management, Kolkata, 82 84 82
(Christ College MBA) Department of Management Studies – Christ College, Bangalore, 83 82 84
(IMDR Pune) Institute of Management Development and Research, Pune, 84 82 82
(IMI Bhubhaneswar) International Management Institute, Bhubhaneswar, 84 85 85
(ITM Navi Mumbai) Institute for Technology and Management, Navi Mumbai, 86 86 86
(IMI Kolkata) International Management Institute, Kolkata, 87 88 87
(NIBM Pune) National Institute of Bank Management, Pune, 88 87 88
(NL Dalmia, Mumbai) NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, 89 89 90
(PUMBA Pune) Pune University MBA – Pune, 90 90 91
(ISME Bangalore) International School of Management Excellence, Bangalore, 91 90 88
(SDMIMD Mysore) SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, 91 92 93
(IPE Hyderabad) Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, 93 93 94
(Osmania University MBA) Osmania University College of Business Management, Hyderabad, 94 93 95
(SPM Gandhinagar) School of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar, 94 93 92
(Pondicherry University MBA) Department of Management Studies – Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 96 96 96
(SIES, Navi Mumbai) SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai, 97 97 97
(NIA Pune) National Insurance Academy School of Management, Pune, 98 98 97
(KIAMS Harihar) Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar, 99 99 100
(IMS Indore) Institute of Management Studies – Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalala, Indore, 100 100 99