On 29th September 2015, the National Institutional Ranking Framework was approved by the MHRD and was been launched by the Honorable Minister of Human Resource Development. The methodology to rank the Institutes draws the overall recommendation that was arrived at by Core Committee set up by MHRD. The broad parameters for the ranking covered are Teaching, Learning and Resources”, “Research and Professional Practices”, “Outreach and Inclusivity” “Graduation Outcomes”, and “Perception”. With these parameters, the Institutions have been ranked across the country. The list of the best Management colleges is mentioned below.
IIM Bangalore has marked its position at the top of the list. These reliable rankings have been given taking careful considerations like the Student: Regular teacher ratio, the number of faculties who have a doctoral degree, library facilities like annual expenditure and library resources, metric for teaching and innovation, etc.
Further, the aspirant can check the IIM Selection Criteria and CAT cut-offs for individual IIMs from the linked article.
The top MBA colleges in India according to the latest NIRF ranking 2019-20 is given below in the table.
Top 50 MBA Colleges in India 2019-20:
Rank |
Institute Name |
City and State |
Score |
| 1 | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM B) | Bangalore, Karnataka | 81.34 |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM A) | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 80.61 |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Management- Calcutta (IIM C) | Kolkata, West Bengal | 79.05 |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow (IIM L) | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | 67.29 |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Management Indore | Indore, Madhya Pradesh | 67.01 |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur, West Bengal | 66.64 |
| 7 | Xavier Labour Relations Institute | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | 65.33 |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | Kozhikode, Kerala | 64.82 |
| 9 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | 62.89 |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 62.74 |
| 11 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee, Uttarakhand | 62.11 |
| 12 | Management Development Institute | Gurugram, Haryana | 61.89 |
| 13 | Indian Institute of Management Udaipur | Udaipur, Rajasthan | 60.79 |
| 14 | Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | 59.15 |
| 15 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 55.85 |
| 16 | S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 55.67 |
| 17 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | 55.57 |
| 18 | Great Lakes Institute of Management | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 55.09 |
| 19 | Indian Institute of Management Raipur | Raipur, Chhattisgarh | 53.86 |
| 20 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management | Pune, Maharashtra | 53.56 |
| 21 | SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 53.56 |
| 22 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 53.37 |
| 23 | Indian Institute of Management Rohtak | Rohtak, Haryana | 53.11 |
| 24 | Indian Institute of Management Shillong | Shillong, Meghalaya | 53.01 |
| 25 | Indian Institute of Management Kashipur | Kashipur, Uttarakhand | 52.76 |
| 26 | ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education | Hyderabad, Telangana | 52.74 |
| 27 | International Management Institute New Delhi | New Delhi | 52.17 |
| 28 | Indian Institute of Management Ranchi | Ranchi, Jharkhand | 51.02 |
| 29 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 50.96 |
| 30 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar, Odisha | 50.95 |
| 31 | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade | New Delhi | 50.56 |
| 32 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad | Dhanbad, Jharkhand | 49.94 |
| 33 | T. A. Pai Management Institute | Manipal, Karnataka | 48.55 |
| 34 | Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | 48.42 |
| 35 | Faculty of Management Studies | New Delhi | 48.29 |
| 36 | Loyola Institute of Business Administration | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 48.26 |
| 37 | PSG College of Technology | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | 47.58 |
| 38 | Fore School of Management | New Delhi | 47.44 |
| 39 | Banaras Hindu University (BHU) | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | 47.27 |
| 40 | Nirma University | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 47.22 |
| 41 | Institute of Management Technology | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh | 46.81 |
| 42 | Alliance University | Bengaluru, Karnataka | 46.53 |
| 43 | Anna University | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 45.75 |
| 44 | Xavier University | Bhubaneshwar, Odisha | 45.70 |
| 45 | International Management Institute Kolkata | Kolkata, West Bengal | 45.44 |
| 46 | Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore, Tamil Nadu | 45.13 |
| 47 | Institute for Financial Management and Research | Satyavedu, Andhra Pradesh | 45.00 |
| 48 | Panjab University | Chandigarh | 44.99 |
| 49 | Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh | 44.93 |
| 50 | Goa Institute of Management | Sanquelim, Goa | 44.72 |
These rankings can help the MBA aspirants to select their preferred Institute and prepare for the respective exams accordingly. As most of the colleges require CAT scores, it is very important for the candidates to properly focus on the CAT exam to ace the exam and get admission in their preferred B-School.
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