Indian B Schools: The Ranking Dilemma

We all know how difficult it is to get into an Indian B-school, what with having to first appear for multiple entrance exams, followed by a rigorous GD-PI round. Some institutes have a few other tests or activities as well before one gets an admit to any of the few coveted B-schools in India.

But there is always a dilemma about what institute to choose. Which institute is better than the other, what are the placement records, faculty, how is the quality of students and campus life etc. are few of the questions that bog down the students' minds before they join a certain institute.

We can easily find the rankings of the Indian B-schools on internet, published by various sites. But the problem here is that most of these sites have a disparate computation logic or a novel formula considering the various factors. Some give preferences to location, others to placement, and some to legacy. No one is completely wrong and no one is completely right ! But what we can do is go through all the rankings and then devise our own rankings for the schools that may help us in make a better conclusion. And this is what I have done here.

I have collated quite a few rankings published on various websites and then created my own list based on it. Hope this helps !!

B Schools	Careers 360	Business Today	Trak	Wikipedia	Career Anna	Eduniversal	MBA Universe	Test Funda	Money Control	MBA Club	Career Launcher	Outlook India	Final Rank
IIM - A	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
IIM - B	2			2		1	3	3	2	4	2		2
IIM - C		2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3
ISB Hyderabad								4		2	4		4
XLRI Jamshedpur	7	3	3	5	3	10	4	5	5	6	6	3	5
FMS Delhi	4	4	4	6	4	8	12	12	10	7	9	4	6
IIM - L	8			4	5	9	6	6	4	5	5		7
IIM - K	9	7	5	9	7	13	7	10	6	8	8	5	8
SPJIMR Mumbai	12	5	7	7	6	15	5	8	9	10	10	6	9
IIM - I	13	8	6	13	8	11	8	7		9	7	7	10
MDI Gurgaon	11	6	8	8	9	7	10	13		11	11	17	11
IIFT Delhi	17	10	9	12	12	18	15	14	11	13	13	8	12
NMIMS Mumbai	32	0	11	15	15	23	9	11	12	18	27	12	13
SOM IIT - B Mumbai	5	19	20		13	5	24	19		16	18		14
IMI Delhi		9	10		16	14	11		7	41	25	11	15
NITIE Mumbai	14	12	12	16	10	46	14	16		15	12	10	16
JBIMS Mumbai	30	16	14	10	11	28	13	9	21	14	14		17
DMS IIT Delhi	3	15	15		19	6	29	25	14	22	19	16	18
TISS Mumbai				11		20		20		20	15		19
IIM Shillong	18			20	21		23	15		12		13	20
IMT Ghaziabad	20		13	18	24	16	16	29	8	19	21		21
IIT Kharagpur	15	17	18		20		28						22
XIM - B		13	16		17	19	35	22	13	23	26	14	23
SIBM Pune	29	14	17		14	44	20	21		17	23	9	24
TAPMI	21	18	19	19	32	26	17	28	16	39	24	18	25
IIM Ranchi	25	36		20	22		25	17	22	28			26
SCMHRD Pune	40				18	30	27	23		24	22	15	27
IIM Trichy				20	25		18	39		30			28
IIT Madras	6							37		37			29
IIM Rohtak	24			20	23			49		31			30
IIM Raipur	26			20	26			47		29			31
IIM Kashipur				20	27			41		33			32
Sydenham Mumbai	42						32	30			33	26	33
IIM Udaipur				20			30	52		32			34

It is worth noting that some sites have not considered some schools for rankings, while some B schools did not want to share their details with the websites for rankings. Also, the final rankings are not program-wise; they are at an institute level. Also, some of these sites have not updated their rankings, which is why there can be some discrepancies.

I would be adding a few more schools to this list and try to make it an exhaustive index. Let me know some other rankings that I should consider and some other schools that you would like to see in the list. Lastly, do look at all the factors and make an informed decision.