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EW INDIA HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS 2022-23

INDIA’S TOP 100

PRIVATE B-SCHOOLS

Since the vast majority of aspirants for business
management education have to choose from among
6,000 B-schools, the majority of them privately
promoted, the annual EWIHER solely ranks the
country’s Top 100 private B-schools

Dilip Thakore
S INCE 2013, THE ANNUAL Education- 1 Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad

XLRI — Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
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World India Higher Education Rank-
ings designed to facilitate the selection
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Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurugram
of suitable higher education institutions
School of Business Management, NMIMS Deemed
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for further study, have rated and ranked

University, Mumbai
the country’s best government and pri-
vate B-schools separately. Although ini-
SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR),
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tially we also rated and ranked the most 4 Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
well-reputed among the 20 Central government-promoted Mumbai
IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management), after a few years 5 Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM),
your editors decided to drop them from the EWIHER on Pune
the ground that they monotonously topped the annual B- 6 ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad
school rankings generating a sense of déjà vu. Moreover 6 TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
despite being awarded huge campuses and premises by 7 International Management Institute (IMI), Delhi
the Union government, the IIMs annually admit a mere 8 Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), Bhubaneswar
2 percent of graduate students who write their joint Com-
mon Admission Test (CAT). The vast majority of aspirants 8 KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai
for business management education have to choose one 9 Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Resource
or other of 6,000 B-schools the majority of them privately Development (SCMHRD), Pune
promoted. Therefore for the past seven years the annual 9 Amity Business School (Amity University), Noida
EWIHER solely rates and ranks the country’s Top 100 pri- 10 SP Jain School of Global Management, Mumbai
vate B-schools.
Ab initio the league table of India’s Top 100 private B- 13-months duration against the standard 24-months pro-
schools has been dominated by the Indian School of gramme mandated by AICTE. But ISB is routinely ranked
Business, Hyderabad (ISB) promoted in 2001 by the above the IIMs by the London-based Financial Times and
biggest names in India Inc, including the Bros Ambani, Adi its MBA graduates are snapped up by Indian and offshore
Godrej, Bros Goenka among others. Sprawled over a 260- companies at remuneration packages equaling and often
acre state-of-the-art campus in Gachibowli, a suburb of Hy- exceeding the premier ABC (Ahmedabad, Bangalore and
derabad, ISB is not ‘recognised’ by AICTE (All India Coun- Calcutta) IIMs.
cil for Technical Education) because its flagship postgrad “We are glad that ISB is continuously ranked the coun-
compressed business management study programme is of try’s #1 private B-school. This is the outcome of our be-

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