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ment Institute, Manipal (TAPMI)
is ranked #7 (7) jointly with ICFAI
Business School, Hyderabad (7),
followed by the International Man-
agement Institute, Delhi #8 (9),
K.J. Somaiya Institute of Man-
agement Studies, Mumbai #9 (10)
and SCMHRD #10 (11) to complete
the 2021-22 Top 10 table. India’s best
private B-schools are widely distrib-
uted countrywide.
B EYOND THE TOP 10, a

notable private B-school
is the newly christened
Jagdish Seth School of
Management, Bengaluru (JAG-
SOM, hitherto IFIM, Bengaluru estb.
1995) promoted from #15 in 2018-19 JAGSOM’s Atish Chattopadyay: successful rebranding
to #12 last year and #11 in 2021-22.
“The solid reputation established of the discerning public to be ranked Jaipuria Group in Lucknow, Indore,
by IFIM during the past 25 years and in the Top 20. Among them: the well- Ghaziabad and Noida feature in the
our successful rebranding campaign advertised S. P. Jain School of 2021-22 league table of India’s most
for JAGSOM within communities of Global Management ranked #15 admired business schools.
aspirational business management (20); the previously unranked Great In this connection it should also be
students, faculty, international part- Lakes Institute of Management, borne in mind that B-schools modestly
ners and corporate recruiters has Chennai debuts at #16; Prin. L.N. ranked in the national league table are
enabled us to improve our ranking Welingkar Institute, Mumbai much-prized academies in their host
despite the recent name change of #18 (22), and N.L. Dalmia Insti- states with large populations. Thus
IFIM. JAGSOM — renamed last Oc- tute of Management Studies and the low-profile Rajagiri Centre for
tober in honour of Padma Shri Dr. Research, Mumbai jointly ranked Business Studies, Kochi nationally
Jagdish Seth, the renowned Charles #20 with the Jaipuria Institute of ranked #12 is the #1 private B-school
H. Kellstadt professor of marketing Management, Lucknow (25). of Kerala (pop.34 million); IMFR,
at the Goizueta Business School of A notable feature of the EW private the B-school of Krea University, Sri
Emory University, USA and currently B-schools rankings 2021-22 is that City ranked India #13 is top-ranked
chairman of our board of governors once restricted to metros and large cit- in Andhra Pradesh (pop.49 million);
— was among the first B-schools to ies, B-schools are sprouting in tier-II Amrita Business School, Coim-
complete 100 percent placements for and III cities and towns where MSMEs batore ranked #15 nationally is #1 in
the graduating class of 2021. Over (micro small and medium enterprises) Tamil Nadu (pop.78 million) and the
80 corporate recruiters participated urgently need business management Jaipuria Institute of Manage-
with our graduates averaging an an- professionals with grounding in theo- ment, Lucknow India #25 is #3
nual package of Rs.10.2 lakh with the ry and awareness of best practices in in Uttar Pradesh (pop. 215 million).
highest package of Rs.16 lakh. More- developed OECD countries. And given that the average enrolment
over the majority of our graduates It’s a socially beneficial develop- of B-schools is less than 1,000 stu-
were inducted into new-age compa- ment that the EW 2021-22 league dents, the pressure for admission in
nies,” says Dr. Atish Chattopady- table of India’s 92 best B-schools fea- all B-schools ranked in the EW India
ay, an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim tures institutions based in Goa, My- Private Schools Rankings 2021-22 is
University with a long track record suru, Gwalior, Dewas, Nasik, Indore, intense.
of teaching and admin experience at Kanpur and Coimbatore which are Therefore contrary to the lament
SPIJMR, Mumbai, MICA, Ahmed- emerging business and industry hubs. of not a few left-liberal academics
abad and as director of the highly- It’s also good to learn that well-ranked that the aggregate number of India’s
reputed ITM-Ghaziabad where he private B-school managements are es- estimated at 6,000 B-schools is too
served as director (2016-18). tablishing branded affiliates in small high, the national interest requires the
Beyond the top dozen, several pri- cities and towns. For instance B- tribe of (preferably private) B-schools
vate B-schools have risen in esteem schools promoted by the Delhi-based to multiply.

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