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Cover Story EW India Private B-schools Rankings 2026-27

Parameters of excellence: India’s Top 10 Private B-schools

Rank Curriculum & pedagogy Rating Rank Leadership/ Rating
2023 2024 2025 2026 (200) 2023 2024 2025 2026 governance quality (200)
2 2 5 1 SP Jain Institute of Management & 1 2 2 1 Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 180
Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai 185 2 3 1 2 XLRI -- Xavier School of Management,
1 1 2 2 Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 184 Jamshedpur 179
NR 1 1 3 Masters’ Union, Gurugram 183 NR NR NR 3 Sheila Raheja School of Business
4 3 4 3 School of Business Management, NMIMS Management and Research, Mumbai 178
Deemed University, Mumbai 183 6 6 6 4 Amity Business School (Amity University),
8 5 5 3 Amity Business School (Amity University), Noida 177
Noida 183 5 4 3 5 Institute of Management Technology (IMT),
9 7 7 3 International Management Institute (IMI), Ghaziabad 176
Delhi 183 6 5 4 5 School of Business Management, NMIMS
5 2 7 4 Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Deemed University, Mumbai 176
Ghaziabad 182 3 1 5 6 SP Jain Institute of Management &
8 6 10 4 Management Development Institute (MDI), Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai 175
Gurugram 182 NR 9 6 6 Institute of Health Management Research
NR NR NR 4 Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR University), Jaipur 175
(IIHMR University), Jaipur 182 NR 7 3 7 Masters’ Union, Gurugram 174
3 4 3 5 XLRI -- Xavier School of Management, 8 5 5 7 Management Development Institute (MDI),
Jamshedpur 181 Gurugram 174
7 6 6 6 TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), 4 5 6 7 Symbiosis Institute of Business
Manipal 180 Management (SIBM), Pune 174
10 9 9 7 Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), 8 9 7 7 International Management Institute (IMI),
Bhubaneswar 179 Delhi 174
NR NR NR 7 GITAM School of Business (GITAM NR 8 7 7 Jagdish Sheth School of Management
Deemed University), Visakhapatnam 179 (formerly IFIM), Bengaluru 174
NR NR NR 7 Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human NR 8 6 8 School of Business & Management,
Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune 179 Christ Deemed University, Bengaluru 173
6 7 8 8 Symbiosis Institute of Business NR NR NR 8 Great Lakes Institute of Management,
Management (SIBM), Pune 178 Chennai 173
NR NR NR 8 Jagdish Sheth School of Management NR NR NR 8 Department of Management, BITS, Pilani 173
(formerly IFIM), Bengaluru 178 NR NR NR 8 Chitkara Business School (Chitkara
NR NR NR 8 Amrita School of Business (Amrita Viswa University), Patiala 173
Vidyapeetham), Coimbatore 178 NR 9 6 8 SP Jain School of Global Management,
NR NR NR 8 KIIT School of Management (KIIT Deemed Mumbai 173
University), Bhubaneswar 178 NR NR 9 9 NL Dalmia Institute of Management
NR NR NR 9 NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai 172
Studies & Research, Mumbai 177 NR NR 10 9 Amrita School of Business (Amrita Viswa
NR NR NR 9 School of Business & Management, Christ Vidyapeetham), Coimbatore 172
Deemed University, Bengaluru 177 NR NR NR 9 GITAM School of Business (GITAM
NR 7 10 10 ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad 176 Deemed University), Visakhapatnam 172
NR NR NR 10 Great Lakes Institute of Management, NR NR NR 9 Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow 172
Chennai 176 NR NR NR 9 Institute of Management Technology (IMT),
NR NR NR 10 Vijay Patil School of Management, Nagpur 172
DY Patil Deemed University, Navi Mumbai 176 NR NR NR 9 Jindal Global Business School (OP Jindal
Global University), Sonipat 172
NR NR NR 10 Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human
SP Jain Institute of Management & Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune 171
Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai is ranked NR NR NR 10 Apeejay School of Management, Delhi 171
NR NR NR 10 RV Institute of Management, Bengaluru 171
India #1 under the critical parameter of
competence of faculty

NB: NR= Not Ranked

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