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

Rank Research Rating Rank Life/soft skills Rating
2023 2024 2025 2026 (400) 2023 2024 2025 2026 (200)

1 1 1 1 Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 378 1 1 1 1 XLRI — Xavier School of Management,
NR NR NR 2 Department of Management, BITS, Pilani 348 Jamshedpur 179
4 7 6 3 Interntional Mnagement Institute (IMI), Delhi 346 NR 3 4 2 Institute of Health Management Research
10 2 7 4 SP Jain Institute of Management & (IIHMR University), Jaipur 177
Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai 343 NR NR NR 2 Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow 177
5 4 4 5 XLRI — Xavier School of Management, 8 6 7 3 Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB),
Jamshedpur 340 Bhubaneswar 176
NR 3 3 6 Masters’ Union, Gurugram 337 2 3 5 4 Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 175
3 6 6 7 Management Development Institute (MDI), 9 7 4 5 Institute of Management Technology (IMT),
Gurugram 336 Ghaziabad 174
6 5 5 8 ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad 335 NR 9 6 5 SP Jain School of Global Management,
NR NR NR 9 Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human Mumbai 174
Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune 334 NR NR NR 5 NL Dalmia Institute of Management
NR NR NR 10 Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), Studies & Research, Mumbai 174
Bhubaneswar 333 7 9 7 6 School of Business Management, NMIMS
Deemed University, Mumbai 173
9 9 8 6 KJ Somaiya Institute of Management,
Rank Internationalism Rating Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai 173
Symbiosis Centre for Management & Human
NR NR NR 6
2023 2024 2025 2026 (200) Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune 173
1 1 2 1 Indian School of Business, Hyderabad 164 4 2 3 7 Symbiosis Institute of Business 172

Management (SIBM), Pune
2 3 3 2 XLRI -- Xavier School of Management,
Jamshedpur 161 3 5 3 7 ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad 172
8 6 10 3 Management Development Institute (MDI), NR 8 9 8 Jagdish Sheth School of Management 171
Gurugram 160 (formerly IFIM), Bengaluru
NR 3 5 4 SP Jain School of Global Management, NR NR NR 9 Management Development Institute (MDI), 170

Gurugram

Mumbai 159
NR NR NR 5 KJ Somaiya Institute of Management, 6 3 7 9 SP Jain Institute of Management & 170
Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai

Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai 158
4 2 4 6 SP Jain Institute of Management & NR NR NR 9 GITAM School of Business (GITAM
Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai 157 Deemed University), Visakhapatnam 170
NR 10 7 7 Institute of Management and Technology, 10 8 7 10 TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), 169
Manipal

Faridabad 156
5 5 9 8 School of Business Management, NMIMS NR NR NR 10 Amity Business School (Amity University), 169
Noida

Deemed University, Mumbai 155
NR NR NR 8 Great Lakes Institute of Management,
Chennai 155
NR NR NR 8 Amrita School of Business (Amrita Viswa
Vidyapeetham), Coimbatore 155
NR 8 6 8 Institute of Health Management
Research (IIHMR University), Jaipur 155
NR NR NR 8 Birla Institute of Management Technology,
Greater Noida 155
NR NR 8 9 Amity Business School (Amity University),
Noida 154
NR 8 10 9 Jagdish Sheth School of Management
(formerly IFIM), Bengaluru 154
NR NR 10 9 Symbiosis Institute of Business
Management (SIBM), Pune 154
NR 4 1 10 Masters’ Union, Gurugram 152
NR 7 9 10 Vijay Patil School of Management, DY
Patil Deemed University, Navi Mumbai 152
NR NR NR 10 International Management Institute (IMI), XLRI — Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
Delhi 152
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