hence advised to get thorough information (by visiting the campuses and speaking with past and current

students)
about these colleges before taking any decision regarding them.
HOW WILL THIS CATEGORISATION HELP ME?
The first question you should ask is, 'How many B-Schools should I apply to?'. The answer to this will depend on a
few factors.
The first factor is your budget. With the cost of application for each institute being in the range of 500 to 2500, you
may not want to look at more than 7-8 institutes. But, whatever be the number of institutes you wish to apply to, it
is always a good practice to select institutes across categories.
The second factor is what you are doing currently:
(a) Pursuing final year of graduation: In this case, you may be very keen on getting into a management institute
but can afford to try again next year if you do not get into an institute of your choice. So, you may apply rather
selectively.
(b) Completed graduation in the last academic session, not pursuing any higher studies, and not working
either: In this case make sure that you get into some institute (a reasonably good one). So, the number of institutes
that you have to apply, will be more than in the case of the first category.
(c) Completed graduation and currently working: You can be very, very selective unless you have been working
for more than 4-5 years in which case, you may not want to lose further time to get into a management institute.
The third factor in deciding the number of institutes to which you should apply is your performance in the entrance
exams. Depending on your performance, you may want to hedge your risk by applying to more institutes
particularly, to institutes across categories that we discussed above.
Now you should look at how you will go about deciding the types of such institutes. Here, the cardinal principle is
that in order to safeguard your interests and reduce your risk, you should apply to institutes in at least three
different categories.
Let's say that you have decided to apply to seven institutes. First, check how you have performed in the AIMCATs
and what your percentile score has been like.
If you are in the 85-95 percentile range, then, apart from the IIMs (which you can apply to in the same online form
while registering for the CAT), you will need to apply to three institutes in the next category and two institutes in the
category after that. It will also be worth applying to MDI and/or SPJIMR. Also, if you are interested in specialisation
programmes, you should apply to some of the sectoral institutes, like IIFT and TISS.
Finally, it is always a good idea to apply to as many institutes as possible, based on one's affordability, to maximise
one's chances of making it to a good B-School as one is never sure as to what criteria each institute would follow to
shortlist and admit students.
Best Wishes!
TOP B-SCHOOLS - 2013
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* Schools under each category are in alphabetical order
# List contains B-School programs of 2 year duration only. It does not include 1 year programs like ISB, IIMA
(PGPX), IIMB (EPGP), IIMC (PGPEX), IIML (IPMX), IIMI (EPGP), Great Lakes (PGPM), XLRI (PGDM-GM).
TOP TEN
B-SCHOOL
Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIMI)
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai
XLRI Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur
XLRI Xavier Institute of Management, Jamshedpur
'AAA'
B-SCHOOL
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi
Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management Shillong (RGIIM)
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJSSoM), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai
'AA'
B-SCHOOL
Department of Financial Studies (DFS), University of Delhi, South Campus
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
Indian Institute of Management Trichy
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai
Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)
'A'
B-SCHOOL
Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Department of Management Studies (DoMS), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research (SIMSR), Mumbai
Mudra Institute of Communication Ahmedabad (MICA)
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE), Mumbai
Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB)
BBB
B-SCHOOL
Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), School of Excellence of Bharthidasan University, Trichy
FORE School of Management, New Delhi
Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Delhi
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Bangalore
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Hyderabad
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NITT)
Nirma University Institute of Management (NIRMA), Ahmedabad
Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WE School), Mumbai
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore (SIBM-B)
Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune
T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
University Business School (UBS), Chandigarh
BB
Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Noida
Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani
Christ University Institute of Management (CUIM), Bangalore
Delhi School of Management (Delhi Technological University), Delhi
Department of Business Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Department of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Pune (PUMBA), Pune
Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University (FMS BHU), Varanasi
Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa
Hyderabad Central University (HCU), Hyderabad
ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad
Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal
Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata
Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR), Pune
Institute of Technology & Management (ITM), Mumbai
National Institute of Banking and Management (NIBM), Pune
Pondicherry Central University (PCU), Puducherry
SDM Institute for Management Development (SDM-IMD), Mysore
SIES College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS), Mumbai
Sri Ram College of Commerce, MBA-GBO, Delhi
Symbiosis Center for Information Technology (SCIT), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), Pune
Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nasik
Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM), Pune
Welingkar Institute of Management, Bangalore
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Bangalore
B
Amity Business School, Noida
Amrita School of Business (ASB), Coimbatore
B. K. School of Business Management, Ahmedabad
Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM), Pune
Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, Institute for Management and Entrepreneurship Development, Pune
Bhartiya Vidyapeeth University, Institute of Management and Research, New Delhi
Chetana's R. K. Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
Department of Management Studies (DoMS), Anna University, Chennai
International Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata
Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad
Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur
Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad
Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management (LLIM), Mumbai
MANAGE (For those interested in Agri-Business/Rural Management only), Hyderabad
MET Institute of Management (MET IOM), Mumbai
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad
National Insurance Academy (NIA), Pune
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut
NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research (NLDIMSR), Mumbai
R. A. Podar Institute of Management, Jaipur
Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Cochin
Rizvi Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
Sadhana Center for Management and Leadership Development (SCMLD), Pune