IIM system, top non-IIM B-schools, IIT management departments
21 colleges in our NIRF 2024 set offer management programmes. The list below is ordered by NIRF Management rank — colleges without a separate rank in this category fall to the end, sorted by their overall NIRF rank where available.
Source: National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2024).
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad · Gujarat · est. 1961
India's top-ranked B-school for over a decade. The PGP is the country's most competitive management programme — admission via CAT.
NIRF Management #1 (2024)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bengaluru · Karnataka · est. 1973
The other anchor of the IIM-A/B/C trio. Particularly strong on the Bengaluru tech ecosystem — strong tech-product management placement track.
NIRF Management #2 (2024)
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Kozhikode · Kerala · est. 1996
Highest gender-balanced batch among the IIMs. Pioneered IPM (5-year integrated programme) admissions directly from Class 12.
NIRF Management #3 (2024)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai · Tamil Nadu · est. 1959
India's top-ranked institution overall and in engineering for six consecutive NIRF cycles. Strong in mechanical, ocean engineering, computer science and the new BS in Data Science (online + on-campus tracks).
NIRF Overall #1, Engineering #1, Management #4 (2024)
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi · Delhi · est. 1961
Anchor of the Delhi research cluster. Strong CSE + Electrical, large research footprint via SCAI (computational + AI), Bharti School and the textile / fibre engineering programmes.
NIRF Overall #4, Engineering #2, Management #4 (2024)
Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
New Delhi · Delhi · est. 1993
Management programme within IIT Delhi, admission via CAT. Particularly strong in tech-product and operations management; smaller batch size than the IIMs.
NIRF Management #4 (2024)
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Kolkata · West Bengal · est. 1961
The third of the original IIMs (with A and B). Particularly strong in finance — major recruiter pipeline to investment banking and consulting.
NIRF Management #6 (2024)
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
Lucknow · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1984
Strong general management curriculum. Noida campus runs the Working Managers Programme — popular with mid-career executives.
NIRF Management #7 (2024)
Indian Institute of Management Indore
Indore · Madhya Pradesh · est. 1996
The only IIM with a dedicated 5-year IPM programme that admits directly after Class 12 via the IPMAT exam. Strong in marketing, operations.
NIRF Management #8 (2024)
Xavier School of Management
Jamshedpur · Jharkhand · est. 1949
Oldest management school in India (predates the IIM system by 12 years). Admission via XAT. Particularly strong in HR and business ethics curriculum.
NIRF Management #9 (2024)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai · Maharashtra · est. 1958
The largest IIT by departments. Dominant in CSE placements, the only IIT with a campus-based architecture programme, and the SJMSOM management school.
NIRF Overall #3, Engineering #3, Management #10 (2024)
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay
Mumbai · Maharashtra · est. 1995
IIT Bombay's management school. Strong tech-product management curriculum, deep connections to the Mumbai financial-services and startup ecosystem.
NIRF Management #11 (2024)
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli · Tamil Nadu · est. 2011
Tamil Nadu's IIM. Newer batch but strong placement track record especially in BFSI and consulting.
NIRF Management #13 (2024)
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Gurugram · Haryana · est. 1973
Non-IIM B-school with a particularly strong corporate-finance and energy-management track record. Admission via CAT.
NIRF Management #17 (2024)
Symbiosis International (Deemed University)
Pune · Maharashtra · est. 1971
Pune's flagship private deemed university with major management (SIBM), law (SLS), liberal-arts and design schools. Admission via SET / SNAP / SLAT depending on programme.
NIRF Management #19, University #32 (2024)
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research
Mumbai · Maharashtra · est. 1981
Bhavan's-run B-school. Operates its own admission test track separate from CAT for the PGDM (PGPM track also runs).
NIRF Management #22 (2024)
Indian Institute of Management Shillong
Shillong · Meghalaya · est. 2007
The first IIM in north-east India. The PGP curriculum has a notable sustainability and rural-development focus, mirroring Meghalaya's location.
NIRF Management #27 (2024)
Christ University
Bengaluru · Karnataka · est. 1969
Bengaluru's largest private deemed university. Particularly strong in BBA, BCom, psychology and the liberal-arts programme; multiple campuses across India.
NIRF Management #64, University #35 (2024)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1959
First IIT to set up a computer science programme. Strong in aerospace, materials science, and the country's top startup pipeline through SIIC (Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre).
NIRF Overall #5, Engineering #4 (2024)
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur · West Bengal · est. 1951
Oldest IIT and the largest campus. Houses the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL) — India's only IP-focused law school inside a technical university.
NIRF Overall #6, Engineering #5 (2024)
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee · Uttarakhand · est. 1847
Originally the Thomason College of Civil Engineering (1847) — predates the IIT system by over a century. Anchor for civil, earthquake and water-resource engineering.
NIRF Overall #8, Engineering #6 (2024)