25-Year Special Issue | Silver Jubilee Edition Of Business Today’s Best B-Schools Rankings

The Silver Jubilee Edition of the Business Today-MDRA India’s Best B-schools Survey is out, marking 25 years of tracking the country's top business schools. This edition captures the major shifts occurring in B-schools, where both students and faculty are preparing for an AI-driven world. In the overall rankings, IIM Calcutta takes the top spot, followed by IIM Lucknow in second place. The S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) is ranked third, with IIM Kozhikode and IIM Indore rounding out the top five. For one-year programs, the Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad is ranked first, while IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Kozhikode follow closely behind in the second, third, fourth, and fifth positions, respectively. In the executive programs category, IIM Ahmedabad leads the rankings, followed by IIM Bangalore, ISB Hyderabad, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Lucknow, which round out the top five. The top EdTech platforms for management courses include UpGrad at the top, followed by Coursera, Nulearn, Great Learning, and Emeritus. This special edition highlights how B-schools are evolving to bridge the gap between education and employment in a rapidly changing business world. The Silver Jubilee of the rankings not only are a testament to the credibility and quality of the rankings but also shows how the survey has adapted to changing times with an era of digitization and generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) eclipsing all else. The role of B-schools is even more critical in these times and encompasses hi-tech education with the traditional business discourse. The special edition also centers on the theme ‘Education To Employment’, highlighting the key issue of a widening skills gap between academic training and industry needs. Hiring trends are also changing, with companies prioritizing technical and cross-functional skills over traditional business knowledge. Different skill and mindsets are needed for different roles today – from start-ups, edtechs, e-commerce, FMCG and manufacturing requiring different kind of candidates. The Silver Jubilee edition takes this and much more into consideration. Join a Special conversation with top panelists on India’s definitive Business School rankings. Abhishek Agrawal, ED, MDRA; Dr Prabina Rajib, Director, BIMTECH; Rajneesh Singh, CEO, Simpli Group; Srinath Sridharan, Corporate Advisor; Anand Adhikari, Managing Editor, Business Today; Sourav Majumdar, Editor, Business Today; moderated by Siddharth Zarabi, Managing Editor, Business Today TV.