India’s Best
B-Schools:

BT-MRDA Survey

Business Today has released the results of its BT-MDRA India’s Best B-schools Survey 2022

This annual list showcases the Best B-Schools in India and how these top B-schools have adapted to the changing times to remain the institutes of choice

Here are the top 5 IIMs and management institutes that made it to the list of India’s Best B-Schools 2022

1. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) CALCUTTA

Overall score: 902.8/1,000
Placement performance 2022: Continues to place all of its students within the first few days of placement

IIM CALCUTTA

Campus experience: 
- Spread over 135 acres with seven lakes and picturesque landscape
- Offers enough space to
de-stress and enjoy a
good-quality life

IIM CALCUTTA

New initiatives (digital/entrepreneurship)
- Management course in business analytics in collaboration with ISI Calcutta and IIT Kharagpur
- Management programme in manufacturing in collaboration with IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur

2. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) AHMEDABAD

Overall score: 900.2/1,000
Placement performance 2022: 190 firms participated in the placement process in 2022 for around 220 different roles. About 62 firms participated for the MBA-PGPX programme (for executives) 

IIM AHMEDABAD

Campus experience: 
Spread over 102 acres, it has 43 new and old hostel blocks and dormitories
- It also boasts of a solar power plant, solid waste management, rainwater harvesting and a nursery

IIM AHMEDABAD

New initiatives (digital/entrepreneurship)
A full-time e-mode Post Graduate Diploma in Data Analytics & Business Management has been introduced
- MBA electives on AI and ML for Business, HR Management; Strategic Management of Digital Innovations, etc.

3. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) BANGALORE

Overall score: 889.3/1,000
Placement performance 2022: 513 students of PGP+PGPBA 2020-22 received 662 offers

IIM BANGALORE

Campus experience: 
106 full-time faculty members, about 1,200 students and nearly 5,000 annual executive education participants
- All students are provided with accommodation on-campus with 18 hostel blocks

IIM BANGALORE

New initiatives (digital/entrepreneurship)
A new core course on digital business in the first year of the MBA programme
- In-campus undergraduate programme to start in new campus in 2024
- A range of online programmes targeting the undermanaged sectors of the economy being designed

4. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) LUCKNOW

Overall score: 864.1/1,000
Placement performance 2022: It secured 534 offers for 491 students across various roles and recorded a 19.3% rise in average CTC and 23.4% rise in the median CTC from 2021

IIM LUCKNOW

Campus experience: 
A 200-acre campus in Lucknow providing accommodation to 1,500 students and 80+ full-time faculty members
- A 6-acre campus in Noida 

IIM LUCKNOW

New initiatives (digital/entrepreneurship)
New electives in MBA and MBA Agri Business Management (ABM) 
- New electives in PGP for Working Executives (PGPWE) in operations strategy, and blended online programmes in design thinking and applied finance, among others 

5. S.P. JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (SPJIMR) MUMBAI

Overall score: 863.7/1,000
Placement performance 2022: Continued its streak of 100% placement with
Rs 30.1 lakh per annum as median salary, a 20% increase from 2021 

SPJIMR MUMBAI

Campus experience: 
A campus spread over 45 acres in Mumbai and equipped with amenities like residential facilities, night canteen, etc. 

SPJIMR MUMBAI

New initiatives (digital/entrepreneurship)
The institute launched a two-year full-time PGD in Management with a General Management focus in 2021
- New programmes on Business Analytics for Strategic Business Decisions, Executive Certificate Programme in Fintech & Blockchain, Returning Women's Program etc.

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