TOP 10 BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN INDIA

Indian Institute of Management of Ahmedabad

Ranked among the best schools in most companies in India and Asia. The Institute offers four management programs. PGP - Post Graduate Program (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management (equivalent to PhD), FDP - Faculty Development Program for teachers and leadership of the MDP - Management Development Program - an update mid and upper level managers. Admission process for PGP and FPM involves taking the Common Admission Test (CAT), followed by a group discussion and interview short list of candidates.

Indian Institute of Management of Bangalore

IIM Bangalore offers two year full time PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA) and a FPM - Fellowship Program in Management. Both programs require the candidate to take CAT. The Institute also offers part time non residential PGSM - Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management. There is a separate entrance examination for this program. This business school is among the top three business schools in the country.

Indian Institute of Management of Calcutta

Ranked among the most prestigious business schools in India and Asia. The Institute offers three full-time programs. The PGDM - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management, PGDCM - Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management. All three programs require the candidate to take CAT. The Institute also offers part-time PGDBM - Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management for managers with relevant work experience. In addition, MDP - Management Development Program held at regular intervals for middle and senior managers.

Indian Institute of Management of Lucknow

IIM Lucknow offers a two year full time residential training PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management and a four-year program FPM. Both programs require a candidate to take CAT. The Institute also has an interesting student exchange program where students of this B-School B-School go to premier in the world and become a part of their training. Students and professors of international prestige of these B-schools again visit IIM Lucknow. It is ranked among the five B-schools in India.

XLRI - Xavier Labour Research Institute of Jamshedpur

Xavier Labor Research Institute, popularly known as XLRI was established in 1949 in Jamshedpur. The Institute offers two graduate level courses in management - a postgraduate diploma in Business Administration and a postgraduate diploma in personnel management and industrial relations (PMIR). Online edition of the booklet is also available. In 2001, the average salary (including foreign offers) with 70% (compared to last year) to a huge Rs.8.06 lakh per year. They offer the Business Administration program at an impressive average of Rs.9.71 lakhs and the program of the Department of Personnel Administration, Rs. 6.5 lakhs. And these exclude ESOPs and other forms of compensation.

ISB - Indian School of Business of Hyderabad

Indian School of Business, Hyderabad is emerging as a preferred choice for MBA aspirants who want to fill in the current program year. As it builds its permanent faculty base, the ISB has created a unique and sustainable visiting faculty with some of the world's leading academics from Wharton, Kellogg, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Duke and Texas among others . The school offers a one-year postgraduate course in Program Management.

FMS - Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi

FMS is one of the B-10 schools in the country and probably one of the two are linked to a university among the top ten. Full-time program of FMS started in 1967. The batch output throughout 2002 were located within a span of 2 days. There were 8 foreign offers including British American Tobacco (BAT), Olam and QAI among others.

Indian Institute of Management of Indore

The Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI) is the latest addition to the IIM community. IIMI has a two-year program emphasizes postgraduate learning experience, guidance and social concerns. Construction of the new campus is progressing at a rapid pace and IIMI plans to operate the new campus in June 2003. IIM-I offers the following programs, ie., (A) Graduate Program (PGP), a two-year program, (b) Management Development Program. Those held during the year. (c) Faculty Development Program (FDP) is designed to assist in the development of teachers, researchers and teachers of executive education and (d) Executive Post-Graduate Program (EXE-PGP) a 18-month program designed for working executives .

Indian Institute of Management, Calicut (IIM K - Kozhikode)

Founded in 1996, the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK is the fifth Indian Institute of Management. Their academic programs include a long series of full-time diploma programs run, such as the Graduate Program in Management and a series of short duration executive education. The Institute also offers a "interactive distance"

Management Development Institute of Gurgaon (MDI)

Among the top management institutes in India, MDI offers two year Graduate Program in Management. The curriculum extends over six terms of about three months. The curriculum is divided into four terms with most of what is covered in the first three semesters. MDI has student exchange agreements with Aarus School of Business, Denmark, CBPA, USA; Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, EDHEC, France, ESCP-EAP and Sciences Po, France; Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany, McGill University, Norwegian School of Management, Norway, Queensland University of Technology, Bangkok, Solvay Business School, Belgium; Universita Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Itlay and Warsaw School of Economics