Best Universities for Business & Management in India 2026

Business & Management programs

• Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) — The flagship two-year residential MBA; FT classifies it as a Masters in Management, ranked ~34th globally in 2025. ~406-student cohort, 2025 median CTC near INR 40 lakh.
• Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) — Doctoral programme (~134 doctoral students) producing management academics and researchers; AACSB-style rigor and a feeder for global B-school faculty.
• Food and Agri-Business Management (PGP-FABM) — Specialized two-year MBA in agribusiness — a distinctive IIM-A franchise reflecting its founding development mission and India's agri economy.

Business & Management programs

• MBA, Department of Management Studies (DoMS) — A focused, tech-adjacent MBA leveraging the engineering brand; NIRF Management rank #13 (2025).

Business & Management programs

• SJMSOM (Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management) — IITB's management school (NIRF management top-10), offering MBA programs leveraging the engineering brand for tech-management placements.

Business & Management programs

• Department of Management Studies (DMS) MBA — IITD's business school offers full-time MBA programmes (postgraduate management at IITD traces back to the 1970s), drawing on the institute's engineering and analytics strength to produce technically literate managers recruited by consulting and product firms.

Business & Management programs

• PGP (Two-Year MBA) — The flagship full-time residential MBA and the school's reputational core. CAT-gated at top percentiles, case-method intensive, with near-100% placements into consulting, finance, tech, and general management.
• EPGP (One-Year MBA) — One-year full-time residential MBA for experienced professionals, ranked 47th (2024) and 57th (2025) in the FT Global MBA ranking; median GMAT typically above 700.
• PGPBA (MBA in Business Analytics) — Two-year MBA focused on data science, analytics, and AI for management — directly aligned with Bengaluru's technology and data-driven hiring demand.
• PGPEM (Executive MBA) — Part-time weekend MBA for working professionals in and around Bengaluru, preserving careers while delivering the IIM-B general-management core.