Methodology

Placement performance

21

Intellectual capital and faculty

23

Industry interface

19

Infrastructure & facilities

19

International linkages

8

Recruiters’ satisfaction survey

10

Number of seminars

20

Revenue from consultancy

50

Revenue from MDPs

100

Joint research projects with industry

30

Incubation cell

25

Corporate visitors

10

Projects launched by incubation cell

25

Faculty perception

100

Recruiter satisfaction score

200

Books published (2006-07)

30

Papers published in Indian journals (2006-07)

50

Papers published in international journals (2006-07)

100

No. of cases authored (2006-07)

20

Journal

20

Doctoral programme

20

No. of permanent faculty sent to international seminars/conferences

20

Faculty/student ratio

30

Faculty with more than 5 years’ industry experience/student ratio

20

Faculty with PhD/student ratio

20

Faculty perception

100

Student exchange programmes

25

Faculty exchange programmes

25

Students who actually went abroad

30

Number of faculty members who actually went abroad

30

Students who came from abroad

20

Number of faculty members who came from abroad

20

Campus area

20

Built-up area/no. of students ratio

60

Computers/no. of students ratio

30

No. of books in library

20

Faculty cabins/no. of faculty ratio

10

Electronic databases

10

Residential facilities for students

10

Single occupancy room/student ratio

10

MDP hostel

10

Wi-fi campus

10

Laptop to every student

10

Faculty houses/faculty

20

Facilities like gym, swimming pool

30

Auditorium

10

Faculty perception

100

% Students placed

50

ROI Index (Average salary/fee)

70

Median salary

70

Maximum salary

70

Minimum salary

70

Faculty perception

70

Research organisation Cfore conducted the survey to rank India’s top B-schools. They were segmented into four broad categories—government/public sector-funded autonomous institutes, private, sectoral and university departments. The survey was open to all B-schools in India at www.indiabschools.com where a questionnaire designed for the survey could be downloaded. Invitations were also sent to over 700 institutes—in all, 216 participated. B-schools offering a one-year programme (isb Hyderabad and Great Lakes, Chennai) were not included. The validation exercise was done by a team that cross-checked data against appointment letters, balance-sheets and annual reports. Information veracity was also checked by the ‘mystery shopping’ method.

The objective scores were obtained by evaluating institutes against the following five broad parameters: 1) intellectual capital; 2) placement record; 3) infrastructure and facilities; 4) industry interface; 5) international linkages. These were further divided into subparameters as shown in the table. Marks were allotted against a particular subparameter by normalising against the topper for that parameter. For instance, if median salary was marked at 70 and the highest median salary offered at any institute irrespective of category is Rs 13 lakh per annum, then marks allotted to an institute where median salary offered was Rs 3 lakh per annum would be 3/13*70 = 16.15.

The satisfaction survey of recruiters was conducted online at indiabschools.com. The 713 participants were asked to rate B-school graduates they knew against six parameters—application of knowledge/skills, analytical skills, communication and presentation, creativity, proactive attitude and ability to work in team. A perceptual survey was conducted among faculty who were asked to rate B-schools they were familiar with on a 10-point scale on parameters like intellectual capital, industry interface, infrastructure and placements. The rating they gave to their own institute was not considered. The detailed methodology is available at www.indiabschools.com.