Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: India’s Top 20 B-Schools
A total of 20 business schools in India have made the cut for Outlook-ICARE Rankings for India's Best B-Schools 2026. Here's the complete list.
| RANK 2026 | INSTITUTION | STATE | FACULTY STUDENT RATIO Weightage - 25% | RESEARCH Weightage - 20% | EMPLOYABILITY Weightage - 25% | FACULTY QUALITY Weightage - 20% | INCLUSIVENESS & DIVERSITY Weightage - 10% | OVERALL SCORE |
| 1 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) AHMEDABAD | Gujarat | 100 | 96.52 | 100 | 100 | 89.58 | 98.44 |
| 2 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) BANGALORE | Karnataka | 100 | 93.83 | 100 | 100 | 88.14 | 97.89 |
| 3 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) CALCUTTA | West Bengal | 100 | 87.95 | 98.85 | 94.53 | 85.8 | 95.22 |
| 4 | XLRI-XAVIER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT JAMSHEDPUR | Jharkhand | 99.92 | 78.35 | 100 | 91.01 | 96.19 | 94.56 |
| 5 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) LUCKNOW | Uttar Pradesh | 100 | 85.43 | 97.48 | 94.5 | 81 | 93.81 |
| 6 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) INDORE | Madhya Pradesh | 100 | 86.85 | 97.03 | 92.43 | 83.18 | 93.64 |
| 7 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) RANCHI | Jharkhand | 95.23 | 71.53 | 98.74 | 91.4 | 98.16 | 92.61 |
| 8 | MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE GURGAON | Haryana | 100 | 73.54 | 94.9 | 95.52 | 94.84 | 92.58 |
| 9 | DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - MADRAS CHENNAI | Tamil Nadu | 97.78 | 72.65 | 96.17 | 90.06 | 99.98 | 92.04 |
| 10 | GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CHENNAI | Tamil Nadu | 100 | 89.25 | 95.04 | 87.92 | 80.1 | 92 |
| 11 | INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY GHAZIABAD | Uttar Pradesh | 100 | 83.79 | 96.97 | 88.63 | 76.93 | 91.78 |
| 12 | T. A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE MANIPAL | Karnataka | 100 | 67.42 | 97.32 | 87.17 | 96.88 | 91.16 |
| 13 | XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT XIM UNIVERSITY BHUBANESWAR | Odisha | 100 | 64.9 | 100 | 93.28 | 73.21 | 90.71 |
| 14 | LIBA (LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION) CHENNAI | Tamil Nadu | 100 | 66.59 | 93.83 | 96.83 | 85.52 | 90.44 |
| 15 | SRM FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SRMIST KATTANKULATHUR | Tamil Nadu | 99.56 | 67.9 | 95.41 | 94.54 | 80.6 | 90.25 |
| 16 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE (IIFT) NEW DELHI | Delhi | 100 | 79.1 | 95.21 | 84.68 | 73.01 | 89.19 |
| 17 | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (IIM) SAMBALPUR | Odisha | 100 | 77.56 | 95.74 | 85.06 | 71.35 | 89.08 |
| 18 | JAMNALAL BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES MUMBAI | Maharashtra | 100 | 80.86 | 94.46 | 82.41 | 76.27 | 89.02 |
| 19 | LM THAPAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT DERA BASSI (THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PATIALA) | Punjab | 100 | 58.33 | 97.65 | 93.7 | 68.09 | 88.36 |
| 20 | JINDAL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL SONIPAT | Haryana | 100 | 63.43 | 89.6 | 93.74 | 79.71 | 87.07 |
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