Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: Top Private B-Schools - Central Zone
A total of nine private business schools in Central Zone 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 | PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH INDORE | Madhya Pradesh | 100 | 37.91 | 77.49 | 85.39 | 31.95 | 72.23 |
| 2 | LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT INDORE | Madhya Pradesh | 100 | 27.12 | 66.65 | 83.27 | 25.24 | 66.26 |
| 3 | PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT GWALIOR | Madhya Pradesh | 100 | 30.03 | 58.66 | 73.1 | 27.04 | 63 |
| 4 | AKS UNIVERSITY SATNA | Madhya Pradesh | 92.36 | 24.96 | 54.8 | 71.82 | 19.36 | 58.08 |
| 5 | IES COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY BHOPAL | Madhya Pradesh | 90.47 | 17.98 | 39.85 | 74.52 | 11.84 | 52.26 |
| 6 | PRESTIGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEWAS | Madhya Pradesh | 96.52 | 10.13 | 31.2 | 61.37 | 17.79 | 48.01 |
| 7 | RUNGTA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY BHILAI | Chhattisgarh | 100 | 9.6 | 23.98 | 57.44 | 19.87 | 46.39 |
| 8 | JAGRAN LAKECITY BUSINESS SCHOOL JAGRAN LAKECITY UNIVERSITY BHOPAL | Madhya Pradesh | 96.24 | 11.9 | 20.07 | 65.32 | 15.26 | 46.05 |
| 9 | IPS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT GWALIOR | Madhya Pradesh | 95.64 | 4.16 | 20.48 | 55.22 | 13.89 | 42.3 |
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