Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: Top Private B-Schools - North Zone

A total of 46 business schools in North Zone in India have made the cut for Outlook-ICARE Rankings for India's Best B-Schools 2026. Here's the complete list.

Lloyd Business School, Greater Noida

Updated on: 22 October 2025 2:50 pm

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	MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE GURGAON	Haryana	100	74.3	95.83	96.12	95.28	92.57
2	INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY GHAZIABAD	Uttar Pradesh	95.48	72.04	98.94	91.6	98.54	91.19
3	LM THAPAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT DERA BASSI (THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PATIALA)	Punjab	100	64.21	90.46	93.97	80.32	87.28
4	JINDAL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL SONIPAT	Haryana	100	58.93	98.46	94.61	68.54	87.18
5	LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT NEW DELHI	Delhi	96.41	49.48	91.97	92.29	58.32	81.28
6	CHITKARA BUSINESS SCHOOL CHITKARA UNIVERSITY RAJPURA	Punjab	99.2	49.4	87.44	91.29	48.83	79.68
7	JAGAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (JIMS) NEW DELHI	Delhi	97.35	41.44	82.78	85.77	40.17	74.49
8	AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL AMITY UNIVERSITY NOIDA	Uttar Pradesh	100	39.83	76.87	86.61	39.35	73.44
9	MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH & STUDIES (FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES) FARIDABAD	Haryana	100	34.92	67.38	86.29	37.82	69.87
10	INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES GHAZIABAD	Uttar Pradesh	100	33.81	65.18	82.18	30.1	67.5
11	CHANDIGARH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS CGC JHANJERI	Punjab	98.11	23.06	55.88	78.02	21.07	60.82
12	INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT GLA UNIVERSITY MATHURA	Uttar Pradesh	98.67	18.43	55.67	78.58	13.07	59.29
13	DELHI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS NEW DELHI	Delhi	98	14.17	55.25	75.72	21.34	58.42
14	SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY OF BIOTECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES SOLAN	Himachal Pradesh	97.3	18.86	54.59	75.08	16.35	58.4
15	NICE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES SHOBHIT UNIVERSITY MEERUT	Uttar Pradesh	100	16.22	51.97	72.2	20.56	57.73
16	LLOYD BUSINESS SCHOOL GREATER NOIDA	Uttar Pradesh	97.29	19.19	53.43	71.39	17.17	57.51
17	SANSKRITI UNIVERSITY MATHURA	Uttar Pradesh	99.27	14.22	42.24	67.69	15.23	53.28
18	GNA BUSINESS SCHOOL GNA UNIVERSITY PHAGWARA	Punjab	100	12.33	45.69	62.18	14.27	52.75
19	GNIOT INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES GREATER NOIDA	Uttar Pradesh	95.23	14.44	46.45	66.28	11.66	52.73
20	AJAY KUMAR GARG INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (AKGIM) GHAZIABAD	Uttar Pradesh	98.56	9.72	33.28	65.59	25.04	50.53
21	MANAV RACHNA UNIVERSITY FARIDABAD	Haryana	94.9	6.54	37.68	62.15	23.13	49.2
22	PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION LUDHIANA	Punjab	93.85	16.18	25.62	64.27	15.23	47.48
23	TEERTHANKER MAHAVEER UNIVERSITY MORADABAD	Uttar Pradesh	97.28	7.88	25.78	64.94	17.37	47.07
24	NIET BUSINESS SCHOOL GREATER NOIDA	Uttar Pradesh	97.8	3.84	32.72	59.21	15.16	46.76
25	SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT MIET JAMMU	Jammu and Kashmir	98.25	10.4	27.18	61.28	8.8	46.57
26	FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEW DELHI	Delhi	100	4.32	29.12	56.21	17.71	46.16
27	MODEL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW	Uttar Pradesh	93.15	11.05	26.78	62.19	13.99	46.03
28	JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT GHAZIABAD	Uttar Pradesh	100	11.39	23.2	53.62	20.88	45.89
29	TILAK RAJ CHADHA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY YAMUNA NAGAR	Haryana	93.79	6.46	24.94	62.94	20.17	45.58
30	JAYPEE BUSINESS SCHOOL NOIDA	Uttar Pradesh	95.46	10.1	24.92	55.53	20.48	45.27
31	HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER STUDIES MATHURA	Uttar Pradesh	94.25	7.08	29.31	55.71	17.77	45.23
32	AMBALIKA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LUCKNOW	Uttar Pradesh	95.17	3.15	27.04	63.2	11.69	44.99
33	HINDU INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SONEPAT	Haryana	92.31	13.74	23.42	58.71	14.95	44.92
34	INVERTIS UNIVERSITY BAREILLY	Uttar Pradesh	100	9.07	16.7	56.55	19.82	44.28
35	ACCURATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY GREATER NOIDA	Uttar Pradesh	96.24	8.12	18.48	61.55	15.65	44.18
36	FORE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT NEW DELHI	Delhi	92.6	5.86	20.82	64.42	15.29	43.94
37	FOSTIIMA BUSINESS SCHOOL DWARKA	Delhi	91.97	9.51	21.44	60.02	15.05	43.76
38	CT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY JALANDHAR	Punjab	97.88	8.05	17.3	53.28	23.87	43.45
39	GIAN JYOTI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY MOHALI	Punjab	91.65	7.13	22.65	58.62	16.51	43.38
40	ACCURATE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MANAGEMENT GREATER NOIDA	Uttar Pradesh	93.67	1.89	22.45	60.45	15.97	43.1
41	GITARATTAN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL DELHI	Delhi	96.84	2.05	18.08	55.16	16.62	41.83
42	GANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT KABLANA	Haryana	100	2.38	17.24	51.37	17.01	41.76
43	HIMALAYAN INSTITUTES OF MANAGEMENT KALA-AMB	Himachal Pradesh	96.87	3.98	15.01	53.36	18.06	41.24
44	MASTER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT MEERUT	Uttar Pradesh	100	3.35	14.28	48.15	17.46	40.62
45	GULZAR GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS KHANNA	Punjab	93.72	1.15	12.73	58.18	16.92	40.17
46	DAV INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT FARIDABAD	Haryana	90.25	1.84	13.12	55.84	20.26	39.4

Published At: 22 October 2025 2:50 am

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Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: Top Private B-Schools - North Zone

A total of 46 business schools in North Zone in India have made the cut for Outlook-ICARE Rankings for India's Best B-Schools 2026. Here's the complete list.