| 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 | INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (IGNOU) NEW DELHI | Delhi | 100 | 99.68 | 100 | 100 | 90.32 | 98.97 |
| 2 | VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (VTU) BELAGAVI | Karnataka | 99.14 | 98.76 | 99.64 | 99.89 | 89.82 | 98.41 |
| 3 | DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR OPEN UNIVERSITY (BRAOU) HYDERABAD | Telangana | 99.07 | 98.38 | 98.7 | 99.42 | 88.98 | 97.9 |
| 4 | NETAJI SUBHAS OPEN UNIVERSITY (NSOU) KOLKATA | West Bengal | 98.32 | 98.16 | 98.12 | 98.48 | 88.5 | 97.29 |
| 5 | YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN MAHARASHTRA OPEN UNIVERSITY (YCMOU) NASHIK | Maharashtra | 97.95 | 97.51 | 97.63 | 98.39 | 88.33 | 96.91 |
| 6 | KARNATAKA STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY (KSOU) MYSORE | Karnataka | 97.91 | 96.68 | 96.86 | 97.55 | 88.12 | 96.35 |
| 7 | MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY (MKU) MADURAI | Tamil Nadu | 97.77 | 96.43 | 96.06 | 97.44 | 88.01 | 96.03 |
| 8 | UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS INSTITUTE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION (IDE) CHENNAI | Tamil Nadu | 97.27 | 96.14 | 95.19 | 97.17 | 87.44 | 95.52 |
| 9 | OSMANIA UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD | Telangana | 97 | 95.56 | 95.16 | 97.11 | 87.13 | 95.29 |
| 10 | ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATION ANNAMALAINAGAR | Tamil Nadu | 96.16 | 95.05 | 94.52 | 96.8 | 86.23 | 94.66 |
Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: Public Distance And Online Learning Programs
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A total of ten public distance and online schools in India have made the cut for Outlook-ICARE Rankings for India's Best B-Schools 2026. Here's the complete list.
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Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026: Public Distance And Online Learning Programs
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