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

A total of 60 private business schools in the West Zone in India have made the cut for Outlook-ICARE Rankings for India's Best B-Schools 2026. Here's the complete list.

Updated on: 22 October 2025 3:30 pm

Global Business School Research Centre, Pune

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	K J SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT MUMBAI	Maharashtra	100	60.36	87.37	95.38	78.04	85.79
2	SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT NASHIK	Maharashtra	100	49.62	90.33	93.52	54.86	81.7
3	SYMBIOSIS CENTER FOR MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	97.69	53.39	83.79	87.64	69.49	80.53
4	PRINCIPAL L. N. WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH MUMBAI	Maharashtra	100	49.51	93.14	86.89	48.65	80.43
5	PANDIT DEENDAYAL ENERGY UNIVERSITY GANDHINAGAR	Gujarat	100	53.23	80.81	91.78	60.36	80.24
6	INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT ANAND	Gujarat	99.6	77.08	84.87	65.14	54.28	79.99
7	SIES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES NAVI MUMBAI	Maharashtra	100	43.34	81.3	84.38	35.08	74.38
8	SIES COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES NAVI MUMBAI	Maharashtra	99.31	39.27	81.93	84.32	33.67	73.4
9	PARUL UNIVERSITY VADODARA	Gujarat	94.43	38.81	73.66	88.49	39.07	71.39
10	SHANTI BUSINESS SCHOOL AHMEDABAD	Gujarat	100	39.98	71.24	76.76	35.73	69.73
11	INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES PUNE	Maharashtra	100	24.33	62.49	82.03	28.34	64.73
12	FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT JAIPUR	Rajasthan	100	26.91	58.67	80.6	30.05	64.17
13	INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MEDIA (ISB&M) PUNE	Maharashtra	99.88	26.51	59.95	77.25	25.25	63.23
14	SYMBIOSIS CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SCIT) PUNE	Maharashtra	100	28.38	53.15	77.37	21.82	61.62
15	BHARATI VIDYAPEETH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	97.5	19.27	60.68	74.16	18.17	60.05
16	SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL & TELECOM MANAGEMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	100	13.74	51.69	73.78	16.58	57.08
17	S B PATIL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	99.1	13.79	54.45	66.16	21.56	56.53
18	GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL & RESEARCH CENTRE PUNE	Maharashtra	99.8	13.79	50.6	71	14.78	56.04
19	SYMBIOSIS SCHOOL OF SPORTS SCIENCES PUNE	Maharashtra	100	13.92	45.82	75.12	12.92	55.56
20	DY PATIL INSTITUTE OF MCA AND MANAGEMENT PIMPRI-CHINCHWAD	Maharashtra	99.4	13.12	45.9	74.35	12.31	55.05
21	PUNE INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	99.65	14.49	49.1	68.07	9.09	54.61
22	VIJAY PATIL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT NAVI MUMBAI	Maharashtra	98.87	14.29	36.89	70.32	17.1	52.57
23	MIT ADT UNIVERSITY PUNE	Maharashtra	98.2	10.34	38.33	70.73	14.5	51.8
24	UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT (UEM) JAIPUR	Rajasthan	95.64	11.7	36.91	65.02	21.08	50.59
25	MIT WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY PUNE	Maharashtra	99.46	8.13	34.3	67.34	17.96	50.33
26	IIEBM INDUS BUSINESS SCHOOL PUNE	Maharashtra	96.05	10.23	34.9	62.49	22.27	49.51
27	ADITYA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MUMBAI	Maharashtra	98.17	5.46	31.89	61.44	16.6	47.56
28	ASM‘S (IBMR) INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & RESERCH PUNE	Maharashtra	94.37	13	28.73	59.36	22.23	47.47
29	INDIRA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES PUNE	Maharashtra	96.13	10.05	27.14	63.79	15.51	47.14
30	INDIRA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	100	8.03	26.22	60.49	18.57	47.12
31	MIMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENTPUNE	Maharashtra	100	6.09	30.84	58.73	12.47	46.92
32	D Y PATIL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT NAVI MUMBAI	Maharashtra	96.15	8.36	26.31	61.9	16.78	46.35
33	INDIRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	93.93	13.42	24.29	59.72	17.87	45.97
34	CHETANA'S INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH MUMBAI	Maharashtra	93.73	2.87	26.26	66.07	20.14	45.8
35	ABASAHEB GARWARE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES SANGLI	Maharashtra	100	4	31.45	54.02	12.56	45.72
36	INDIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY'S MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH CENTRE V.M.D. LOTLIKAR VIDYA SANKUL MUMBAI	Maharashtra	97.69	3.07	26.67	57.97	22.92	45.59
37	ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF INDIA BHAT	Gujarat	100	6.63	28.15	53.49	14.83	45.54
38	DEOGIRI TECHNICAL CAMPUS FOR ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES AURANGABAD	Maharashtra	100	5.81	25.51	53.55	14.99	44.75
39	S. K. N. SINHGAD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PUNE	Maharashtra	91.7	0.64	27.19	64.05	20.29	44.69
40	MATOSHRI COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH CENTRE NASHIK	Maharashtra	95.9	5.39	24.13	57.91	20.13	44.68
41	G. D. MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY JODHPUR	Rajasthan	91.47	10.69	24.29	55.48	23.08	44.48
42	MGM`S INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AURANGABAD	Maharashtra	100	7.94	18	55.55	15.02	43.7
43	GODAVARI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH JALGAON	Maharashtra	96.03	1.77	24.76	56.01	18.45	43.6
44	TIRPUDE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION NAGPUR	Maharashtra	93.45	4.88	22.85	58.04	16.51	43.31
45	DR. V. N. BEDEKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES THANE	Maharashtra	94.17	5.18	18.09	61.93	16.8	43.17
46	ZEAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER APPLICATION PUNE	Maharashtra	96.16	6.54	17.84	58.52	15.92	43.1
47	SHEILA RAHEJA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH MUMBAI	Maharashtra	97.6	5.9	19.58	54.33	16.44	42.99
48	SURYADATTA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND MASS COMMUNICATION PUNE	Maharashtra	100	4.14	16.78	56.72	15.68	42.94
49	DR. MOONJE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER STUDIES NASHIK	Maharashtra	94.01	3.31	21.53	58.54	16.62	42.92
50	ALKESH DINESH MODY INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES MUMBAI	Maharashtra	100	8.22	13.15	56.45	16.46	42.87
51	UNIVERSAL BUSINESS SCHOOL KARJAT	Maharashtra	99.82	2.04	16.22	58.26	17.67	42.84
52	KARMAVEER BAHURAO PATIL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH SATARA	Maharashtra	100	7.31	14.99	53.95	16.19	42.62
53	COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER SCIENCE YAVATMAL	Maharashtra	92.87	1.15	22.5	57.63	17.85	42.38
54	VIVEKANANDA GLOBAL UNIVERSITY JAIPUR	Rajasthan	97.54	4.58	18.65	51.19	13.63	41.56
55	B.P.HIVALE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH AHMEDNAGAR	Maharashtra	96.1	1.7	20.24	53.91	13.21	41.53
56	ALARD INSTITUTE AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES PUNE	Maharashtra	98.86	5.39	14.33	51.16	12.94	40.9
57	SADHU VASWANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES FOR GIRLS PUNE	Maharashtra	100	1.89	11.65	55.24	14.17	40.76
58	THAKUR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH MUMBAI	Maharashtra	93.27	3.23	13.55	54.57	21.69	40.43
59	PODDAR MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL CAMPUS JAIPUR	Rajasthan	92.32	6.79	17.51	49.72	10.66	39.83
60	GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA COLLEGE OF COMMERCE WARDHA	Maharashtra	94.72	3.38	9.55	51.09	15.23	38.48