NIRF Rankings 2018: IIM Ahmedabad Tops Again in Indian Management Institutes

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) tops again in Indian Management Institutes followed by IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow, according to the countrywide government ranking “NIRF Rankings 2018” of educational institutions for Management Category.

The results of the third edition of the domestic ranking “NIRF Rankings 2018” were announced by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar at an event in the Vigyan Bhavan on Tuesday, April 03, 2018. Unlike last year, this time the ranking was released under Nine categories compared to Five Categories in the NIRF Rankings Year 2017. Four new categories of Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture and Law have been added along with other five Categories — Overall, Colleges, Universities, Management and Engineering.

Among Indian Management Institutes Category, IIM Ahmedabad which was top last year has ranked again as Indian Top Management Institute in the National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF), Rankings 2018. This year, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), a new entrant in the Management Category rankings, dislodged IIM Kozhikode to grab the number five spot.

Meanwhile, IIT Mumbai was ranked highest at rank 5, after IIM’s top ranks. XLRI Jamshedpur is the only private institution in the top 10 rank list slipped to one rank at position 10 this year. IIT Delhi slipped to rank 8 this year from its earlier rank 6 in 2017.

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NIRF 2018 Rankings of Indian Management Institutes is as below –

Rank in 2018	Name	City	State	Rank in 2017
1	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1
2	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.	Bengaluru	Karnataka	2
3	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.	Kolkata	West Bengal	3
4	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	4
5	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra	NA
6	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.	Kozhikode	Kerala	5
7	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.	Kharagpur	West Bengal	7
8	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.	New Delhi	Delhi	6
9	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.	Roorkee	Uttarakhand	8
10	Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI).	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	9
11	Indian Institute of Management Indore.	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	10
12	Management Development Institute.	Gurgaon	Haryana	16
13	Indian Institute of Management Udaipur.	Udaipur	Rajasthan	15
14	National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai.	Mumbai	Maharashtra	12
15	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli.	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	13
16	Great Lakes Institute of Management	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	NA
17	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	11
18	Symbiosis Institute of Business Management	Pune	Maharashtra	NA
19	S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research.	Mumbai	Maharashtra	18
20	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur.	Kashipur	Uttarakhand	20
21	Indian Institute of Management Raipur.	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	14
22	ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education	Hyderabad	Telangana	NA
23	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.	New Delhi	Delhi	30
24	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies -Mumbai.	Mumbai	Maharashtra	34
25	International Management Institute.	New Delhi	Delhi	27
26	Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management.	Shillong	Meghalaya	21
27	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak.	Rohtak	Haryana	19
28	Anna University.	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	23
29	Vellore Institute of Technology.	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	17
30	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology.	Bhubneshwar	Odisha	22
31	Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	24
32	Loyola Institute of Business Administration	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	NA
33	PSG College of Technology.	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	26
34	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi	NA
34	Institute for Financial Management and Research.	Satyavedu	Andhra Pradesh	38
36	Xavier University.	Bhuabaneswar	Odisha	33
37	Fore School of Management.	New Delhi	Delhi	35
38	Lovely Professional University	Jalandhar	Punjab	NA
39	Banaras Hindu University.	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	28
40	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi.	Ranchi	Jharkhand	25
41	Indian Institute of Forest Management.	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	32
42	Panjab University	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	NA
43	Institute of Rural Management Anand.	Anand	Gujarat	29
44	Birla Institute of Technology	Ranchi	Jharkhand	NA
45	Birla Institute of Management Technology.	Greater Noida	Uttar Pradesh	45
46	Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University	Vaddeswaram	Andhra Pradesh	NA
47	Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management	Delhi	Delhi	NA
48	Amity University	Gautam Budh Nagar	Uttar Pradesh	NA
49	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	NA
50	Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development	Pune	Maharashtra	40

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NIRF 2018 Ranking Parameters

This framework outlines a methodology to rank institutions across the country. The methodology draws from the overall recommendations broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and Resources”, “Research and Professional Practices”,“Graduation Outcomes”, “Outreach and Inclusivity” and “Perception”.

S.No.	Parameter	Marks	Weightage
1	Teaching, Learning & Resources	100	0.30
2	Research and Professional Practice	100	0.30
3	Graduation Outcomes	100	0.20
4	Outreach and Inclusivity	100	0.10
5	Perception	100	0.10

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The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and launched by Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015. If you have any queries or comments regarding above “NIRF Rankings 2018 for Indian Management Institutes”, please post on our AfterGraduation Forum or in the below comment box.

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