B School Rankings: MBAUniverse.com Ranks IIM A, B, C, XLRI & SPJIMR as top 5

DELHI, India - Nov. 27, 2014 - PRLog -- To guide 1.97 lakh CAT 2014, around 1 lakh prospective XAT 2015 and lakhs of other MBA entrance test takers the 5th MBAUniverse.com annual B school ranking 2014-15 has been released. While IIM Ahmedabad has retained the top position, IIM Calcutta and IIM Bangalore are ranked at No. 2 and No. 3 slot. XLRI and SPJIMR ranked at No. 4 and No. 5 position on MBAUniverse.com Ranking 2015. Factoring in the latest admissions, accreditation and placements data, there are many ups and downs in Top 25 B-school rankings. Complete B School Rankings check here (http://www.mbauniverse.com/bschoolranking2015/b-school-rankings.php)

Top 10 B schools in Ranking 2015

IIM A retained its 1st rank followed by IIM C at 2 and IIM B at 3. Among the private B schools XLRI led the position at 4th position followed by SPJIMR at 5th position.  IIM Lucknow slipped to 6th position. IIM K moved up to position 7 followed by IIM Indore at 8th position. NMIMS Mumbai and MDI Gurgaon occupied the 9th and 10th positions respectively. Complete Ranking check here (http://www.mbauniverse.com/bschoolranking2015/b-school-ra...)

New IIMs Ranked

Newer IIMs also actively participated in the MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking Survey 2015 and found their place among top 30 B schools of India. IIM Trichy moved up to the 18th rank, IIM Ranchi has occupied the 25th position and IIM Udaipur, the 2015 CAP conducting IIM, has been placed at 30th rank.

PGDM B Schools shine

In a rare show of pursuit for excellence, PGDM B schools have moved upwards. While XLRI has been the torch bearer of excellence occupying the 4th position, SPJIMR, MDI, IMI, IMT, TAPMI, BIMTECH and many others have worked harder on various parameters to climb the ladder of hierarchy.

To know more on PGDM B schools ranking check now (http://www.mbauniverse.com/bschoolranking2015/b-school-rankings.php)

Ranking 2014-15: Credible guide to choose the right B school

Every year around 3 lakh MBA aspirants search the MBA admission opportunities and therefore need an authentic and relevant yardstick as a guide to take decision about which MBA programmes to apply and accept the admission offer. MBAUniverse.com B schools Ranking survey 2014-15 has ranked the B school on transparent and important parameters in the changing scenario of management education going global. A higher weightage on teacher student ratio, International Accreditation by agencies like AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA has been awarded to the respective B schools in placing them rankwise.

Mr Amit Agnihotri, Chairman, MBAUniverse.com on the occasion of release of B school ranking 2014-15 said “The results of B-school survey 2015 aims at providing an authentic and credible tool to MBA aspirants who will be seeking admission to B-schools of their choice after taking CAT 2014, XAT 2015 and other entrance exams. Our survey is based on unique methodology – that covers ‘Inputs’, ‘Processes’ and ‘Outputs’ of a B-school. A comprehensive questionnaire covers these data points. Our Rankings are completely based on Data and Facts, and has no ‘Perception’ surveys.”

MBAUniverse.com B school Ranking 2014-15: Advisory Body

B school Ranking Survey 2014-15 at MBAUniverse.com has been conducted under the guidance of a high powered advisory body including Dr MR Rao, former Dean, ISB Hyderabad; Dr Debashis Chatterjee, former Director, IIM K and Dr RK Shukla, former Principal Economist of National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER).

Dr Bakul Dholakia, former Director of IIM Ahmedabad had voluntarily decided to step down from the MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body to avoid potential conflict of interest. Dr Dholakia was the chair-person of MBAUniverse.com Ranking Advisory body for last four years. He recently joined IMI New Delhi as its Director General. In his guidance, MBAUniverse.com Ranking established itself as one of India's most respected B-school Ranking.

Highlights and USPs of Ranking 2014-15 (http://www.mbauniverse.com/bschoolranking2015/b-school-rankings.php)

There are several innovations undertaken by ranking research team to ensure that MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2015 presents most honest and accurate picture of B-schools. Our research team has also cross-checked the data from the AICTE & UGC mandatory disclosures.

Data-driven Methodology: Since its inception, MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings has been using data, and data alone, to measure performance of B-schools.

Latest Data used: MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings have used the latest data, based on admissions for the 2014-16 Batch. Almost all rankings reply on one year old data. A lot gets changed in a year.

Maximum participation: Top IIMs including IIM Ahmedabad, XLRI, and virtually each one of Top B-school has participated in MBAUniverse.com B-school Rankings.

XLRI leads: XLRI Jamshedpur leads the pack of Non-IIM B-schools by keeping on with its earlier position at number 4 Rank. Read Full Story:  http://www.mbauniverse.com/bschoolranking2015/b-school-rankings.php