NIRF Ranking 2021 for MBA: IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta In Top 3; Full list here
R. Radhika | September 9, 2021 | 03:49 PM IST | 2 mins read
NIRF MBA Ranking 2021: IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Bombay surpass several newer IIMs in the NIRF ranking this year.
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: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad emerged as the premier management institute in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021, which was released on Thursday.
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IIM Bangalore clinched the second spot while IIM Calcutta was ranked third in NIRF MBA ranking 2021. All three IIMs have maintained their position from last year's NIRF rankings for MBA. IIM Kozhikode and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi bagged fourth and fifth place in NIRF MBA ranking this year.
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Leaving behind newer IIMs, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Bombay made it to the top 10 MBA NIRF ranking 2021. These IITs have consistently been ranked best in the country. Last year among the top 10 B-schools, IIM Lucknow was ranked fourth while IIM Kozhikode and IIM Indore bagged the sixth and seventh place respectively.
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the sixth edition of the NIRF, which also saw IIT Madras and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and IIT Bombay emerge as the top three educational institute across the country.
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Launched by the education ministry in 2015, the NIRF ranking judges educational institutes on parameters like teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcome outreach and inclusivity, and perception. The rankings have been released for a total of 11 categories – overall, universities, engineering , colleges, management , pharmacy, medical , architecture, dental, law, and research institutions.
IIT Madras clinched the top position in the overall and engineering NIRF ranking 2021. AIIMS, Delhi has been adjudged the best medical college while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru was declared the best in NIRF 2021 university rankings.
Here is the list of the top 15 NIRF ranking 2021 for MBA.
| Rank | NIRF 2021 MBA ranking | State |
| 1 | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| 2 | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | Karnataka |
| 3 | Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | West Bengal |
| 4 | Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | Kerala |
| 5 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | Delhi |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Management Indore | Madhya Pradesh |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| 8 | Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) | Jharkhand |
| 9 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | West Bengal |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Maharashtra |
| 11 | Management Development Institute | Haryana |
| 12 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| 13 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Tamil Nadu |
| 14 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Uttarakhand |
| 15 | Indian Institute of Management Raipur | Chhattisgarh |
NIRF ranking 2021: Top private management colleges
Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) is the only private management institution to be featured in the top ten NIRF MBA rankings this year. MDI Gurgaon, which was in the tenth position last year has slipped down to 11th rank this year.
Here is the list of the top 10 private management institutes in NIRF with their respective ranks.
| Rank | NIRF 2021 Private Management College | State |
| 8 | Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) | Jharkhand |
| 11 | Management Development Institute | Haryana |
| 19 | S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research | Maharashtra |
| 20 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management | Maharashtra |
| 22 | SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | Maharashtra |
| 24 | Great Lakes Institute of Management | Tamil Nadu |
| 26 | International Management Institute | Delhi |
| 27 | ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education | Telangana |
| 29 | Amity University | Uttar Pradesh |
| 31 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Odisha |
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