National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 was released by Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education, Government of India on August 12 in New Delhi. IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode have retained their top 3 ranks in NIRF Management Ranking 2024. Check Biggest Gainers and Biggest Losers amongst Top 100 B-schools based on MBAUniverse.com Analysis.
1.1 Government and Public B-schools that have registered big gains
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) New Delhi
At the top of the charts is Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) New Delhi. IIFT jumped by, hold your breath!, 12 ranks to get ranked at #15 in NIRF Management Ranking 2024. As the MBAUniverse.com IIFT New Delhi Ranking Page reveals, the Total Score for IIFT increased from 297.28 to 309.72. Check Chart 1 below. Almost all parameters including Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO) contributed to this increase in total scores. However, a fall in Perception Score is noticeable. Check MBAUniverse.com IIFT New Delhi Ranking Page
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur
Next on the charts is Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur. Like IIFT, IIM Nagpur too jumped by 12 rankings to get ranked at #31 in NIRF Management Ranking 2024. Check MBAUniverse.com IIM Nagpur Ranking Page.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bodh Gaya
Another IIM where there is a significant jump in the rankings is Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bodhgaya. The NIRF Ranking for IIM Bodh Gaya jumped by 20 ranks! As a result, IIM Bodh Gaya is ranked at #33 from #53 last year. Check MBAUniverse.com IIM Bodh Gaya Ranking Page.
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1.2 Private B-schools that have registered big gains
Some Private B-schools, including PGDM B-schools and Private University B-schools, have also done well in NIRF Rankings 2024.
MICA Ahmedabad
At the top of the charts is MICA Ahmedabad which has significantly improve its ranking in spite of being a niche B-school with a strong focus on marketing and allied areas. MICA has improved its rankings in NIRF Management Ranking 2024 by 5 rankings – moving up from #37 to #32. Check more details on MBAUniverse.com MICA Ahmedabad Ranking Page.
Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)
Another niche B-school that has done well in NIRF Management Ranking 2024 is also based in Gujarat - Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). As is well known, IRMA’s forte is Rural and Agri Business Management. Similar to MICA, IRMA too has improved its rankings by 5 ranks – moving up from #54 to #49. Check more details on MBAUniverse.com Institute of Rural Management Anand Ranking Page..
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1.3 Which B-schools have seen big drops in Rankings?
Some B-schools which have performed poorly in NIRF Rankings 2024. At the top of this list are two second-generation IIMs which till recently were performing quite well.
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
IIM Udaipur was one of the fastest-growing management schools in the country with a flourishing research ecosystem. IIM Udaipur NIRF Rankings slipped by 6 ranks from #16 in NIRF 2023 to #22 in NIRF 2024. Indeed, it is disappointing to see IIM Udaipur falling out of Top 20 Ranked B-schools in NIRF 2024 Ranking. Check more details on MBAUniverse.com IIM Udaipur Ranking Page.
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
Similar to IIM Udaipur, Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIMT) has slipped by 5 ranks this year – slipping down from #22 (2023) to #27 (2024). Here, it may also be noted that IIM Trichy has been falling consistently in the NIRF Rankings. It was ranked #18 in 2022. Check more details on MBAUniverse.com IIM Trichy Ranking Page.
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Here are the Big Changes in Private B-schools as per NIRF Management Ranking 2024.
Top Gainers:
B-Schools that have Slipped
Read this comprehensive NIRF Ranking 2024 analysis by MBAUniverse.com.
This year, NIRF Ranking 2024 have been announced for 16 categories. Three New Category introduced include NIRF Ranking 2024 State University, NIRF Ranking 2024 Skill University, and NIRF Ranking 2024 Open University. Sustainability Rankings may be released from next year.
In the NIRF Ranking 2024 while some leading B-schools have slipped from their ranking positions, others who lost earlier moved up and reclaimed their ranking this year. Key gainers and losers are:
B-school | NIRF Ranking 2024 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | 5 | -1 | 4 | 3 |
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | 7 | -1 | 6 | 6 |
Indian Institute of Management Indore | 8 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
XLRI-Xavier School of Management | 9 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 10 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
Source: NIRF Management Ranking 2024
NIRF Ranking 2024 has brought big surprises in Ranking band 11 to 20 with number of B-schools going up or losing many places. Key highlights are:
Top Gainers:
Top Colleges That Slipped Down
B-school | NIRF Ranking 2024 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
Management Development Institute, Gurugram | 11 | 2 | 13 | 13 |
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak | 12 | 0 | 12 | 16 |
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management | 13 | 4 | 17 | 17 |
Indian Institute of Management Raipur | 14 | -3 | 11 | 14 |
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi | 15 | 12 | 27 | 24 |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 16 | -1 | 15 | 10 |
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi | 17 | 7 | 24 | 15 |
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 18 | 0 | 18 | 19 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 19 | -5 | 14 | 12 |
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai | 20 | 0 | 20 | 21 |
Source: NIRF Management Ranking 2024
NIRF Ranking 2024 band from 21 to 30 has more B-schools which have witnessed loss of many places in Ranking than gainers. Key highlights are:
Top B-schools with Loss of Many Places
B-school | NIRF Ranking 2024 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai | 21 | 0 | 21 | 25 |
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur | 22 | -6 | 16 | 22 |
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur | 23 | -4 | 19 | 23 |
Indian Institute of Management Shillong | 24 | 2 | 26 | 26 |
Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi | 25 | 0 | 25 | 29 |
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam | 26 | 3 | 29 | 33 |
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli | 27 | -5 | 22 | 18 |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore | 28 | 2 | 30 | 27 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 29 | -6 | 23 | 20 |
Amity University, Gautam Budh Nagar | 29 | -1 | 28 | 28 |
Source: NIRF Management Ranking 2024
NIRF Ranking 2024 band from 31 to 50 has many big gainers as well as losers. Besides number of B-schools have first time figured in the NIRF Ranking 2024 with high ranking positions. Key highlights are:
Top Gainers
Top B-Schools that have Slipped Down
B-school | NIRF Ranking 2024 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
Indian Institute of Management Nagpur | 31 | 12 | 43 | 43 |
MICA, Ahmedabad | 32 | 5 | 37 | 42 |
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya | 33 | 20 | 53 | 73 |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai | 34 | -3 | 31 | 31 |
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad | 35 | 3 | 38 | 44 |
Chandigarh University | 36 | 0 | 36 | 40 |
Goa Institute of Management | 37 | -4 | 33 | 36 |
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara | 38 | -6 | 32 | 34 |
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad | 39 | 1 | 40 | 32 |
International Management Institute New Delhi | 40 | -6 | 34 | 30 |
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies - UPES, Dehradun | 41 | -2 | 39 | 41 |
Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ) | 42 | -1 | 41 | 36 |
XIM University, Bhubaneswar | 43 | 3 | 46 | 35 |
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) | 44 | 6 | 49 | 53 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida | 45 | 2 | 47 | 51 |
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad | 46 | -2 | 44 | 46 |
Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar | 47 | 4 | 51 | 55 |
Banaras Hindu University | 48 | 8 | 56 | 50 |
Institute of Rural Management Anand | 49 | 5 | 54 | 58 |
Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur | 50 | 8 | 58 | 66 |
Source: NIRF Management Ranking 2024
Out of the 125 top B-schools that have been ranked in India, the story of 51 to 100 B-school Ranking is also full of surprises as many of them have been ranked for the first time while some of the older ones have gained and lost a few ranking places:
| B-school | NIRF Ranking 2024 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 51 | -16 | 35 | 39 |
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon | 52 | 10 | 62 | 52 |
Fore School of Management, New Delhi | 53 | 10 | 63 | 60 |
Chitkara University, Rajpura | 54 | 10 | 64 | 80 |
Nirma University, Ahmedabad | 55 | 6 | 61 | 45 |
International Management Institute Kolkata | 56 | 14 | 70 | NA |
Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur | 57 | 41 | 98 | 69 |
T. A. Pai Management Institute Manipal | 58 | -16 | 42 | 38 |
Graphic Era University, Dehradun | 59 | 6 | 65 | 65 |
Christ University, Bengaluru | 60 | 0 | 60 | 72 |
International Management Institute Bhubaneswar | 61 | 6 | 67 | 70 |
Siksha `O` Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar | 62 | -5 | 57 | NA |
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai | 63 | -18 | 45 | 71 |
Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida | 64 | -16 | 48 | 56 |
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi | 65 | 1 | 66 | 62 |
Loyola Institute of Business Administration | 66 | -- | -- | 86 |
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar | 67 | -8 | 59 | 48 |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur | 68 | 1 | 69 | NA |
Anna University, Chennai | 69 | -20 | 49 | 49 |
Aligarh Muslim University | 70 | -15 | 55 | 57 |
Alliance University, Bengaluru | 71 | 16 | 87 | 98 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow | 72 | 20 | 92 | 78 |
Manipal University, Jaipur | 73 | 6 | 79 | 85 |
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai | 74 | -3 | 71 | 77 |
Jaipuria Institute of Management Jaipur | 75 | 5 | 80 | 81 |
National Institute of Technology Calicut | 76 | -1 | 75 | 84 |
Jain university, Bangalore | 77 | 8 | 85 | 96 |
Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi | 78 | 18 | 96 | 100 |
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | 79 | -27 | 52 | 47 |
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore | 80 | 9 | 89 | 63 |
Cochin University of Science and Technology | 81 | -- | -- | -- |
Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai | 82 | 8 | 90 | 96 |
BML Munjal University, Gurgaon | 83 | -11 | 72 | 54 |
Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research | 84 | -11 | 73 | 68 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior | 85 | -17 | 68 | 64 |
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University | 86 | -- | -- | -- |
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Delhi | 87 | 1 | 88 | 82 |
New Delhi Institute Of Management | 88 | 11 | 99 | NA |
Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar | 89 | 5 | 94 | 89 |
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi | 90 | -13 | 77 | 78 |
| B-school | NIRF Ranking 2024 | Ranking Gain/Loss from last year | NIRF Ranking 2023 | NIRF Ranking 2022 |
| National Institute of Bank Management, Pune | 91 | -15 | 76 | NA |
| Panjab University, Chandigarh | 92 | -10 | 82 | 67 |
| Rajagiri Business School, Cochin | 93 | -10 | 83 | 74 |
| Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli | 94 | -8 | 86 | 83 |
| Tezpur University | 95 | -2 | 93 | NA |
| National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad | 96 | 1 | 97 | NA |
| Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad | 97 | -13 | 84 | 75 |
| Galgotias University, Gautam Budh Nagar | 98 | -7 | 91 | 93 |
| Krea University, Sri City, Chittoor | 99 | -25 | 74 | 60 |
| National Institute of Technology Warangal | 100 | -- | -- | -- |
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