100 Best Business schools in India

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 4.88M citations received by 431K academic papers made by 462 universities in India was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#57 in Asia

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Business

#75 in Asia

#401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Business

#79 in Asia

#420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#94 in Asia

#468 in the World

Founded: 1958

5. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Business

#96 in Asia

#473 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

6. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#103 in Asia

#497 in the World

Founded: 1959

7. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Business

#111 in Asia

#523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

8. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#115 in Asia

#538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

9. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Business

#127 in Asia

#598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

10. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Business

#148 in Asia

#701 in the World

Founded: 1955

11. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#156 in Asia

#734 in the World

Founded: 1978

12. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Business

#206 in Asia

#877 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

13. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Business

#235 in Asia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500
Male:Female: 53:47

14. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Business

#240 in Asia

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

15. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Business

#247 in Asia

#1005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

16. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Business

#248 in Asia

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1915

17. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Business

#249 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Founded: 1931

18. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Business

#253 in Asia

#1014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

19. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Business

#255 in Asia

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

20. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#277 in Asia

#1078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

21. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Business

#287 in Asia

#1107 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

22. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Business

#290 in Asia

#1111 in the World

Founded: 1948

23. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#295 in Asia

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

24. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Business

#305 in Asia

#1159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

25. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Business

#306 in Asia

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 1,915
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 2009

26. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Business

#308 in Asia

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

27. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Business

#330 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

28. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#331 in Asia

#1216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

29. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Business

#347 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

30. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Business

#348 in Asia

#1272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

31. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#355 in Asia

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

32. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Business

#356 in Asia

#1286 in the World

Founded: 2005

33. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Business

#364 in Asia

#1304 in the World

Founded: 1963

34. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Business

#369 in Asia

#1317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 4,500
Founded: 1961

35. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Business

#377 in Asia

#1331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

36. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Business

#389 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Founded: 1963

37. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Business

#400 in Asia

#1382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1882

38. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Business

#404 in Asia

#1392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

39. IMS Unison University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Business

#417 in Asia

#1420 in the World

Founded: 2013

40. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Business

#428 in Asia

#1440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

41. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#441 in Asia

#1465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

42. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

For Business

#466 in Asia

#1520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

43. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Business

#469 in Asia

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

44. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Business

#476 in Asia

#1546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2004

45. National Institute of Technology, Silchar

Assam | Silchar

For Business

#478 in Asia

#1548 in the World

Founded: 1967

46. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Business

#494 in Asia

#1583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

47. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Business

#499 in Asia

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 5,061
Founded: 1974

48. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Business

#502 in Asia

#1595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

49. Siksha O Anusandhan University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Business

#508 in Asia

#1607 in the World

Enrollment: 4,180

50. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#510 in Asia

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1945

51. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Business

#511 in Asia

#1620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

52. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

For Business

#522 in Asia

#1650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

53. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Business

#523 in Asia

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

54. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

For Business

#529 in Asia

#1665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 37,444
Founded: 1929

55. Graphic Era University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Business

#543 in Asia

#1699 in the World

Founded: 1993

56. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Maharashtra | Nagpur

For Business

#544 in Asia

#1701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1960

57. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#546 in Asia

#1703 in the World

Founded: 1857

58. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Business

#549 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

59. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#556 in Asia

#1728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

60. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Business

#563 in Asia

#1745 in the World

Founded: 1962

61. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Business

#574 in Asia

#1765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

62. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Business

#585 in Asia

#1782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

63. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Business

#587 in Asia

#1786 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

64. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

For Business

#589 in Asia

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 3,611
Founded: 2012

65. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

For Business

#612 in Asia

#1838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

66. Nirma University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Business

#626 in Asia

#1863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

67. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Business

#629 in Asia

#1879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

68. Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

Odisha | Sambalpur

For Business

#631 in Asia

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

69. Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#641 in Asia

#1921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1997

70. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Business

#646 in Asia

#1933 in the World

Founded: 1926

71. Chitkara University - Punjab

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Business

#655 in Asia

#1950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2010

72. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Business

#665 in Asia

#1966 in the World

Founded: 1971

73. Mangalore University

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Business

#666 in Asia

#1967 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1980

74. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#674 in Asia

#1979 in the World

Founded: 1981

75. Vidyasagar University

West Bengal | Midnapore

For Business

#681 in Asia

#1988 in the World

Founded: 1981

76. University of Kalyani

West Bengal | Kalyani

For Business

#683 in Asia

#1995 in the World

Founded: 1960

77. Bharathidasan University

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Business

#698 in Asia

#2028 in the World

Founded: 1982

78. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#699 in Asia

#2029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

79. Indian Institute of Technology Patna

For Business

#701 in Asia

#2031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,539
Founded: 2008

80. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#705 in Asia

#2043 in the World

Founded: 1986

81. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Business

#707 in Asia

#2046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

82. SASTRA University

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

For Business

#715 in Asia

#2064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1984

83. Galgotias University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Business

#716 in Asia

#2065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 31,293
Founded: 2011

84. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Business

#722 in Asia

#2075 in the World

Founded: 1972

85. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

For Business

#725 in Asia

#2078 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

86. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#730 in Asia

#2089 in the World

Founded: 2005

87. University of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

For Business

#744 in Asia

#2110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1948

88. Kalasalingam University

Tamil Nadu | Krishnankoil

For Business

#756 in Asia

#2131 in the World

Founded: 1984

89. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Business

#762 in Asia

#2150 in the World

Enrollment: 20,945
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1980

90. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur

For Business

#770 in Asia

#2174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1986

91. National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Business

#774 in Asia

#2180 in the World

Founded: 1956

92. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Business

#779 in Asia

#2192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

93. Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior

For Business

#785 in Asia

#2202 in the World

Founded: 1996

94. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Business

#793 in Asia

#2214 in the World

95. Dr. Hari Singh Gour University

Madhya Pradesh | Sagar

For Business

#795 in Asia

#2219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1946

96. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#796 in Asia

#2220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2008

97. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Business

#807 in Asia

#2253 in the World

Founded: 1918

98. International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Business

#816 in Asia

#2278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 2,056
Male:Female: 78:22
Founded: 1998

99. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Business

#818 in Asia

#2282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2008

100. University of Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu

For Business

#826 in Asia

#2292 in the World

Founded: 1969

The best cities to study Business in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Mumbai.