100 Best Business schools in India

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 5.43M citations received by 449K academic papers made by 463 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

#56 in Asia

#312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Business

#76 in Asia

#401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Business

#80 in Asia

#418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#96 in Asia

#468 in the World

Founded: 1958

5. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Business

#99 in Asia

#481 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

6. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#106 in Asia

#500 in the World

Founded: 1959

7. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Business

#109 in Asia

#516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

8. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#116 in Asia

#532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

9. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Business

#123 in Asia

#563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

10. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Business

#152 in Asia

#711 in the World

Founded: 1955

11. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#158 in Asia

#739 in the World

Founded: 1978

12. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Business

#186 in Asia

#818 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

13. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Business

#229 in Asia

#934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500

14. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Business

#243 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

15. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Business

#246 in Asia

#994 in the World

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

16. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Business

#248 in Asia

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,000
Founded: 1964

17. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Business

#249 in Asia

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

18. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Business

#261 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

19. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Business

#262 in Asia

#1035 in the World

Founded: 1931

20. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#274 in Asia

#1056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

21. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Business

#284 in Asia

#1088 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

22. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Business

#289 in Asia

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

23. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Business

#298 in Asia

#1120 in the World

Founded: 1948

24. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#301 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

25. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Business

#304 in Asia

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

26. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Business

#314 in Asia

#1174 in the World

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

27. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#327 in Asia

#1192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

28. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Business

#329 in Asia

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

29. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Business

#333 in Asia

#1211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

30. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#335 in Asia

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

31. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Business

#349 in Asia

#1256 in the World

Founded: 2005

32. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Business

#356 in Asia

#1279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

33. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Business

#363 in Asia

#1295 in the World

Founded: 1963

34. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Business

#370 in Asia

#1305 in the World

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

35. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Business

#376 in Asia

#1319 in the World

Founded: 1963

36. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Business

#385 in Asia

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

37. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Business

#388 in Asia

#1349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

38. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Business

#407 in Asia

#1390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 16,358
Founded: 1882

39. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Business

#411 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

40. IMS Unison University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Business

#417 in Asia

#1408 in the World

Founded: 2013

41. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#428 in Asia

#1435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

42. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Business

#464 in Asia

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2004

43. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

For Business

#472 in Asia

#1516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

44. National Institute of Technology, Silchar

Assam | Silchar

For Business

#475 in Asia

#1525 in the World

Founded: 1967

45. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Business

#478 in Asia

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

46. Graphic Era University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Business

#483 in Asia

#1541 in the World

Founded: 1993

47. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Business

#497 in Asia

#1580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

48. Siksha O Anusandhan University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Business

#498 in Asia

#1582 in the World

Enrollment: 4,180

49. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Business

#500 in Asia

#1588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

50. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Business

#511 in Asia

#1607 in the World

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

51. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

For Business

#519 in Asia

#1620 in the World

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

52. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

For Business

#522 in Asia

#1627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

53. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Business

#525 in Asia

#1638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

54. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#528 in Asia

#1644 in the World

Founded: 1857

55. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Business

#532 in Asia

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

56. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#536 in Asia

#1669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1945

57. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

For Business

#539 in Asia

#1677 in the World

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

58. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#545 in Asia

#1696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

59. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Maharashtra | Nagpur

For Business

#547 in Asia

#1698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1960

60. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Business

#549 in Asia

#1701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

61. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Business

#556 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

62. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Business

#565 in Asia

#1733 in the World

Founded: 1962

63. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Business

#569 in Asia

#1747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

64. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Business

#585 in Asia

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

65. Chitkara University - Punjab

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Business

#612 in Asia

#1824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2010

66. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

For Business

#616 in Asia

#1831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

67. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Business

#619 in Asia

#1836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

68. Nirma University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Business

#622 in Asia

#1839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

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

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#631 in Asia

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1997

70. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#634 in Asia

#1879 in the World

Founded: 2005

71. Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

Odisha | Sambalpur

For Business

#637 in Asia

#1886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

72. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#650 in Asia

#1913 in the World

Founded: 1981

73. Mangalore University

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Business

#668 in Asia

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1980

74. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Business

#669 in Asia

#1960 in the World

Founded: 1971

75. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Business

#670 in Asia

#1964 in the World

Founded: 1926

76. Indian Institute of Technology Patna

For Business

#685 in Asia

#1988 in the World

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

77. Galgotias University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Business

#686 in Asia

#1990 in the World

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

78. Vidyasagar University

West Bengal | Midnapore

For Business

#689 in Asia

#1993 in the World

Founded: 1981

79. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Business

#693 in Asia

#2000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

80. University of Kalyani

West Bengal | Kalyani

For Business

#699 in Asia

#2009 in the World

Founded: 1960

81. Bharathidasan University

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Business

#710 in Asia

#2038 in the World

Founded: 1982

82. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Business

#711 in Asia

#2039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

83. SASTRA University

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

For Business

#713 in Asia

#2051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1984

84. University of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar

For Business

#718 in Asia

#2059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1948

85. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Business

#720 in Asia

#2062 in the World

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

86. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

For Business

#726 in Asia

#2069 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

87. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Business

#739 in Asia

#2090 in the World

Founded: 1986

88. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Business

#740 in Asia

#2095 in the World

Founded: 1972

89. Kalasalingam University

Tamil Nadu | Krishnankoil

For Business

#746 in Asia

#2106 in the World

Founded: 1984

90. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Business

#761 in Asia

#2129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

91. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur

For Business

#766 in Asia

#2141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1986

92. National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Business

#767 in Asia

#2145 in the World

Founded: 1956

93. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Business

#779 in Asia

#2169 in the World

94. Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior

For Business

#780 in Asia

#2170 in the World

Founded: 1996

95. Dr. Hari Singh Gour University

Madhya Pradesh | Sagar

For Business

#792 in Asia

#2194 in the World

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

96. Jain University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Business

#795 in Asia

#2205 in the World

Founded: 1990

97. Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology

Haryana | Delhi

For Business

#804 in Asia

#2229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2008

98. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Business

#807 in Asia

#2236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2008

99. Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Punjab | Jalandhar

For Business

#825 in Asia

#2268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1987

100. University of Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu

For Business

#826 in Asia

#2271 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.