HOW WE PICKED THE WINNERS

A DETAILED LOOK INTO THE METHODOLOGY AND PROCESS FOLLOWED FOR THE BT-MDRA INDIA'S BEST B-SCHOOLS SURVEY 2025

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THE 13TH EDITION of BT-MDRA ranking of India's best business schools—the 26th overall—has been completely reimagined and refreshed. New lists have been added to the ranking like the Top Executive Programs, Top Advanced Management Programs, Top Executive Fellow Programs in Management, Top Fellow Programs in Management, Top online MBAs in the country, along with listing of Top global B-Schools.

Methodology: Full-Time MBA/PGDM Ranking

A comprehensive list of B-schools offering full-time classroom management programme (PGDM/ MBA) and established at least five years ago with a minimum of three passed-out batches was updated. The objective questionnaire was fine-tuned to obtain latest and relevant information based on latest data on as many as 127 attributes. More than 2,000 B-Schools, fulfilling the qualification criteria for participation, were contacted to participate in the objective survey, clearly mentioning the deadline and no participation fees. Of these, 275 submitted their data within the timeline, and 271 were ranked.

After receiving the objective data, the four steps of data cleaning, logical checks and validation, back-checks and audits were conducted. In the first stage, the details provided by B-schools was examined through available information and MDRA’s database. In the second stage, verification and physical audits of participating B-schools were conducted by MDRA researchers to ensure the accuracy of the data submitted. Some irregularities that came up during validation and audits were corrected.