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Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Systems
Admission procedure: CAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA, CET and K-MAT
Size of the class: 120 (50 per cent selected by the institute and 50 per cent allotted by the university)
Student faculty ratio: 8:1
Average annual salary: Rs 4.95 lakh domestic; $42,000 international
Biggest recruiter: TVS Electronics
Star recruiter: Berg Wealth
Student profile: Male: Female (67:33); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:4); With work-experience: Fresher (1:4)
Star alumni: Amit Acharya, Senior Software Consultant, Wipro Technologies; Alan John George, Senior Business Development Executive, IKEA, UAE; Ruthu Hegde, Head (Recruitment), NESS Technologies
Quote: Alan John George, senior business development executive, IKEA
"I have indeed crossed a milestone in my academic and professional life. I am now part of an international organisation working in an international environment. None of these would have been possible if I were not a graduate of Alliance"

Amity Business School (ABS), Noida
Specialisation: Marketing and Sales, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Information Systems, Operations, Insurance and Risk Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
Admission procedure: MAT, GMAT, XAT score, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 150
Student faculty ratio: 3:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.43 lakh domestic; $24,000 international
Biggest recruiters: India Bulls, Evalueserve, HDFC Bank
Star recruiters: Zee Network, TVS, TCS
Student profile: Male: Female (3:2); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:5); With work-experience: Fresher (2:3)
Star alumni: Dilpreet Sahi, Vice President, ABN AMRO Bank; Nirupma Jyoti Sivakumar, Corporate Accounts Manager, Microsoft
Quote: Nirupma Jyoti Sivakumar, Corporate Accounts Manager, Microsoft
"ABS provides an environment of continuous learning and an overall development at the campus. The right blend of challenges, competition and exposure to the business world provides just the right nurturing for the budding manager before he/she enters the corporate world"

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Badruka College PG Centre, Hyderabad
Specialisation: Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and Systems
Admission procedure: Integrated Common Entrance Test (ICET) and counselling by Osmania University
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 15:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.5 lakh domestic, N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: ICICI, Bank of America, Hindustan Pencils, Satyam Computer Systems
Star recruiter: India Bulls Securities
Student profile: Male: Female (7:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:4); With work-experience: Fresher (1:9)
Star alumnus: P. Balasubramaniyam, Vice President, India Bulls Financial Securities
Quote: P Balasubramaniyam, Vice President, India Bulls Finance Securities
"Badruka is one of the best institutes for academic excellence. It is one of the few institutes in South India to provide students with excellent talent for the future of the country"

Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchirappalli
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Systems and Human Resources
Admission procedure: XAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 6:1
Average annual salary: Rs 4.46 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: TCS, HCL Technologies, Ramco Systems, Infosys Technologies
Star recruiters: Power Finance Corporation, Calsoft, Infosys, Ramco Systems
Student profile: Male: Female (7:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (4:1); With work-experience: Fresher (5:2)
Star alumni: V. Raja Shanmugam, Vice President, MindTree Consulting; T.R. Ramachandran, Business Manager (Cards), Citibank; R. Siddharthan, Regional Head, TCS, Atlanta; Narasimhan Tupil, Country e-business Manager, Compaq; K. Ramakrishnan, CEO, Spark Capital Advisors India
Quote: T.R. Ramachandran, Business Manager (cards), Citibank
"What has stood me in good stead throughout my career is BIM's focus on values and ethics-based management processes and models. The institute taught us to place equal emphasis on 'doing things right' and 'doing the right things'"

Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Information Technology, Strategy, Rural Business Management and International Business
Admission procedure: CAT or MAT score, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 8:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3 lakh domestic; $17,000 international
Biggest recruiter: ICICI Bank
Star recruiter: Western Union Money Transfer, France
Student profile: Male: Female (13:7); Engineer: Non-engineer (8:17); With work-experience: Fresher (1:4)
Star alumnus: Alok Gupta, Managing Director, Samtech Infonet
Quote: Alok Gupta, Managing Director, Samtech Infonet
"I am fortunate to be an alumnus of an institute which has always focussed on producing leaders and entrepreneurs rather than churning out managers only. This is a place where you will find a perfect blend of tradition and modernity. The success of the BIMTECH alumni community, spread across the world, is a testimony to the great values inherited by them from their alma mater"

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Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Specialisation: Finance, Human Resources and Marketing
Admission procedure: ICET
Size of the class: 60
Student Faculty ratio: 15:1
Average annual salary: Rs 2.4 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: ICICI
Star recruiter: Infosys
Student profile: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:57); With work-experience: Fresher (1:4)
Star Alumni: N.A.
Quote: N.A.

Christ College Institute of Management, Bangalore
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Systems
Admission procedure: MAT score
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 5:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: ICICI Bank
Star recruiter: Hexaware
Student profile: Male:Female (3:2); Engineer:Non-engineer (1:3); With work-experience:Fresher (2:5)
Star alumnus: Vinod Pais, Marketing Executive, HP, Singapore
Quote: N.A.

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Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
Specialisation: Marketing, Information Technology, Human Resources, Strategy, Operations, Finance, Public Sector and Consultancy
Admission procedure: JMET, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 1:4
Average annual salary: Rs 6.4 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: IBM, Infosys
Star recruiters: IBM, Citibank, Bank of America
Student profile: Male: Female (47:13); Engineer: Non-engineer (9:1); With work-experience: Fresher (17:8)
Star alumni: P.K. Agarwal, Director (Personnel) Engineers India; Parag Sharma, Manager, CRISIL; Ankur Dhingra, Assistant Vice President (Insurance), GE Capital; Vinit Mathur, Manager (Strategic Alliances), ICICI Bank, UK
Quote: Vinit Mathur, Manager (Strategic Alliances), ICICI Bank, UK
"The department has come a long way in a very short span of time, keeping in view that the first MBA batch passed out in 1999. The institute has managed to bring the course at par with the premier B-schools through an effective integration of programme content, faculty and successful placements. It offers an effective mix of management and technology"

Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Specialisation: Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing and Human Resources
Admission procedure: JMET, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 38
Student faculty ratio: 2:1 (including visiting faculty)
Average annual salary: Rs 5.2 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: Citibank, GE Cap
Star recruiters: Citibank, GE Cap
Student profile: Male: Female (20:3); Engineer: Non-engineer: All engineers; With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
Star alumni: N.A.
Quote: N.A.

Department of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
Specialisation: Management
Admission procedure: ATMA
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 6:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.68 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: TCS
Star recruiter: GE Capital
Student profile: Male: Female (6:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (6:7); With work-experience: Fresher (1:4)
Star alumni: George Jacob, Senior Project Consultant, Federal Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco; Ravi Kumar, General Manager, SEBI
Quote: N.A.

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Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Systems and Human Resources
Admission procedure: FMS entrance test
Size of the class: 99
Student faculty ratio: 3:1
Average annual salary: Rs 8.1 lakh domestic; $50,000 international
Biggest recruiters: GE, Citigroup
Star recruiters: L.N. Mittal Group, Citibank (Dubai), Tata Strategic Management Group
Student profile: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:2); With work-experience: Fresher (2:3)
Star alumni: Neelam Dhawan, Managing Director, Microsoft; Raghav Behl, Managing Director, CNBC India; Vishal Pandit, CEO, GE Money; Ajay Shukla, Publishing Director, Readers Digest; Rahul Malhotra, Country Marketing Manager, P&G
Quote: N.A.

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Goa Institute of Management, Goa
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Systems, General Management and Human Resources
Admission procedure: XLRI admission test, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 10:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.71 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: Satyam Computer Systems, Wipro
Star recruiter: Satyam Computer
Student profile: Male: Female (69:35); Engineer: Non-engineer (25:27); With work-experience: Fresher (15:11)
Star alumnus: Bryan D'Aguiar, Vice President (Research), Batlivala & Karani Securities India
Quote: Bryan D'Aguiar, Vice President (Research), Batlivala & Karani Securities India
"The biggest testimony to GIM's rapid progress is the impressive list of companies choosing to participate in placements year after year. The list reflects an acknowledgment of the institute as a top-cadre B-school and (despite its relative youth) affirms the quality of its management programme, and the people it shapes into the managers and leaders of tomorrow"

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ICFAI Business School, Gurgaon
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Information Technology and Systems, Human Resources, Accounting and Control, Insurance, Investments, Banking, Entrepreneurship, and International Business
Admission procedure: National-level admission test (IBSAT), micro-presentation, interview
Size of the class: 340
Student faculty ratio: 8:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.28 lakh domestic; $28,600 international
Biggest recruiters: HDFC Bank, TCS, Tata Technologies, Maruti Udyog, Citi Financials
Star recruiters: McKinsey Knowledge Centre, National Bank of Fujihara
Student profile: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:4); With work-experience: Fresher (1:5)
Star alumni: Jaswinder Singh Taneja, Assistant Vice President, Bank of Punjab; Abhijit Sharan, Project Manager, Hewitt Associates; Abhishek Chaturvedi, Assistant Manager, Birla Finance
Quote: N.A.

ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
Specialisation: Finance, Marketing, Information Technology and
Systems, Human Resources, Operations, Accounting and Control, Insurance, Investments, Banking, Entrepreneurship, and International Business
Admission Procedure: National-level admission test (IBSAT), micro-presentation, interview
Size of the Class: 600
Student Faculty ratio: 8:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.9 lakh domestic; $21,600 international
Biggest Recruiters: TCS, J.P. Morgan Chase, e-Serve International, Bajaj Allianz, Samsung India
Star recruiters: Accenture, McKinsey Knowledge Centre
Student Profile: Male: Female (3:1), Engineer: Non-engineer (2:5); Work Experience:Fresher (1:2)
Famous Alumni: Arjun Natrajan, Principal Consultant, SAP AG, Germany; Vishal Goel, Assistant Vice President, Ernst & Young; Vanitha Datla, Director (Finance), Anjani Portland Cement Ltd; Vijay Kumar Bulusu, Programme Manager, Wipro Technologies, New York
Quote: Vanitha Datla, director (finance), Anjani Portland Cement
"The course curriculum at ICFAI Business School (IBS) trains us in applying fundamental theoretical tools and analytical skills to decision-making in everyday business solutions. Graduating from the portals of IBS places us at a better advantage in deploying our acquired skill sets in a multi-disciplinary context"

ICFAI Business School, Mumbai
Specialisation: Finance, Marketing, Information Technology and Systems, Human Resources, Operations, Accounting and Control, Insurance, Investments, Banking Entrepreneurship and International Business
Admission procedure: National level entrance test (IBSAT), micro-presentation and interview
Size of the class: 165
Student faculty ratio: 6:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.9 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: TCS, e-Serve, HDFC Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Vedanta
Star recruiters: KPMG, Polaris, Essar Group
Student profile: Male: Female (3:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (5:12); Work-experience: Fresher (5:11)
Star alumni: Navroz Mahudawala, Vice President, Ernst & Young; Manoj Menon, Partner, Frost & Sullivan, Singapore; Deepak Pangasa, Assistant Vice President, ICICI Venture, Real Estate Fund
Quote: Navroz Mahudawala, Vice President, Ernst & Young
"The two years that I spent at ICFAI Mumbai were extremely enriching. The contemporary knowledge imparted gave us the additional edge compared to a lot of our peers. The course content is comparable to the best B-schools in finance"

IGNOU, New Delhi
Specialisation: Human Resources, Finance, Operations and Marketing
Admission procedure: All India Open Test (OPENMAT)
Size of the class: N.A.
Student faculty ratio: 60:1 at 350 study centres countrywide
Average annual salary: Rs 6 lakh domestic; $34,000 international
Biggest recruiter: N.A.
Star recruiter: N.A.
Student profile: Male: Female (18:7); Engineer: Non-engineer (N.A.); With work-experience: Fresher (18:7)
Star alumni: N.A.
Quote: N.A.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi
Specialisation: International Business, Marketing, Finance and Information Technology
Admission Procedure: All India level entrance examination
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 10:1
Average annual salary: Rs 5.37 lakh domestic; $77,000 international
Biggest Recruiter: Infosys Technologies
Star Recruiters: Olam International, ITC
Student Profile: Male: Female (4:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
Star Alumni: V. Shashikanth, CEO,
UB Group; Sanjeev Asthana, Business Head (Grains & Oil Seeds), Cargill India
Quote: V. Shashikanth, CEO, UB Group
"The extent of interaction between students and the faculty at IIFT provided me with the perfect 'rounding off' by adding commercial knowledge to my technical background. IIFT has given me a calling card, which is instantly recognised in the international circuit"

Indian Institute of Planning & Management (IIPM), Mumbai
Specialisation: Marketing and Information Technology compulsory, Human Resources and Finance optional
Admission procedure: E-PAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 5:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.8 lakh domestic; $30,000 international
Biggest recruiter: ICICI
Star recruiters: IBM and Value First
Student profile: Male: Female (7:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (7:13); With work-experience: Fresher (1:6)
Star alumnus: Elias Samuel, Management Trainee, BNP Paribas
Quote: Elias Samuel, Management Trainee, BNP Paribas
"IIPM's extensive focus on economics helped me develop sharp acumen for investments and in predicting corporate performance, which is key to my success as a corporate investment advisor. IIPM gave me the much required global understanding and outlook"

Indian Institute of Planning & Management (IIPM), Delhi
Specialisation: Marketing and Information Technology compulsory, Human Resources and Finance optional
Admission procedure: E-PAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 5:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.8 lakh domestic; $30,000 international
Biggest recruiter: ICICI
Star recruiters: IBM and Value First
Student profile: Male: Female (7:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (7:13); With work-experience: Fresher (1:6)
Star alumnus: Ramagopal Rao, Managing Director, Fuji Xerox Hong Kong
Quote: Ramagopal Rao, Managing Director, Fuji Xerox Hong Kong
"The knowledge, confidence and drive that we as ex-IIPM students possess gives us a certain high and stems from the friendly, innovative, educative and democratic learning environment that we were a part of. During my time at the institute, I always felt a sense of 'you are the future leaders, and there's no better time to start than now' being instilled in me. No wonder, I could face the challenges of my working environment efficiently and effectively"

Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata
Specialisation: Human resources, Finance, Systems and Marketing
Admission procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 64
Student faculty ratio: 7:1
Average annual salary: Rs. 2.7 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: ICICI
Star recruiter: TCS
Student profile: Male: Female (97:28) Engineer: Non-engineer: (11:14) With work-experience: Fresher (39:86)
Star alumni: A.D. Chatterjee,
Vice President (Corporate & Marketing), Coates of India; Ashok Mukherjee, Chief Manager (HR), TCS; Bhaskar Das, Director, Times of India; L.N. Mittal, Chairman, Ispat Group
Quote: N.A.

Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Leadership and Change Management
Admission procedure: GMAT, GRE, CAT, TOFEL score for overseas students
Size of the class: 349
Student faculty ratio: 4:1
Average annual salary: Rs 10 lakh domestic; $100,000 international
Biggest recruiter: N.A.
Star recruiter: N.A.
Student profile: Male: Female (283:66); Engineer: Non-engineer (N.A.); Work-experience: Freshers: All experienced
Star alumni: N.A.
Quote: N.A.

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
Specialisation: Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, Systems and General Management
Admission Procedure: CAT
Size of the class: 127
Student faculty ratio: 8:1
Average annual salary: Rs 5.92 lakh domestic; $100,000 international
Biggest recruiter: Citibank
Star recruiters: Marico Industries, Mumbai
Student profile: Male: Female (87:40) Engineer: Non-engineer (64:63) Work Experience: Fresher (32:95)
Star alumni: Rajeev Karwal, Managing Director & CEO, Electrolux India; Subhinder Singh Prem, Managing Director, Reebok India; Prasoon Joshi, Regional Creative Director (South East Asia), McCann Erickson
Quote: Rajeev Karwal, Managing Director & CEO, Electrolux India
"IMT grilled me to strive hard to realise my true potential and prepared me to be the best in my chosen profession. It also taught me the value of patience, perseverance and hard work, to which there are no alternatives in life"

Institute of Technology & Management (ITM), Mumbai
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology and Services Operations
Admission procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120 (two batches of 60 each)
Student faculty ratio: 8:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.6 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: Larsen & Toubro, Mahindra & Mahindra, Wipro, Ranbaxy
Star recruiters: Caterpillar Commercial, HDFC Bank
Student profile: Male: Female (14:11); Engineer: Non-engineer (39:61); With work-experience: Fresher (9:11)
Star alumni: Naresh Sharma, Deputy General Manager (Marketing), Shaw Wallace Distilleries; Gaurav Dhawan, Assistant Vice President (Sales), Sahara TV
Quote: Naresh Sharma, DGM (Marketing), Shaw Wallace Distilleries
"Like so many others, I joined ITM Business School without a clear idea of where I was headed in my career. The two years I spent at ITM made me realise what my strengths and weaknesses were and defined my capabilities. It's a combination of the aggressive culture, the excellent faculty and the inspiration to overcome our flaws and make the most out of ourselves... that's what ITM stands for"

International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Information Technology, Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources, Economic Policy and Strategic Management
Admission Procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the Class: 120 students across two sections
Student Faculty Ratio: 6:1
Average Annual Salary: Rs 5.2 lakh domestic; $40,350 international
Biggest Recruiter: Citi Group
Star Recruiters: Ranbaxy, Oracle, McKinsey Knowledge Centre, ITC
Student Profile: Male: Female (7:3) Engineer: Non-engineer (37:63) With work-experience: Fresher (27:73)
Star Alumni: B.S. Shantharaju, Managing Director, Gujarat Gas; Rajesh Nair, Global Head, McKinsey Information & Research, London
Quote: Rajesh Nair, Global Head, McKinsey Information & Research
"IMI's greatest strength lies in its ability to blend strong courses in economics and international business"

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Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, IT, Systems and Production
Admission procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 1:1(including visiting faculty)
Average annual salary: Rs 7 lakh domestic; $54,500 international
Biggest recruiter: McKinsey
Star recruiters: Deutche Bank, Bank of America
Student profile: Male: Female (106:15); Engineer: Non-engineer (17:3); With work-experience: Fresher (14:1)
Star alumni: Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Nicholas Piramal; Uday Kotak, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Group
Quote: Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Nicholas Piramal
"JBIMS is a centre of excellence, developing managerial perspective potential into resourceful, enriched and stimulating minds, and developing knowledge skills and attitudes for development and industrial growth"

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K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Human Resources, Systems
Admission procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview, written communication test
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 14:1
Average annual salary: Rs 4.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: ICICI Bank
Star recruiter: J.P. Morgan Chase
Student profile: Male: Female (7:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:3); With work-experience: Fresher (7:13)
Star alumni: Anuj Bhargava, Director, Tata Consultancy Services; Anand Ramaswamy, Assistant Vice President, ICICI Bank; Ahuja Sharad Manohar, Assistant Vice President, Kotak Securities; Varun Chugh, Assistant Vice President, ABN AMRO Bank; Manuj Agarwal, Vice President (Sales & Marketing), Percept D'Mark
Quote: Anand Ramaswamy, Assistant Vice President, ICICI Bank
"Providing quality education through its state-of-the-art academic and physical infrastructure and industry-experienced faculty, SIMSR provides a forum for every deserving student to rise up to his best. With its open-door policy, informal culture and formal and informal feedback systems, it tries to fulfil academic aspirations and offer a 'total experience' to the students; hence, it shall always be a B-school with a difference"

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Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Loyola College, Chennai
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Systems, Human Resources, International Business and General Management
Admission procedure: XAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 4:1
Average annual salary: Rs 4.2 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: Kotak Group
Star recruiter: Citi Group
Student profile: Male: Female (11:9); Engineer: Non-engineer (23:37);
With work-experience: Fresher (9:51)
Star alumni: Anuradha Parakhat, Director, CII; Peter Raj Kapoor, Head (Asian Operations), American Express; H. Srikrishnan, Executive Director, Yes Bank
Quote: Anuradha Parakhat, Director, CII
"The interaction with experienced faculty and the heterogeneous batchmates at LIBA has brought about a paradigm shift in effective thinking for today's business environment"

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Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, Operations and Human Resources
Admission procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 121
Student faculty ratio: 6:1
Average annual salary: Rs 8.32 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: TCS, IBM, HDFC
Star recruiters: Deutsche Bank, Cadbury, Nestle, ITC, BNP Paribas, American Express
Student profile: Male: Female (91:30); Engineer: Non-engineer (80:41); With work-experience: Fresher (51:70)
Star alumni: Sanjay Verma, Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield; Eshan Joshi, Assistant Vice President, Infosys; Arvind Sharma, Associate Consultant (Consulting Group), IBM Global Services; N.N. Subramanian, Director, Maveric Systems; Gaurav Gupta, Executive Assistant to the CEO & Managing Director, Ranbaxy
Quote: Sanjay Verma, Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
"MDI is a great institution. It has created change masters out of us who are going to build institutions of the future. The confidence built in us at the campus is unmatchable; it will take us places"

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National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
Specialisation: Industrial Management, Industrial Engineering (IE), Industrial Safety and Environmental Management
Admission procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview. For IE, GATE score is used instead of CAT
Size of the class: 101
Student faculty ratio: 5:1
Average annual salary: Rs 7.21 lakh domestic; $43,000 international
Biggest recruiters: IBM Consulting, Barclays Capital, ICICI Bank, P&G, and Citibank
Star recruiter: Barclays Capital
Student profile: Male: Female (4:1); Engineer: Non-engineer: All engineers; With work-experience:Fresher (61:50)
Star alumni: Ganesh Natarajan, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, Zensar Technologies; Akhilesh Tuteja, Director (Information Risk Management), KPMG; Apurva Gupta, Country Capital Purchasing Manager, P&G, Thailand; Diwakar Singhal, Vice President (New Ventures), GE Cap; Raja Mukherjee, Senior Consultant (SAP), Intelligroup Singapore
Quote: Akhilesh Tuteja, Director (Information Risk Management), KPMG
"NITIE has always been a great place in my view-fine faculty, great students, and an excellent approach to business education. My view of the challenges starts from that basic premise. The extreme selectivity inherent to the small class size of NITIE has helped me to get highly interactive sessions"

Nirma University Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and Information Technology
Admission procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 12:1
Average annual salary: Rs 4.12 lakh domestic; $25,000 international
Biggest recruiter: TCS
Star recruiter: Ashok Leyland
Student profile: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (5:6); With work-experience: Fresher (7:4)
Star alumni: Sachinder Bhinder, Operations Head, Kotak Mahindra Bank; Subhasis Sen, Citigold Relationship Manager, Citibank; Jitesh Batra, Head (Business Development), ICICI Lombard General Insurance; Piyush Goyal, Manager (Affiliate Sales & Network Development-All India), NDTV
Quote: Sachinder Bhinder, Operations Head, Kotak Mahindra Bank
"I am what I am today because of my institute. It not only gave me academic inputs, but also developed my personality and helped build a strong character"

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Osmania University Department of Business Management, Hyderabad
Specialisation: Finance, Marketing, Human Resources and Information Systems
Admission procedure: ICET
Size of the class: 80
Student faculty ratio: 10:1
Average annual salary: Rs 2.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: ICICI Bank, Andhra Bank, Kotak Securities, CMC
Star recruiter: Andhra Bank
Student profile: Male: Female (3:2); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:5); All Freshers
Star alumni: Krishnaphani Kesiraju, Head (Finance), Corporate Planning Group, Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals; U. Balaji, Senior Vice President, Satyam Computer
Quote: Krishnaphani Kesiraju, Head (finance), corporate planning group, nagarjuna fertilizers and chemicals
"Over the years, the Department of Business Management, Osmania University, has kept pace with changing market dynamics. Its initiatives such as introducing the MBA-Technology course, organising workshops in collaboration with institutions such as CII and FAPCCI, and increasing the student intake stand testimony to this. What is needed, however, is national visibility, especially among faculty. This would enhance the institute's ranking"

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Peoples Education Society of Management, Bangalore
Specialisation: Marketing, Human Resources, Finance and Systems
Admission procedure: MAT, KMAT, VTU, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 90
Student faculty ratio: 13:1
Average annual salary: Rs 2.25 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: Spectrum
Star recruiters: Symphony Services, DSL, Caritor-India, Coca Cola India
Student profile: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:8); With work-experience: Fresher (1:9)
Star alumni: Karan M., Assistant Manager, Naukri.com; Senthil Kumar, Media Specialist, IBM; Amitha Harsha, Sales Executive, Coca-Cola; Venugopal J., Assistant Manager (HR) Infinite Computer Solutions; Naveen Raju, Senior Associate (Business Development), NASSCOM
Quote: Senthil Kumar, Media Specialist, IBM
"PES laid a strong and secure foundation for my future. The emphasis on doing things by the book also helped"

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S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
Specialisation: Finance, Marketing, Manufacturing and Information Management
Admission procedure: CAT and interview
Size of the class: 148
Student faculty ratio: 6:1
Average annual salary: N.A. domestic; $45,000 international
Biggest recruiter: IBM
Star recruiter: Hindustan Lever
Student profile: Male: Female (4:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:1); With work-experience: Fresher (5:1)
Star alumni: Pradeep Kar, CEO, Microland; Akhil Chaturvedi, Director, Acme Clothing (Provogue); D. Thyagarajan, Director, CRISIL; Sujata Chogle, Chief Manager (HR), Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Quote: Sujata Chogle, Chief Manager (HR), Bharat Petroleum Corporation
"The institute believed in quality and best-in-class education. The excellent faculty kept us aware of the contemporary things happening around us and hence the transition to industry was a smooth process. The emphasis on cross-functional exposure also helped"

Sydenham Institute of Management Studies
and Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE), Mumbai
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Systems and Operations
Admission procedure: CET, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 6:1
Average annual salary: Rs 4.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: ICICI Bank, Citibank
Star recruiter: McKinsey Knowledge Centre
Student profile: Male: Female (3:2); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:2); With work-experience: Fresher (2:3)
Star alumni: Neeraj Roy, CEO, Hungama.com; Ashish Bhasin, Director, Lintas; Vasant Sanzgiri, Senior Vice President & Head (HR), Prudential ICICI; Samit Bhatta, Country Manager, De Beers India; Aliasgar Janjali, Vice President, DSP Merrill Lynch
Quote: Samit Bhatta, Country Manager, De Beers India
"The tremendous enthusiasm and initiatives in SIMSREE is so stimulating that in two years one gets solid on-ground knowledge and experience. Students imbibe strong team-management values along with a creative streak in everything that they do, and that is what makes corporate leaders"

Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), Pune
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Operations
Admission procedure: Entrance test, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 10:1
Average annual salary: Rs 7 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: ITC
Star recruiters: Accenture
Student profile: Male: Female (1:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (11:9); With work-experience: Fresher (11:9) )
Star alumnus: Praveen Raghavan, Chief Consultant, Accenture
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Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune
Specialisation: Marketing, Finance, Operations, Human Resources and Marketing Communications
Admission procedure: Written test, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 19:1
Average annual salary: Rs 5.6 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: Citibank, HDFC Bank
Star recruiters: GlaxoSmithKline, ITC
Student profile: Male: Female (57:43); Engineer: Non-engineer (57:43); With work-experience: Fresher (9:11)
Star alumni: Jagdish Kini, ED (South), Bharti Cellular, Pradeep Gidwani, Managing Director, Fosters India; Akbar Poonawala, Managing Director and Head (Global Equity Services), Deutsche Bank, New York; Ashutosh Bishnoi, Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer, UTI Mutual Fund; Ravi Menon, Director and Co-Head (Investment Banking), HSBC Securities
Quote: Pradeep Gidwani, Managing Director, Fosters India
"It's about 'managing by experience'. SIBM provided me the platform to hone my managerial skills in an 'on-the-job' atmosphere. The experience saw me through the myriad paths that my career has taken over the years. My stint here brought out the unconventional streak in me and taught me to dare to dream"

Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), Pune
Specialisation: Marketing/Operations/Finance/Systems (two divisions), Personnel Management & Human Resource Development, International Business, Telecom & Information Technology
Admission procedure: Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP), group discussion and two personal interviews
Size of the class: 60 for each specialisation and 120 for dual specialisation
Student faculty ratio: 19:1
Average annual salary: Rs 4.08 lakh domestic; $48,000 international
Biggest recruiter: TCS
Star recruiter: Wipro
Student profile: Male: Female (16:9); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:5); With work-experience: Fresher (1:5)
Star alumni: Mohit Seth, Vice President (HR), HSBC; Rana Rajan, Vice President, DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Manager; Royce D'Costa, Delivery Leader (HR), J.P. Morgan Chase; Rahul Nandi, Group Manager (Staffing), Hewlett-Packard; Lester D'Souza, Assistant Vice President, GE Capital International Services; Umesh Wason, Head (HR), Induslogic; Rajeev Kher, Vice Chairman & CEO, Shramik
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Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM), Pune
Specialisation: Marketing & Finance, Systems & Finance
Admission procedure: SNAP, group discussion and interview (including extempore talk)
Size of the class: 96
Student faculty ratio: 3:1 (including visiting faculty)
Average annual salary: Rs 3.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: Reliance Infocomm, Sify, Mahindra British Telecom, Ernst & Young, HCL Comnet, Bharti
Star recruiter: McKinsey
Student profile: Male: Female (77:19.); Engineer: Non-engineer (77:19.); With work-experience: Fresher (N.A.)
Star alumni: Kundan Das, Senior Manager (Mobile Infrastructure) Huawei Telecom India; Gagan Goyal, Senior Consultant (Design), Cable & Wireless; Vishal Jain, Associate Consultant (Risk & Business Solutions), E&Y; Parmod Haridas, Research Analyst (US Govt-Telecom & IT), Frost & Sullivan; Mayank Thakkar, Product Manager (Mobile Services), Rediff India
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Tata Institute of Social
Sciences, Mumbai
Specialisation: Personnel Management and Industrial Relations
Admission procedure: Own centralised admission test, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 34
Student faculty ratio: 8:1
Average annual salary: Rs 6.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiters: Infosys, Coca Cola India, Tata Motors, ITC, Wipro
Star recruiters: Hindustan Lever, Asian Paints
Student profile: Male: Female (9:25); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:16); With work-experience: Fresher (7:27)
Star alumni: Santrupt Misra, Director (HR), Aditya Birla Group; Debashish Roy, Vice President (HR), Colgate Palmolive India; Dilip Ranjekar, President, Azim Premji Foundation
Quote: Debashish Roy, vice president (HR) Colgate Palmolive India
"Everything that I am today, I owe to my alma mater-TISS. To say that TISS provided me with academic excellence would be stating the obvious. Every once in a while I pause and acknowledge the influence of the institute that guided and shaped my life. It made me a self-assured person and imbibed in me a spirit of being self demanding and a desire to make a difference"

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Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur
Specialisation: N.A.
Admission procedure: (JMET), group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 4:1
Average annual salary: Rs 6.12 lakh; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: HCL Technologies
Star recruiter: Accenture
Student profile: Male: Female (6:1); Engineer: Non-engineer: All engineers; With work-experience: Fresher (8:5)
Star alumnus: Biswarup Ghosh, Country Manager (India and Indian subcontinent), Steris Corporation, US
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Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
Specialisation: E-Business, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Systems, Operations and Retail
Admission Procedure: CAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 120
Student faculty ratio: 15:1
Average annual salary: Rs 3.75 lakh domestic; N.A. international
Biggest recruiter: Citigroup
Star recruiter: Mahindra Special Services
Student profile: Male: Female (69:50); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:2); With work-experience: Fresher (10:13)
Star alumni: Shirish Joshi, Vice President (Channels, India & SAARC), Cisco Systems (India); Ridham Desai, Executive Director, J.M. Morgan Stanley Securities; Vikram Gupta, Vice President (Global Banking Division-Financial Institutions), Deutsche Bank; Jiggy George, Director (India & South Asia Cartoon Network Enterprises), Cartoon Network; Nandini Solanke, Assistant Vice President (Western India), Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation
Quote: Shirish Joshi, Vice President (Channels, India & SAARC), Cisco Systems (India)
"Welingkar is moving from the position of the fastest transforming B-school to one that is taking pioneering initiatives, and continuously experimenting and innovating. It has a highly customer-centric (student and corporate) approach. With its global initiatives and the special global outreach programmes for students, Welingkar is creating globally competent citizens"

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Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB), Bhubaneswar
Specialisation: Rural Management, Marketing, Finance, Human
Resources, Information Systems, General Management, Operations and Economics
Admission procedure: XAT, group discussion and interview
Size of the class: 60
Student faculty ratio: 10:1
Average annual salary: Rs 5.24 lakh domestic; $84,000 international
Biggest recruiter: Infosys
Star recruiters: Infosys, TCS, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Student profile: Male: Female (3:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
Star alumni: Ramachandran Ananthanarayanan, Vice President (Debt Capital Markets), Asia BNP Paribas; Argho Sen, Group Vice President, Head Processing-Trade Operations, ABN AMRO Bank NV, Chennai; Debasmit Mohan