Outlook ICARE B-School Ranking 2026 Released; Check Top Institutes Here

Content Writer | Updated On - Oct 31, 2025

India’s premier business-school rankings for 2026 reveal the leading institutions across private, public and distance-learning segments.

Outlook ICARE B-School Ranking 2026 Released

The latest Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2026 have once again mapped the landscape of business education in India, identifying standout institutions in four categories: private B-schools, public B-schools, private open & distance learning, and public open & distance learning.

From legacy IIMs to fast-rising online providers, this ranking showcases who is excelling in faculty strength, research, employability and inclusiveness.

Top Private B-Schools – Outlook ICARE Rankings 2026

Here are the leading private business schools in India based on the latest Outlook ICARE Rankings 2026.

Rank	Institution	State
1	XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
2	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon	Haryana
3	Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
4	Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh
5	T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal	Karnataka
6	Xavier Institute of Management, XIM University, Bhubaneswar	Odisha
7	Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
8	SRM Faculty of Management, SRMIST, Kattankulathur	Tamil Nadu
9	LM Thapar School of Management, Dera Bassi (TIET Patiala)	Punjab
10	Jindal Global Business School, Sonipat	Haryana

Top Public B-Schools – Outlook ICARE Rankings 2026

India’s premier government-run management institutes ranked for academic excellence and industry readiness.

Rank	Institution	State
1	IIM Ahmedabad	Gujarat
2	IIM Bangalore	Karnataka
3	IIM Calcutta	West Bengal
4	IIM Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
5	IIM Indore	Madhya Pradesh
6	IIM Ranchi	Jharkhand
7	DMS IIT Madras, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
8	IIFT New Delhi	Delhi
9	IIM Sambalpur	Odisha
10	Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai	Maharashtra

Top Private Distance / Online MBA Programs – 2026

These are the top-ranked private institutions offering online and distance MBA programs.

Rank	Institution	State
1	Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning (SCDL), Pune	Maharashtra
2	Amity University Online, Noida	Uttar Pradesh
3	NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education, Mumbai	Maharashtra
4	ICFAI University, Tripura	Tripura
5	IMT-CDL, Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh
6	IMT Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh
7	Manipal University Online, Jaipur	Rajasthan
8	Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar	Punjab
9	MIT School of Distance Education (MITSDE), Pune	Maharashtra
10	Welingkar Institute of Management (WeSchool), Mumbai	Maharashtra

Top Public Distance / Online MBA Programs – 2026

Public universities leading in accessible and flexible management education.

Rank	Institution	State
1	IGNOU, New Delhi	Delhi
2	Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi	Karnataka
3	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad	Telangana
4	Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata	West Bengal
5	YCMOU, Nashik	Maharashtra
6	Karnataka State Open University, Mysore	Karnataka
7	Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai	Tamil Nadu
8	University of Madras – IDE, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
9	Osmania University, Hyderabad	Telangana
10	Annamalai University, Annamalainagar	Tamil Nadu