Special: India's best b-schools 2011
 

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</td> <td> 2010
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• Tuition fee: Rs. 13,70,000 (excluding food charges) for two-year residential PG programme (2010-12)
• Room & board: Rs 27,000 (hostel and electricity charges) per year
• Size of incoming class: 380
• Entrance test required: CAT
• Application deadline: As per CAT deadline
• Application fees: Rs 1,400 for General candidates, Rs 700 for SC/ST candidates and $100 for overseas candidates

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td> This mecca of management education and research retains its numero uno position for years in the Business Today-Nielsen rankings. No other B-school in the country exerts the kind of pull that IIM-A does on wannabe MBAs and recruiters alike. Though many other schools have caught up with or even bettered IIM-A on some of the parameters on which the B-schools are judged, they lack its brand appeal.
PREVIOUS YEARS’ RANKING - 2004:1 | 2005:1 | 2006:1 | 2007:1 | 2008:1 | 2009:1
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</td> <td> 2010
</td> <td width="130"> OVERALL Rank
</td> <td width="42" background="images/rank-bg.gif"> 2
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• Tuition fee: Rs 11 lakh for two-year PG programme (as per our B-school survey in 2009
• Room & board: NA
• Size of incoming class: NA
• Entrance test required: CAT
• Application deadline: As per CAT deadline
• Application fees: NA

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td> IIM-B differs from IIM-A in that it lacks the latter's sublime appeal. Its brand equity lies in its top-notch facilities and an excellent faculty. For instance, it has one of the best-stocked libraries in this part of the world; it has over 1.83 lakh titles and subscribes to over 4,180 journals. IIM-B is also one of the most important centres of management research with a huge knowledge database.
PREVIOUS YEARS’ RANKING - 2004:2 | 2005:2 | 2006:2 | 2007:2 | 2008:2 | 2009:2
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</td> <td> 2010
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</td> <td width="42" background="images/rank-bg.gif"> 3
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• Tuition fee: Rs 4,11,000 for PGP-I and Rs 4,41,000 for PGP-II
• Room & board: Rs 24,000 as hostel fee and Rs 18,000 for food charges each year
• Size of incoming class: 362 (2010-12)
• Entrance test required: CAT, followed by group discussions & personal interview for domestic candidates; GMAT for overseas candidates
• Application deadline: As per CAT deadline

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Everything in Calcutta may have changed to Kolkata, but not IIM-C, which continues to sport the Calcutta tag. The institute's USP is its excellent placement record as well as teaching techniques that are meant to give a solid foundation to students in general management along with analytical and quantitative s****s. The IIM-C faculty also produces prodigious amount of research papers, making it on par with the best B-schools in the world.
PREVIOUS YEARS’ RANKING - 2004:3 | 2005:4 | 2006:3 | 2007:3 | 2008:3 | 2009:3
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</td> <td> 2010
</td> <td width="130"> OVERALL Rank
</td> <td width="42" background="images/rank-bg.gif"> 4
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• Tuition fee: Rs 10,000 p.a.
• Room & board: NA
• Size of incoming class: 165
• Entrance test required: FMS common entrance tests
• Application deadline: NA
• Application fees: Rs 750 for General; Rs 200 for SC/ST candidates

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Apart from its regular two-year MBA course, Faculty of Management Studies' USP has been its programme for working executives that it has been running successfully since long before one-year programmes came into vogue. If it were not for the limitations that being a department of a university imposes on it, FMS would certainly finish in the top three.
PREVIOUS YEARS’ RANKING - 2004:6 | 2005:3 | 2006:9 | 2008:9
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</td> <td> 2010
</td> <td width="130"> OVERALL Rank
</td> <td width="42" background="images/rank-bg.gif"> 5
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• Tuition fee: Rs 4,05,000 for two years inclusive of hostel & others rents
• Room & board: Rs 84,000 (two years)
• Size of incoming class: 389 for PG programme-I (2010-12); 340 for PG programme-II
• Entrance test required: CAT
• Application fees: Rs 1,400 for General candidates; Rs 700 for SC/ST candidates

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</td> </tr> <tr> <td> IIM-L may not have the appeal of the A, B, and C of IIMs, but when it comes to teaching management, it does as well as any of its iconic peers. But its biggest USP is its integration with business. Apart from consultancy, IIM-L offers one of the best management development programmes (MDPs) because of its close links with industry.

PREVIOUS YEARS’ RANKING - 2004:7 | 2005:6 | 2006:5 | 2007:5 | 2008:5 | 2009:6
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