Top Private B-Schools In India - South Zone

𓃲 A total of 64 private business schools in India have made the cut for Outlook-ICARE Rankings for India's Best B-Schools 2025. Here's the complete list.

Outlook Bureau

Updated on: 21 October 2024 4:08 pm

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Top Private B-Schools In India - South Zone

RANK 2025	INSTITUTION	STATE	FACULTY STUDENT RATIO Weightage - 25%	RESEARCH Weightage - 20%	EMPLOYABILITY Weightage - 25%	FACULTY QUALITY Weightage - 20%	INCLUSIVENESS & DIVERSITY Weightage - 10%	OVERALL SCORE
1	GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	97.78	72.65	96.17	90.06	99.98	91.03
2	T. A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE MANIPAL	Karnataka	95.23	71.53	98.74	91.4	98.16	90.89
3	LIBA (LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION) CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	99.56	65.9	93.41	91.54	80.6	87.79
4	SHRI DHARMASTHALA MANJUNATHESHWARA INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT (SDMIMD) MYSORE	Karnataka	96.91	52.81	83.71	87.44	69.38	80.14
5	XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (XIME) BENGALURU	Karnataka	94.53	47.59	83.9	91.93	58.3	78.34
6	INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISE (IPE) HYDERABAD	Telangana	100	46.17	86.15	82.55	34.29	75.71
7	Regional College of Management Bangalore	Karnataka	100	42.47	80.46	84.08	34.85	73.91
8	INDUS BUSINESS ACADEMY (IBA) BENGALURU	Karnataka	96.97	44.27	75.64	83.84	50.12	73.79
9	RAJAGIRI CENTRE FOR BUSINESS STUDIES KOCHI	Kerala	100	44.92	79.88	83.32	30.51	73.67
10	SCMS COCHIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS KOCHI	Kerala	100	32.28	72.8	81.85	37.15	69.74
11	SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	97.7	39.33	72.4	77.17	37.35	69.56
12	DAYANANDA SAGAR UNIVERSITY BENGALURU	Karnataka	94.18	33.6	68.29	85.13	25.14	66.88
13	KRUPANIDHI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE	Karnataka	100	27.03	65.83	83.21	24.61	65.97
14	ST ALOYSIUS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANGALURU	Karnataka	99.02	59.01	21.68	90.83	58.14	65.96
15	AIMS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BENGALURU	Karnataka	99.62	29.66	63.53	80.7	30.01	65.86
16	SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT HYDERABAD	Telangana	96.31	31.22	69.52	75.93	23.4	65.23
17	PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT BENGALURU	Karnataka	93.79	26.66	61.96	81.91	29.75	63.63
18	SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BENGALURU	Karnataka	100	29.52	58.4	72.73	26.99	62.75
19	CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES PRESIDENCY COLLEGE BENGALURU	Karnataka	100	24.5	56.98	70.11	34.24	61.59
20	SONA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT SALEM	Tamil Nadu	100	26.27	54.17	75.37	25.78	61.45
21	TKM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOLLAM	Kerala	97.22	18.75	60.62	74.12	17.47	59.78
22	INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	97.19	18.01	54.47	74.61	16.16	58.06
23	INSTITUTE OF HEALTH MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IIHMR BANGALORE) BENGALURU	Karnataka	98.32	20.66	50.33	70.3	19.07	57.26
24	CMR UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD	Telangana	96.87	18.66	52.56	70.76	16.51	56.89
25	SESHADRIPURAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BENGALURU	Karnataka	94	14.11	49.58	71.59	12.95	54.33
26	DR M G R EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	92.32	7.19	50.37	72.57	17.04	53.33
27	THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BENGALURU	Karnataka	97.22	14.51	39.46	64.58	11.78	51.17
28	SRI RAMAKRISHNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE COIMBATORE	Tamil Nadu	98.65	13.66	37.53	63.36	16.3	51.08
29	T. JOHN COLLEGE BENGALURU	Karnataka	95.69	9.86	34.35	62.18	21.9	49.11
30	ITM BUSINESS SCHOOL BENGALURU	Karnataka	94.17	6.18	37.19	61.31	22.28	48.57
31	K V INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION STUDIES COIMBATORE	Tamil Nadu	96.51	15.02	28.68	62.12	14.01	48.13
32	P.K.R. ARTS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN ERODE	Tamil Nadu	100	5.93	27.14	63.45	18.17	47.48
33	INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MEDIA BENGALURU	Karnataka	98.23	9.49	27.16	60.76	8.29	46.23
34	RVS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES COIMBATORE	Tamil Nadu	100	3.02	31.01	54	12.1	45.37
35	KIRLOSKAR INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MANAGEMENT STUDIES HARIHAR	Karnataka	99.24	9.5	24.94	55.4	13.14	45.34
36	TELLAKULA JALAYYA POLISETTY SOMASUNADARAM COLLEGE GUNTUR	Andhra Pradesh	91.34	12.78	28.9	54.6	16.44	45.18
37	SRI DATTA SAI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS KADAPA	Andhra Pradesh	94.13	6.67	28.39	55.52	17.18	44.79
38	POORNAPRAJNA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT UDUPI	Karnataka	92.8	6.11	23.44	65.04	13.45	44.64
39	GOJAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	98.12	2.74	23.21	56.94	18.65	44.13
40	LEAD COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT PALAKKAD	Kerala	91.11	10.37	24.23	54.56	22.57	44.08
41	SJB INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BENGALURU	Karnataka	100	8.28	16.52	55.96	19.08	43.89
42	DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES CMR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYBENGALURU	Karnataka	97.51	5.67	20.67	55.81	20.41	43.88
43	AHALIA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT PALAKKAD	Kerala	95.82	7.72	17.49	61.25	14.84	43.61
44	SHARNBASVA UNIVERSITY KALABURAGI	Karnataka	100	3.49	17.91	56.48	20.14	43.49
45	ADIKAVI NANNAYA UNIVERSITY RAJAHMUNDRY	Andhra Pradesh	97.66	0.07	21.18	56.08	22.01	43.14
46	MEASI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CHENNAI	Tamil Nadu	96.08	6.3	17.04	58.51	14.96	42.74
47	D.J.ACADEMY FOR MANAGERIAL EXCELLENCE COIMBATORE	Tamil Nadu	93.25	4.7	17.82	61.21	16.63	42.61
48	PENDEKANTI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT HYDERABAD	Telangana	100	8.21	12.33	56.01	16.11	42.54
49	SSN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT KALAVAKKAM	Tamil Nadu	93.64	8.94	19.37	51.29	21.28	42.43
50	ST. BERCHMANS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES CHANGANACHERRY	Kerala	94.67	1.2	20.7	53.44	19.9	41.76
51	EAST WEST INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BENGALURU	Karnataka	93.38	5.21	19.28	52.78	18.34	41.6
52	ANGADI INSTITTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT BELAGAVI	Karnataka	99.14	3.21	17.11	51.7	14.62	41.51
53	INDIAN ACADEMY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BENGALURU	Karnataka	98.65	4.96	14.29	56.03	8.88	41.32
54	PRABHATH INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PARNAPALLY	Andhra Pradesh	96.73	1.54	17.15	54.77	15.73	41.31
55	SAMBHRAM ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BENGALURU	Karnataka	98.22	3.18	14.07	55.69	14.15	41.26
56	BALLARI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT BELLARY	Karnataka	91.94	0.43	16.39	59.89	18.75	41.02
57	SAHYADRI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT MANGALURU	Karnataka	96.57	3.8	18.45	50.86	13.11	41
58	SAKTHI INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES COIMBATORE	Tamil Nadu	92.6	1.33	13.54	57.94	21.7	40.56
59	KLS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION & RESEARCH BELGAUM	Karnataka	100	1.55	10.96	54.98	14.02	40.45
60	GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL HUBLI	Karnataka	96.8	6.29	11.91	48.71	14.04	39.58
61	BVV SANGHA'S INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES BAGALKOT	Karnataka	94.17	0.43	17.88	48.1	17.27	39.45
62	ADARSH INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BENGALURU	Karnataka	96.47	4.03	12.2	48.04	16.07	39.19
63	CHETAN BUSINESS SCHOOL HUBLI	Karnataka	91.22	5.94	11.46	51.19	11.8	38.28
64	SAHRDAYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES THRISSUR	Kerala	91.28	2.4	12.01	50.98	14.06	37.9