Indian Business Schools (B-Schools) such as the IIMs are world famous for the quality of students they churn out year on year. They have historically the highest number of students who become enterpreneurs in their professional life. Here’s our list of the Top Business Schools in the country.

1. IIM-Ahmedabad

This mecca of management education retains its numero uno position for years. 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 IIM-A on some of the parameters on which the B-schools are judged, they lack its brand appeal.

1. IIM-Bangalore

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.

1. IIM-Calcutta

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 skills. The IIM-C faculty also produces extensive amount of research papers, living up to the standards of the best B-schools in the world.

1. IIM-Lucknow

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 different industries.

1. XLRI, Jamshedpur

Thanks to the growing importance of HR management, at which XLRI excels, this B-School reflects in the top 5 category.

1. ISB, Hyderabad

In less than 10 years since starting out in 2001, ISB has become one of the best B-schools not just in India but on the world stage as well. With its swank campus, an extremely popular one-year residential programme taught by an international faculty, excellent career progression for mid-level executives, chance to build connections with a powerful alumni network and jaw-dropping starting salaries of its graduates the institute is headed in only one direction: up

1. FMS, Delhi

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.

1. IIM-Indore

Its two-year management programme is rated highly by aspiring MBAs as well as functional heads. Its USP are its modern teaching techniques, a fully electronic library with state-of-the-art applications and latest information technology tools on its campus.

1. S P Jain

In its newly released 2011 ranking, the Financial Times (FT) of London has ranked S P Jain’s Global MBA Program as 9th Best in Asia (overall), 2nd Best for Value for Money, 3rd Best for Placement Success and 4th Best for International Mobility.

1. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (JBIMS)

In the contemporary era, where Globalization and Liberalization are the buzz words, the Institute is known for providing one of the best management education in India and ranked in Asia’s Top 25 business schools by Asia Inc.