The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has, for the second year running, been positioned as the main business college in India by Eduniversal, a unit of the French counseling firm SMBG. In the Eduniversal Palmes 2009, IIMB has been granted "5 Palmes", the most astounding acknowledgment under the assessment, concurred to "all inclusive business colleges with significant worldwide impact".

IIMB and IIMA were trailed by eight different schools which got "4 Palmes" for being "Beat Business Schools, universally known".They are the IIM Calcutta, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi- - Department of Management Studies, IIT Bombay-Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIM Lucknow, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, and XLRI, Jamshedpur.

UNIVERSAL Business Schools with major international influence Recommendation
01. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) 395 ‰
02. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) 345 ‰

TOP Business Schools internationally known Recommendation
01. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) 248 ‰
02. Indian School of Business (ISB) 186 ‰
03. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi - Department of Management Studies 163 ‰
04. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay - Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSM) 136 ‰
05. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) 132 ‰
06. University of Delhi - Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) 128 ‰
07. Management Development Institute (MDI) 89 ‰
08. Xavier Labour Relations Institute - XLRI Jamshedpur 74 ‰

RECENT RANKINGS:

2015
• Ranked in Top 10 in India's top B-Schools by T.I.M.E.
• Ranked 3rd among the Top B-Schools in India with strong Global Influence by Ed-Universal.
• Ranked 18th in B-School Ranking of India by MBA Universe.
• Ranked 5th in Top MBA Colleges in India 2015 by Career 360.

2013
• Ranked 10th in 'India’s Best B-Schools'(overall ranking) by Business World.

2012
• Ranked 3rd in 'Internationally known Top b-schools in India' survey conducted by Eduniversal (4 palmes) in 2012.
• Ranked 11th in 'Most Preferred B-Schools in India' (overall) by Pagalguy in 2012.
• Ranked 16th in 'Top Management Schools' by Outlook.
• Ranked 18th in 'India's Best B-Schools' by Business Today.
• Ranked 8th under "Top B-Schools of India" by CSR-GHRDC B-School Survey 2011.