THE WEEK-Hansa Research Survey 2024: India's best b-schools

A primary survey was conducted in August-September 2024

THE WEEK-HANSA RESEARCH BEST B-SCHOOLS SURVEY 2024

Research methodology

PERCEPTUAL OPINION COLLECTION

A primary survey was conducted in August-September 2024, where 193 academic experts, 585 current students and 32 recruiters from 17 Indian cities nominated the best b-schools in the country. The cities selected were major education hubs.

A closed-ended questionnaire was given to stakeholders, asking them to nominate and rank the top 25 b-schools in India and the top b-schools in their zones.

Perceptual score: Calculated based on the number of nominations received and the actual ranks given to the b-school in the All India category and in its zone.

FACTUAL INFORMATION COLLECTION

A dedicated website was created as an interface and the link was sent to more than 1,400 b-schools, of which 174 responded on time.

Factual score: Information collected from the b-schools was combined by applying appropriate weights to each parameter as given below:

PARAMETER WEIGHTAGE

* Overall infrastructure 20%

(Includes accreditations and safety measures like women's grievance redressal cell)

* Faculty 12.5%

(Includes teacher-student ratio, publications and consultancy by faculty)

* Teaching-learning and extracurricular 30%

(Includes work experience and diversity of students, and alumni base)

* Placements 37.5%

(Includes average salary and average internship stipends)

RANKING METHODOLOGY

Ranking is based on a composite score, derived by combining the perceptual score and the factual score. For b-schools that could not respond within the deadline, the composite score was derived by combining perceptual score with an interpolated appropriate factual score. B-schools that shared their data in the past two years were included. Therefore, factual data was considered for 236 b-schools―174 of which responded this year and 62 which had responded in the past two years.