On the education floor, an MBA reigns supreme. The management education
sector in India is booming and today there are 3,900 management schools
with close to 3.5 lakh seats. Even with a host of management colleges
closing shop, the demand for good quality management education is still
high. Amongst this crowd of MBA, hopefuls are hordes of professionals
who are unable to leave their current jobs but still nurse a desire to
peruse an MBA degree. To aid the growth of such professionals,
siliconindia presents the first edition of ‘Top 20 Colleges/
Universities offering Distance MBA in India’ 2012.
Our objective is to arm professionals with extensive information that will facilitate their quest of identifying the best college/university to pursue distance management education from. Colleges have been ranked based on stringent parameters such as number of intakes, pass outs, quality of course materials, course duration and E-learning platforms among others. Mentioned ahead is the list of Top 20 MBA colleges with composite score based on weightage of parameters analyzed by our research team which conducted an online poll for students who have completed their distance management education. We sincerely hope that our initiative will assist the future MBA aspirants’ educational journey.
Our objective is to arm professionals with extensive information that will facilitate their quest of identifying the best college/university to pursue distance management education from. Colleges have been ranked based on stringent parameters such as number of intakes, pass outs, quality of course materials, course duration and E-learning platforms among others. Mentioned ahead is the list of Top 20 MBA colleges with composite score based on weightage of parameters analyzed by our research team which conducted an online poll for students who have completed their distance management education. We sincerely hope that our initiative will assist the future MBA aspirants’ educational journey.
| Rank | Institute Name | City, State | Composite Score(400) |
| 1 | Sikkim Manipal University | Gangtok, SK |
347 |
| 2 | ICFAI University | Tripura,TR | 333 |
| 3 | IGNOU | New Delhi, DL | 327 |
| 4 | Symbosis Centre for Distance Learning | Pune, MH | 321 |
| 5 | Annamalai University | Annamalainagar, TN | 319 |
| 6 | Osmania University | Hyderabad, AP | 303 |
| 7 | Anna University | Chennai, TN | 296 |
| 8 | Yashwantrao C. Maharashtra Open University | Nasik, MH | 289 |
| 9 | University of Mumbai | Mumbai,MH | 273 |
| 10 | Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University | Hyderabad, AP | 259 |
| 11 | Maulana Azad National Urdu University | Hyderabad,AP | 240 |
| 12 | Netaji Subhas Open University | Kolkata, WB | 237 |
| 13 | Delhi University | New Delhi, DL | 232 |
| 14 | Shivaji University | Kolhapur, MH | 229 |
| 15 | Maharishi Dayanand University | Rohtak, HR | 221 |
| 16 | Andhra University | Visakhapatnam, AP | 217 |
| 17 | Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University | Ahmedabad, GJ | 203 |
| 18 | SNDT – Women’s University | Mumbai,MH | 200 |
| 19 | Alagappa University | Karaikudi, TN | 197 |
| 20 | M.P. BhojOpen)University | Bhopal, MP | 180 |