Like the previous year, the list was dominated by IITs than purely management schools 
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IITs dig in IIMs backyard: NIRF Management Institute list has a few surprises

IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow maintained their top four positions like in the previous time

Akshaya Asokan

As the Ministry of Human Resource Development releases the NIRF list for the year 2018, the list of universities in management school largely remained the same. However, there was some ups and downs compared to last year. 

While there are some colleges that have maintained the position, IIT Indore is missing from the top 10 list, unlike last year when it was placed at number 10. This time the surprise entrant was IIT Bombay ranking 5

Like the previous year, the list was dominated by IITs than purely management schools. Even though many IITs maintained their status on the list. Some of them a slipped a few points lower leading on lower ranks.

IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow maintained their top four positions like in the previous time. 

Here is this year's list and how their ranks

1) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

2) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

3) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

4) Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

5) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

6) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

7) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

8) Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

9) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

10) XLRI Jamshedpur

The list of colleges and where they stand this year as opposed to previous

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