IIM-B tops list of business schools in Central Asia

Three IIMs  are the top three B-schools in Central Asia as per the Eduniversal 2013 Ratings and Rankings. As per the ratings announced here on Wednesday, the 40-year-old IIM-B is at the top of the, followed by IIM-A and IIM-C.

The Paris-based Eduniversal is a global ranking and rating agency specializing in higher education.

Top three business schools were chosen from nine geographical zones .National University of Singapore led the way in Far East Asia, Harvard Business School and London Business School topped the list in North America and Western Europe respectively.

Central Asia consists of ten countries -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and India.

Two essential factors were taken into consideration -- the internationalization criteria and the deans' vote. The latter is peer assessment where the dean is asked to highlight an institute she'd suggest to students.

TOP 3 B-SCHOOLS ACROSS REGIONS

Africa

1. University of Cape Town, UCT Graduate School of Business, South Africa
2. The American University in Cairo, School of Business, Egypt
3. University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa

Central Asia

1. IIM-Bangalore
2. IIM- Ahmedabad
3. IIM-Calcutta

Eastern Europe

1. St. Petersburg University, Graduate School of Management, Russia
2. University of Economics, Prague VSE, Czech Republic
3. University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Poland

Eurasia and Middle East

1. Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Management, The Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Israel
2. Koc University, Graduate School of Business, Turkey
3. Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Management, Turkey

Far East Asia

1. National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, Singapore
2. Fudan University School of Management, China
3. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKUST Business School, Hong Kong SAR, China

Latin America

1. EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
2. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Escuela de Administracion, Chile
3. FGV - EAESP Sao Paulo Business Administration School, Brazil

North America

1. Harvard Business School, USA
2. McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management, Canada
3. Yale School of Management, USA
4. Stanford University Graduate School of Business, USA

Oceania

1. The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School, Australia
2. The University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand
3. Monash University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Australia

Western Europe

1. London Business School, United Kingdom
2. Copenhagen Business School, CBS, Denmark
3. INSEAD, France