While there are endless rankings of business schools in India, is this intelligence of any use to employers in corporate India? Excerpts from discussions with industry experts who share their views on the disconnect between what B-school rankings say and what employers seek from it.

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While there are endless
rankings of business schools in
India, is this intelligence of any
use to employers in corporate
India? Excerpts from
discussions with industry
experts
who share their views on the
disconnect between what
B-school rankings say and what
employers seek from it
By Rajlakshmi Saikia

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What Employers Want
In the absence of any credible ranking system, most employers resort to perception and
intuition, which have emerged as a common guiding light for organizations. But, is this
good enough?
The obvious repercussion of such a practice has led organizations to restrict themselves
to the usual suspects, thus exposing most organizations only to talent available in the
top rung B-schools as per available rankings today.
While employers seek information on the academic rigor, quality of faculty, student
intake and quality of research, the current B-school rankings do not have the required
framework to present the true picture

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S.Y. Siddiqui
COO, Administration (HR, Fin, IT, Company Law & Legal), Maruti Suzuki
“A good B-school should emphasize on high quality faculty, supported by real research,
and a credible student intake process. Subsequent weightage can also be given to
infrastructure, corporate connectedness, and extra-curriculum activities.”
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P. Dwarakanath,
Director Group Human Capital, Max Group
“Ranking should be independent of commercial considerations. It must reflect the
overall governance in admission of students, hiring of faculty, infrastructure and other
facilities for research, executive education, as well as the quality of student output and
their contribution to the corporate world.”
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Rajeev Dubey
President (HR, After-Market &
Corporate Services), Mahindra &
Mahindra
“A credible ranking must provide information on methodology of student intake,
student profile, quality of faculty, and the student to faculty ratio. Other factors that
must also be considered include infrastructure and industry tie-ups.”
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Dr. Arvind Agarwal,
President Corporate Development & Group HR, RPG
“Today, employers choose a B-school on the basis of its branding or the general
perception about a particular B-school. A credible ranking will help in identifying even
a tier II institute, which is doing well and caters to developing the kind of candidates
that we look for.”
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S.P. Singh
Director-HR, National Termal Power Corporation
“A ranking would help in understanding where each school stands vis-à-vis others in
terms of the key criteria of employability. However, rankings cannot be the sole criteria
for selecting a B-School for placement. The quality of students is most important.”
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Radhakrishnan Nair
Talent Acquisition, Group Human Resources,
Tata Group
“A useful B-school ranking would be one that brings clarity of understanding about a B-
school’s academic rigor, student diversity, input process and quality, faculty-student
relationship as well as non-academic curriculum.”
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