The recent announcement in Mumbai about establishing Krea University inAndhra Pradesh has greater significance than just another liberal artsand sciences institution coming up in India.

Despite efforts, the number of women and foreign students in Indias top business schools remains low.

Chopra holds a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He was also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to South Korea.

The new IIMs are born with a silver spoon, but attaining adulthood that matches the standards of their older cousins is likely to be painful.

The key pillars of the survey (objective data 100%)

The past few years have been about the rise of Shiv Nadar's only child Roshni - the inheritor of everything he has created. She joined the board of HCL Corporation in September 2008 and was appointed the CEO in April 2009.

In the mid-1970s, when women started pursuing professional education - engineering, accountancy, business administration - outlooks changed and it progressively started to change things on the ground.

Ranking is based only on a Perceptual survey done among 89 Deans/Directors and 328 Recruiters. Only colleges offering 11-15 months Executive MBA/PGP programme were considered for ranking.

The ascendancy of Massive Open Online Courses over recent years promises to finally bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots.

The methodology tries to cover all key stakeholders, who know B-schools based on their experience.

The eagerly-awaited issue of Business Today is here. Find out which B-school has topped the list this time.

The most important point in financial planning is that one must start early. A small amount invested over a longer period will have a big impact on one's portfolio. It cannot be compensated even by doubling the investment,\" says an expert.

Apart from their intake from B-schools, many corporate houses have begun recruiting from reputed graduate colleges. Still, there is no questioning the relevance of an MBA.

Today, India has more than one-fourth of all the B-schools in the world (about 4,000 out of 15,000 globally).

New parameters make the 2014 edition of the Business Today-MDRA Best B-schools survey more rigorous.

Of late, as the industry realised the importance of creativity and imagination, communication skills and problem-solving abilities, they have started looking towards liberal arts.

The 2014 edition of Business Today's survey of India's top B-Schools, in partnership with MDRA, reveals campus dynamics.

If one knows the processes and the limitations of these rankings, these are quite near to the real picture and of great help in decision-making.

Merely an approval by AICTE or affiliation to a university/AIU (Association of Indian Universities) no longer establishes the quality of a business management program.

Currently, there are 4,000 plus schools imparting business education in the country, of which about 1,500 B-schools fulfil the criteria for participation in BT-MDRA B-school ranking 2014.