Best 20 Distance learning MBA colleges in india

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.

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	Symbiosis 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. Bhoj(Open) University	Bhopal, MP	180