• • National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gandhinagar, Bangalore and Rae Bareli.
  It is expected that units of NIFT would start functioning at Kannur, Bhopal, Shillong and Patna in 2008.
  
  • National Institute of Design (NID), Paldi, Ahmedabad – 380 007
  NID is a unique centre of excellence dealing with a wide variety of design programmes.
  
  • NIFT-TEA Knitwear Fashion Institute, Tirupur – 641 606
  
  • Pearl Academy of Fashion, 82, Sterling Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600 034
  
  • Institute of Design, 134, Boxwood Offices, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai – 600 034
  
  • Apparel Training and Design Centres sponsored by Apparel Export Promotion Council, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
  The centres function at 39 centres, including Bangalore, Chennai, Dharmapuri, Gundlapochampally (Andhra Pradesh), Hyderabad, Kolar, Perambalur (Tamil Nadu), Tirupur, Thiruvananthapuram and Tumkur.
  
  • Apeejay Institute of Design, 54, Tughlaqabad Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110 062
  
  • National Institute of Fashion Design, Chandigarh – 160 009
  
  • Wigan and Leigh College, Nehru Place, New Delhi – 110 019
  
  • J.D. Institute of Fashion Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110 016
  
  • Polytechnic for Women, South Extension Part – I, New Delhi – 110 049
  
  • VNF Institute of Fashion Designing, Matunga (E), Mumbai – 400 019
  
  • Polytechnic for Women, A3, South Extension Part I, Ring Road, New Delhi – 110 049
  • International Institute of Fashion Technology, H-12, South Extension Part I, New Delhi – 110 049
  
  • The Northern India Institute of Fashion Technology, Mohali – 160 055

Top B-Schools in India

Here is the list of Top business management schools in India:

1. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA)
Regarded to be the best of the best business schools in India, IIM Ahmedabad. offers four programmes in Management. The PGP - Post Graduate Program (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management(equivalent to Ph.D), the FDP - Faculty Development Program for Management teachers and Trainers and the MDP - Management Development Program - a refresher for middle and top level managers.

2. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC)
The oldest of the IIMs, established in Kolkatta, IIM Calcutta is amongst the top three B schools in India. The institute offers three full time programs. The PGDM - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management, the PGDCM - Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management. The institute also offer part time PGDBM - Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management for managers with relevant work experience. In addition, MDP - Management Development Programs are held in regular intervals for middle and top level managers.

3. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB)
IIM Bangalore offers two year full time PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA) and a FPM - Fellowship Program in Management. Both these programs require the candidate to take CAT. The institute also offers part time non residential PGSM - Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management. There is a separate entrance test for this program. This business school is ranked amongst the top three business schools in the country.

4. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML)
IIM Lucknow offers a two year full time residential PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management and a four year FPM program. Both these programs require a candidate to take CAT. The institute also has an interesting student exchange program where students of this B-School go to premier B-Schools the world over and do part of their education. Students and faculty from these internationally reputed B-Schools in turn visit IIM Lucknow. It is ranked amongst the top five B-Schools in India.

5. XLRI - Xavier Labour Research Institute, Jamshedpur
Xavier Labour Research Institute, popularly known as XLRI was established in 1949 at Jamshedpur. The institute offers two courses at the post graduation level in management - a post graduate diploma in Business administration and a post graduate diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR). Online version of the brochure is also available.

6. ISB - Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad is emerging as a preferred choice for MBA aspirants who want to pack in the program into a one year course. As it gradually builds up its permanent faculty base, the ISB has created a unique and sustainable visiting faculty model with some of the world's leading academicians from Wharton, Kellogg, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Duke and Texas among others. The school offers a one year Post Graduate Program in Management.

7. FMS - Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi
FMS is amongst the top 10 B-Schools in the country and probably one of the two attached to a university amongst the top ten. The full time program of FMS started in 1967. Generally the demand for students is very high where most of the times students being placed within a day or two.

8. Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI)
The Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI) is the latest addition to the IIM community. IIMI has a two-year post graduate programme emphasizing on Experiential learning, IT orientation, and Social Sensitivity. IIM-I offers the following programs viz., (a) The Post Graduate Programme (PGP), a two year programme (b) Management Development Programme. These are held throughout the year. (c) Faculty Development Programme (FDP) is designed to assist in the development of teachers, researchers, and trainers for management education and (d) Executive Post-Graduate Programme (Exe-PGP) a 18-months programme, designed for working executives.

9. Indian Institute of Management, Calicut (IIMK - Kozhikode)
Established in 1996, The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK is the fifth Indian Institute of Management. Its academic programmes encompass a range of long term full time diploma programmes such as the Post Graduate Programme in Management, and a number of short duration executive education programmes. The institute also offers an "Interactive Distance Learning Programme"

10. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
The Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, (JBIMS) was established by the University of Bombay in 1965 in collaboration with the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University with the objective of pioneering and furthering post - graduate management education in India. JBIMS has been ranked in Asia's Top 25 business schools by Asia Inc.

11. S. P. Jain Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
The Institute's PGDM programme amongst the best in the country offers the following specialisation in the second year (fourth and fifth trimester). Finance Management, Marketing Management, Information Management and Manufacturing & Operations Management. Core subjects normally focus on the basic aspects relating to a particular area of specialisation. In addition, each participant can take courses from another specialization as a 'Minor Specialization'.

12. Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Mumbai
The school commenced its operations in 1995 and has been awarding a full time two year masters degree, a doctoral program in management and Executive Education programs in management. One unique feature of the program is that apart from the regular courses on Finance, Accounting, Operations and HR, SJM SOM prepares for technology management with core courses like Technology Policy, R&D Management and Managing technology transfer. To secure an admission, you need to take JMET, the Joint Management Entrance Test.

13. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (MDI)
Amongst the top management institutes in India, MDI offers a two year Post Graduate Program in Management. The curriculum is spread over six terms of about three months each. The core curriculum is spread over four terms with the bulk of it covered in the first three terms. MDI has student exchange arrangements with Aarus School of Business, Denmark, CBPA, USA; Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; EDHEC, France; ESCP-EAP and Sciences Po, France; Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany; McGill University, Canada; Norwegian School of Management, Norway; Queensland University of Technology, Bangkok; Solvay Business School, Belgium; Universita Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Itlay and Warsaw School of Economics, Poland.

14. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
NMIMS offers a two-year full-time programme, spread over six trimesters and leading to the degree in Master of Business Administration. Number of seats: 240. Students are admitted to the programme if they meet the required standards of the two stage selection process - Stage I: A written admission test; Stage II: Candidates who qualify at stage 1 will be required to appear for the second stage of selection process like the Group Discussion and Personal Interview.

15. Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB)
XIM Bhuvaneswar, offers the following courses: Post Graduate Programme in Management, Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management, Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management and Fellow Programme Management. The PGP in Management is the flagship programme of the Institute. The courses impart a generalist perspective, in addition to training the students in technical and functional business skills such as accounting, finance, marketing and production.

16. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune (SIBM)
SIBM, Pune offers a Master's Degree in Business Administration - MBA Dual Specialization. Specializations include Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, Manufacturing, and Materials & Logistics Management. A total of 120 students shall be selected for this course.

17. Symbiosis Center for Management HR Develop., Pune

18. Institute of Management & Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT)

19. International Management Institute, Delhi (IMI)

20. Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy (BIM)

21. Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)

22. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi (IIFT)

23. T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI)

24. Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai

25. Institute of Management Development Research, Pune