Does this include private Management colleges in Punjab?

Yes. When a ranked institution is part of the curated NIRFRank registry, the page marks whether it is private or government.

Top Management Colleges in Punjab: NIRF Ranking 2024

Q: Which is the top Management college in Punjab as per NIRF 2024?

Chandigarh University is the top Punjab entry in this NIRF 2024 Management list at rank 36.

5 Punjab institutions appear in the NIRF 2024 Management list, with national ranks, scores and cities. Use the list to explore college profiles and compare options.

Chandigarh University leads the Punjab entries in 2024 at national rank 36 with a score of 55.71.

Punjab colleges featured across NIRF Management editions

These institutions appeared in the available Punjab lists from 2016 to 2024. Ownership uses our current classification; each entry shows its latest listed year and national rank.

Top Government Management colleges in Punjab

Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar 2024 · National rank 47 · Listed this year

Top Private Management colleges in Punjab

Chandigarh University 2024 · National rank 36 · Listed this year
Lovely Professional University 2024 · National rank 38 · Listed this year
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology 2024 · National rank 44 · Listed this year
Chitkara University 2024 · National rank 54 · Listed this year

This page covers published NIRF entries, not every good institution in Punjab offering programmes in this category. An institution's absence does not mean it is a poor choice. Ranks are national Management ranks, not positions within Punjab.

Punjab Management ranking history

Explore Punjab institutions in the published NIRF Management lists by year. Every rank below is a national category rank, not a position within Punjab. A lower rank number is better.

Comparisons use the preceding available Management edition and the state recorded in each year's list. Newly listed means absent from the previous Punjab list, not necessarily a first NIRF appearance. Absence does not establish why an institution is missing, and movement alone does not explain changes in quality.

Highlights and changes in 2024

5 Punjab institutions appear in the 2024 published Management list. Chandigarh University is the highest-ranked Punjab entry at national rank 36 with a score of 55.71.

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Major changes from 2023 to 2024

Chitkara University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 64 to 54, an improvement of 10 places. Lovely Professional University recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 32 to 38. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2024 rank	Institution	2023 rank	Change
54	Chitkara University	64	↑ 10 places
44	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	49	↑ 5 places
47	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar	51	↑ 4 places
38	Lovely Professional University	32	↓ 6 places

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

No newly listed Punjab institutions in this comparison.

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2023

5 Punjab institutions appear in the 2023 published Management list. Lovely Professional University is the highest-ranked Punjab entry at national rank 32 with a score of 56.44.

2023 rank	Institution	2022 rank	Score
32	Lovely Professional University	34	56.44
36	Chandigarh University	40	55.98
49	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	53	51.67
51	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar	55	51.30
64	Chitkara University	80	49.80

Major changes from 2022 to 2023

Chitkara University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 80 to 64, an improvement of 16 places. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2023 rank	Institution	2022 rank	Change
64	Chitkara University	80	↑ 16 places
36	Chandigarh University	40	↑ 4 places
49	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	53	↑ 4 places

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

No newly listed Punjab institutions in this comparison.

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2022

5 Punjab institutions appear in the 2022 published Management list. Lovely Professional University is the highest-ranked Punjab entry at national rank 34 with a score of 54.30.

2022 rank	Institution	2021 rank	Score
34	Lovely Professional University	37	54.30
40	Chandigarh University	45	53.23
53	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	42	50.11
55	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar	67	49.88
80	Chitkara University	54	44.74

Major changes from 2021 to 2022

Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 67 to 55, an improvement of 12 places. Chitkara University recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 54 to 80. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2022 rank	Institution	2021 rank	Change
55	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar	67	↑ 12 places
40	Chandigarh University	45	↑ 5 places
34	Lovely Professional University	37	↑ 3 places
80	Chitkara University	54	↓ 26 places
53	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	42	↓ 11 places

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

No newly listed Punjab institutions in this comparison.

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2021

5 Punjab institutions appear in the 2021 published Management list. Lovely Professional University is the highest-ranked Punjab entry at national rank 37 with a score of 51.85.

2021 rank	Institution	2020 rank	Score
37	Lovely Professional University	49	51.85
42	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	54	49.76
45	Chandigarh University	51	48.57
54	Chitkara University	75	47.06
67	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar	—	44.53

Major changes from 2020 to 2021

Chitkara University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 75 to 54, an improvement of 21 places. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2021 rank	Institution	2020 rank	Change
54	Chitkara University	75	↑ 21 places
37	Lovely Professional University	49	↑ 12 places
42	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	54	↑ 12 places

Changes to the published list — 1 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2021 rank	Institution	Score	Status
67	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar	44.53	Newly present

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2020

4 Punjab institutions appear in the 2020 published Management list. Lovely Professional University is the highest-ranked Punjab entry at national rank 49 with a score of 46.58.

2020 rank	Institution	2019 rank	Score
49	Lovely Professional University	52	46.58
51	Chandigarh University	64	46.40
54	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	—	46.14
75	Chitkara University	75	42.31

Major changes from 2019 to 2020

Chandigarh University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 64 to 51, an improvement of 13 places. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2020 rank	Institution	2019 rank	Change
51	Chandigarh University	64	↑ 13 places
49	Lovely Professional University	52	↑ 3 places

Changes to the published list — 1 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2020 rank	Institution	Score	Status
54	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	46.14	Newly present

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2019

3 Punjab institutions appear in the 2019 published Management list. Lovely Professional University is the highest-ranked Punjab entry at national rank 52 with a score of 44.08.

2019 rank	Institution	2018 rank	Score
52	Lovely Professional University	38	44.08
64	Chandigarh University	—	41.86
75	Chitkara University	—	39.20

Major changes from 2018 to 2019

Lovely Professional University recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 38 to 52. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2019 rank	Institution	2018 rank	Change
52	Lovely Professional University	38	↓ 14 places

Changes to the published list — 2 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2019 rank	Institution	Score	Status
64	Chandigarh University	41.86	Newly present
75	Chitkara University	39.20	Newly present

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2018

1 Punjab institution appear in the 2018 published Management list. Lovely Professional University is the highest-ranked Punjab entry at national rank 38 with a score of 44.75.

2018 rank	Institution	2017 rank	Score
38	Lovely Professional University	—	44.75

Major changes from 2017 to 2018

No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Punjab lists.

No comparable rank movements in this edition.

Changes to the published list — 1 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2018 rank	Institution	Score	Status
38	Lovely Professional University	44.75	Newly present

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2017

0 Punjab institutions appear in the 2017 published Management list.

No Punjab institutions appear in this edition's published list.

Major changes from 2016 to 2017

No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Punjab lists.

No comparable rank movements in this edition.

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

No newly listed Punjab institutions in this comparison.

Every Punjab entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Punjab NIRF Management rankings 2016

0 Punjab institutions appear in the 2016 published Management list.

No Punjab institutions appear in this edition's published list.

This is the earliest available Management edition; an earlier-year comparison is unavailable.

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Punjab Management ranking list

Avg score 53.61

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36 Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab Private 55.71 0

NIRF Rank Trend (Management)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 15 places from #51 in 2020 to #36 in 2024.

Consistently ranked among India's top management institutions.

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38 LPU Phagwara, Punjab Private 55.49 6

NIRF Rank Trend (Management)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 11 places from #49 in 2020 to #38 in 2024.

Consistently ranked among India's top management institutions.

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44 Thapar Patiala Patiala, Punjab Private 53.26 5

NIRF Rank Trend (Management)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 10 places from #54 in 2020 to #44 in 2024.

Consistently ranked among India's top management institutions.

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47 IIM Amritsar Amritsar, Punjab Govt 52.57 4

NIRF Rank Trend (Management)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 20 places from #67 in 2021 to #47 in 2024.

Consistently ranked among India's top management institutions.

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54 Chitkara University Rajpura, Punjab Private 51.02 10

NIRF Rank Trend (Management)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 21 places from #75 in 2020 to #54 in 2024.

Consistently ranked among India's top management institutions.

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Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.

Punjab ranking questions

Which is the top Management college in Punjab as per NIRF 2024?

Chandigarh University is the top Punjab entry, ranked #36 with a score of 55.71.

Does this include private colleges?

Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.

How many Punjab colleges are in the NIRF 2024 list?

5 ranked colleges are shown across 5 cities in this state.

What does the rank trend inside each row show?

Open any row to see that college's NIRF Management rank across the latest available editions.