Four Indian business schools featured in the top 25 of the Financial Times’ 2026 global ranking for teaching case impact. IIM Bangalore ranked 11th globally, followed by SP Jain Institute of Management
and Research (SPJIMR) at 15th, MDI Gurgaon at 18th and IMT Ghaziabad at 25th.
Four Indian business schools have secured places among the global top 25 in the Financial Times’ 2026 assessment of the impact of teaching cases. The ranking measures how business schools’ case studies are used in classrooms and reach students and organisations worldwide.
IIM Bangalore ranked 11th globally, making it the highest-ranked Indian institute in the category. SPJIMR secured 15th place, MDI Gurgaon ranked 18th and IMT Ghaziabad stood at 25th.
Teaching cases are based on real business situations and challenges. They help students understand management decisions involving areas such as strategy, marketing, finance, operations and leadership.
According to IIM Bangalore, around 680 higher education institutions across nearly 50 countries used its teaching cases during 2024 and 2025. Its users included academic institutions, faculty members, students, companies and professionals.
The institute published 26 cases through Harvard Business Impact in both 2024 and 2025. Sales increased from 140,457 in 2024 to 184,879 in 2025, registering a rise of nearly 32%.
Among its popular cases were redBus: Art and Science of Product Management, Testing Marketing Hypotheses at WSES and Customer Analytics at Bigbasket – Product Recommendations. Other cases covered digital transformation in healthcare, employee engagement, human resource analytics and generative AI.
How Financial Times Assesses Teaching Case Impact
The Financial Times’ 2026 research-impact assessment examines how academic work influences business practices and public policy. It covers four areas: practitioner publications, policy impact, external grant funding and teaching cases.
For the teaching case category, the Financial Times combined data from five international case distributors: Case Centre at CEIBS, Harvard Business Impact, IESE Publishing, Ivey Publishing and The Case Centre.
The assessment considers factors such as the number of cases and authors, adoption across organisations, geographical reach and student usage. These measures are combined to determine each business school’s overall position in the category.
Harvard Business School ranked first globally, followed by Ivey Business School in Canada and the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in third place. China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) ranked fourth, while INSEAD secured fifth place.
