London based business and financial daily, The Financial Times has released Global Business School Rankings for the year 2011. The Financial Times (FT) releases Top 100 rankings for B-Schools across the world every year based on its own criterion and these ranking have more credibility at the international level. The daily has taken increase in average salary in placements and last three years average rankings into consideration along with other set of parameters.

India has two premier B-Schools in the top 100 list. Prestigious Brand IIM Ahmadabad and Indian School of Business (Hyderabad – Andhra Pradesh have occupied 11th and 13th slots in the top 100 list. Both the institutes are famous for their reputation across the globe and have been successful in building their own brand of education, training, research and placements. Following are the Top 20 B-Schools in the Financial Times list:

1. London Business School, U.K.
2. University of Pennsylvania: Wharton U.S.A.
3. Harvard Business School, U.S.A.
4. Insead, France / Singapore
5. Stanford University GSB, U.S.A.
6. Hong Kong UST Business School, China
7. Columbia Business School, U.S.A.
8. IE Business School, Spain
9. Iese Business School, Spain
10. MIT Sloan School of Management, U.S.A.
11. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), India
12. University of Chicago, Booth, U.S.A
13. Indian School of Business, India
14. IMD, Switzerland
15. New York University, Stern, U.S.A.
16 Yale School of Management, U.S.A.
17. Ceibs, China
18. Dartmouth College, Tuck, U.S.A.
19. HEC Paris, France
20. Duke University, Fuqua U.S.A.

The Financial Times also allot rankings for European Business Schools, Online MBA Institutes, Executive Programmes and Branch wise rankings for B-Schools such as Management, Finance etc. You can get all complete list of various rankings and categories at rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2011

Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh offer various UG, PG, Professional, PG Diploma, Certificate and Diploma COurses through it’s Centre for Distance Education (CDE). CDE-ANU has study centers across the state of Andhra Pradesh. Candidates can purchase applications for all the courses such as B.A., B.COm., B.Sc., BBM, MBA, MCA, Direct Degree and Short term courses from the below mentioned study centers after paying the required application fee. The University also conducts spot admission for different courese through these study centers. Interested candidates can contact the respective colleges for more details:

A. ANU Study Centers in Hyderabad and Secunderabad:

1. Siddhardha Degree and PG College for Women, Phone: 24064179
2. Sri Nagarjuna Degree College, Phone: 23800826
3. R.R.D. Degree and PG College, Phone: 27605322
4. New Silver Jubilee Degree College, Phone: 040 27128174
5. Jagruthi Degree and PG College, Phone: 98491 44925
6. New Scholars Degree College, Phone: 23033083
7. Viswabharathi PG College of Engineering and Management, Phone: 23714692
8. National Degree College, Phone: 27705506

B. ANU Study Centers in Coastal Andhra Region:

1. Samyuktha Degree College, Anakapalli, Phone: 307228.
2. Aditya Degree College, Rajahmundry, Phone: 2400456
3. Chaitanya ES Degree College, Srikakulam, Phone: 228845
4. Dr. Goenka Womens Degree College, Tadepalligudem, Phone: 225559
5. Geetham Degree College, Ongole, Phone: 284776
6. Aditya Degree College, Kakinada, Phone: 2376662
7. MSRS Siddhardha Degree College, Visakhapatnam, Phone: 2755380
8. Ln. G.V Rao Modern Degree College, Ramachandrapuram, Phone: 242489
9. ASN Degree College for Women, Amalapuram, Phone: 232125
10. GATE Degree College, Tirupathi. Phone: 2286423

C. ANU Study Centers in Telangana Region:

1. Sri Sai Raghavendra Degree College, Nizamabad, Phone: 253614
2. Aditya Degree College, Hanmakonda, Phone: 2552186
3. KIMS Degree College, Karimnagar, Phone: 2249449
4. Nalanda Degree College, Adilabad, Phone: 232175
5. Shalivahana Degree College, Suryapet, Phone: 98850 90652
6. BMR Degree College, Siddipet, Phone: 231227
7. Manjeera Degree College, Kamareddy, Phone: 221660
8. KLR Degree College, Paloncha, Phone: 92900 56020
9. Vasishta Degree College, Nirmal, Phone: 247047