IIM Mumbai is unambiguously the best Indian B-school for Operations specialization, and the gap over IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow is significant because Mumbai inherited NITIE's Operations legacy. The OP of this thread confirmed: "For Operations, IIM Mumbai is better than any other B-school in the country. And that gap is not going to close anytime soon.
" IIM Mumbai at Rs 23L fees and Rs 22 LPA average places operations graduates at roughly 20% higher packages than the batch average (Rs 28-32 LPA average for ops specialists). Supply chain, manufacturing ops, and e-commerce ops companies (Amazon, Flipkart, Tata Steel, Mahindra, L&T, ITC) prefer IIM M grads for their NITIE legacy curriculum. IIM Bangalore at Rs 26.
2L fees and Rs 34.88 LPA average is stronger for consulting, finance, and strategy but not operations specifically. IIM Lucknow at Rs 22L fees and Rs 32.
3 LPA average has a generalist MBA with decent operations placements. For candidates targeting operations, the ranking is: IIM M > IIM B > IIM L > IIM I > SPJIMR Ops. Non-engineers can also pursue ops at IIM M; food tech, chemical eng, and mechanical grads have natural fit, but commerce and arts grads work equally well.
Operations placements are getting better at IIM M with Rs 23L fees and post-NITIE rebranding; the operations salaries will continue rising as IIM brand signals strengthen. Check your eligibility at collvera.