mumbai management education has regained some of its sheen this year after a largely successful 2004 placement season with admissions now the next event on bschool calendars aspiring students are gearing up to pick and choose between the countrys 1000 programmes not an easy task the economic times business school survey is here to make that a more informed choicethis year ets bschool survey helps you separate the haves from the havenots which schools do companies prefer and which ones slump during placements et has handed the mike over to firms and students polling about 90 recruiters and over 600 aspiring students from across the country to arrive at two separate rankingswith students its the power of branding that emerges strongest the six iims regardless of age have retained last years monopoly claiming spots one to six xlri jamshedpur continues at no 7 while fms delhi moves from no 15 last year to no 8 this year it must be noted that et this year tweaked the parameters and manner of ranking a bit making the 03 and 04 rankings not strictly comparablerecruiters have made more place at the top for the iims ranking a b c l and i in that order pushing last years no 4 xlri down to no 6 after rank 8 however recruiters disagree sharply with students a dissent prominent throughout the surveyon the sectoral side recruiters rooted for iima in marketing iimb in finance and systems and xlri jamshedpur for hrm for the top spot et survey investigates differences between premier and nonpremier institutes and return on investment offered by schools theres all this and a bit more in the economic times business school survey 2004