Hospitality education in India
A transparent comparison using the latest available published ranking sets. Government and private institutes are shown separately because their source methodologies and score scales are not directly comparable.
There is no dedicated hospitality category in the Government of India’s NIRF results currently available. To avoid inventing a combined league table, this page presents the latest The Week–Hansa Research Survey 2026 government ranking and an Outlook–ICARE 2025 private-institute snapshot.
Top government hotel management institutes in India
Source: The Week–Hansa Research Survey 2026. Scores are shown exactly as published.
744
718
715
669
665
639
626
610
601
572
Private hospitality institutes: 2025 snapshot
Outlook–ICARE publishes private institutes separately. Its top three in the 2025 table were:
889.70
888.06
884.63
How to use this ranking
A ranking is a starting filter, not a final admission decision. A student interested in culinary production may value different facilities from someone seeking hotel finance, tourism, luxury management or entrepreneurship. Ask each institute for current programme documents, fee schedules, internship policies and audited or verifiable placement information.
Sources: The Week–Hansa Research Survey 2026 and Outlook–ICARE 2025 private institutes. Rankings and scores belong to their respective publishers and may be updated or corrected.
