As per current requirements, the industrial market unarguably requires MBA in many sectors. Each sector finds it necessary to include Operation, Marketing, Finance, etc.

• If we shift focus to look at the requirements for managers in any country, for instance, the USA, then they definitely produce more than one bunch of managers. 
• In that case, their business market does not possibly require outsourcing candidates from nations other than the USA itself. 
• That is one of the major reasons why students often opt for pursuing an M.S rather than an MBA in the USA, and other similar countries. 
• There is a different bunch of students who assert that IIMs generally place students in business arenas situated overseas. 
• But, when comparing the ratio, the number of placements located abroad is reasonably much lower than anticipated. 
• Comparing the general domestic placements, the international ones are quite less, even in IIMs situated in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Kolkata. 

In any case, the old IIMs are still somewhere capable of providing overseas placement offers, as per industrial needs. Comparably, the nascent IIMs that are still on their way of development do not usually make provision of foreign placement offers. 

It is possible if you are ambitious enough and you are willing to work hard. But both are really very different tests; one focuses on science and advanced mathematics while the other focuses on quantitative and verbal proficiency. There are some benefits for an IIT JEE aspirant to crack the IPM test which is listed below. 

• As both are MCQ-based exams, you will have a practice of the same.
• Some subjects of mathematics such as probability, logic, and algebra are common to both the exams and thus may help you.
• Both are high-pressure exams. Thus giving IIT JEE will make you acclimatize with this high-pressure environment and make your time management and other strategies better.

Other than that, you will have to study for both the exams separately and will have to work extra hard to ace both the exams.

The 2013-18 group received a dual degree with a BA Foundations in Management and an MBA last year, and the later batches are anticipated to receive the same. The degrees conferred are in accordance with UGC guidelines.

Almost over 15000 apply for the IPM program at IIM Indore. For each seat, you will be competing with 10 students at least. In 2018, 15901 students had applied and only 886 students were shortlisted for the interview round. 

To get selected, you will have to give an aptitude test along with a WAT and then appear for a personal interview round. All these tests will evaluate you as a person and not just your knowledge and skills. 

If you are applying for this course, you should have a plan B in case you don't get selected as no other IIMs offer this college. Very few students get selected for the IPM IIM Indore course as the selection criteria for this course is very difficult and you have to be very good at academics to get selected in this course. 

IIM Indore conducts an entrance exam called IPMAT (Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude Test) each year for its integrated management program. It is a combination of BBA and MBA. 

You have to appear for the exam after your 12th. It is an aptitude test and will test your application skills in quant, verbal and logical reasoning. For applying you need to have a minimum of 60 percentile in 10th and 12th examinations.

The cutoff depends on the difficulty level of the exam. The section-wise cut-offs are released by the institute. You need to clear the section-wise cutoffs too in order to be selected.

Firstly, ask yourself, why you wish to pursue IPM at IIM Indore. If you are interested in management but are coming from a not so financially well background, you should not consider IPM for management. But if you really want to pursue that particular course, you can opt for it.

• You can acquire a loan from a bank without putting up much of a security. Furthermore, those debts will be your responsibility, make sure to repay them.
• If you are good at academics right now, enroll in any graduating programme that you enjoy or that is your second choice. 
• Look into B.Com and BBA as rational choices, and if your interest persists, try to get into FPM or IIM-I after your Bachelor's degree.

IPM isn't easy to get into. It has one of the lowest returns on investment (ROI) among the top 20 or 30 B-schools. Your total course fee may be over 30 lakhs, but an MBA will cost 14 lakhs, and you will gain a superior understanding of management if you choose to pursue it.