One of my close friends recently got admission to NITIE Mumbai. In the interview, he was asked mostly about his final year engineering project and his work experience, education, and about his skills. To clear your interview you will have to prepare very hard and will have to practice a lot. Here are a few things you should do for your preparation.

• Introduction: You will be asked to introduce yourself. So prepare a good introduction about yourself where you should cover all the major points you want to highlight. Tell them about your academics, hobbies, extracurricular activities, and also about your personal life. 
• Project: You will be asked about your graduation project. So you should know everything about the project. They will ask about the topic, project objective, your contributions, and what were the achievements. 
• Work Experience: If you have any prior work experience, then they will ask questions about it. There will be questions about your job role, your experience, and your achievements. And if you are a fresher, then prepare 3-4 engineering subjects, as they will ask you questions based on that.
• Current Affairs: Stay updated with current affairs. Read newspapers, magazines and watch the news regularly. This will help you in GD too. 

NITIE has a mock admission process called B-Cube. This will give you an idea about the GD and Interview. 

Post Graduate Program in Advanced Construction Management (PGP-ACM) is the best course offered at NIMCAR. 

The Pune campus is the best among all as the placements are great there. However, the Hyderabad campus is also not bad if not better than the Pune campus. The faculty is top-notch as well.

It is highly unlikely to get a shift from Hyderabad to Pune. You may like the Pune campus but the Hyderabad campus is also really good and you should not worry much about which campus you are getting.

My brother is a mechanical engineer who took the path you're planning to take. You can surely do ACM from NICMAR. Although, I will recommend that you do it from the Pune Campus. 

It is better in terms of Placement opportunities available. It is more diverse and will help you in being exposed to varied perspectives.

A lot of opportunities await you as a Mechanical Engineer in the Middle East in HVAC and in the MEP Departments of Construction Companies.

There is a clear demarcation between the both. Project management is basically preparing a student for the project industry whereas advanced construction management is related to construction projects. 

• At NICMAR, the first year of both the courses are the same as any other general management.
• But from next year you get the projects according to your subjects like PEM students get the project industry experience in the oil or gas industry whereas ACM students get exposure to the construction projects.
• For both the courses there is a perfect mix of faculty internally as well as some renowned professionals from outside, so that students can learn every aspect of their course.
• Considering the profile, it totally depends upon your interest but mostly it has been seen that the civil engineers opt for ACM while mechanical or electrical engineers opt for PEM.
• Though it is not mandatory, it totally depends upon the choice of an individual.

Lastly, we can say that there is a clear difference between the two courses, so search for the same before taking admission in any of the fields.

You can definitely join NITIE as a fresher. You will have ample learning and placement opportunities at NITIE. 

NITIE has placements at par with any other B school in India. NITIE is one of very few B-schools that conduct separate lateral and common placement processes for experienced and fresher. Also, NITIE has a magnificent ROI.

In case your academic record is not good and you have no prior work experience then it’s better to join a job and prepare for next year’s CAT. You can’t improve your academics but this way, you can improve your overall profile. 

So, choose the option that suits you best. 

The admission process (criterion) followed by NITIE, Mumbai for the PGDISEM courses offered by the institution is as follows:

• The applicants must acquire a degree in an Engineering/Technology-related UG Course in any department with an aggregate of 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/PD applicants).
• After this, you are required to appear for and attempt the CAT examination; the cut-off percentile for NITIE is around 95 for General candidates, 80 for NC-OBC candidates, and 70 for SC and ST candidates.
• The shortlisted applicants are invited for the Group Discussion and Personal Interview round conducted by the institution.
• Several seats for these programs of the institution are for Sponsored applicants.

After all the rounds of the admission procedure are completed, the status of his/her application is conveyed by the institution as per the norms or criteria followed. My brother received an offer letter from the institution a few days after he got selected for admission into the PGDISEM course of the institute.