A lot of students apply every year to the MBA programme for the available 33 seats.
The placement rate is around 25% with a minimum CTC of 1.8 lakhs per annum. About 66% students are recruited off campus while 34% are recruited on campus. Out of this, 29% are placed through international on campus recruitment i.e. international brands recruit them, while 71% students are placed through Indian firms.
The selection process includes: MCQ test and Interview. Though some companies can adopt other ways of recruitment such as Assignments or Group discussion.
Before the entire process, Calcutta University organizes Industry- Academia Interaction program, under which students get exposed to the industry requirements. It helps in preparing for the entire placement process. Also, the University provides internship opportunities to the students before the placement process to give professional knowledge.
The average gross salary of MBA from Calcutta University is around Rs. 4-5 lakhs per annum. It is quite a satisfactory package for a fresher. The median salary is about Rs. 8.3 lakhs.
As compared to the B.Tech students, the MBA students receive less salary as the B.Tech students receive about Rs. 7-8 lakhs as the average gross salary.
Some of the companies visiting the university for the placement process are: Amul, Bandhan Bank, Axis Bank, Vodafone, Wipro, HDFC Bank, Aditya Birla Group, HSBC, ITC, Samsung, Nestle, Berger, Capgemini
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The top recruiting company is Bandhan Bank with the top role of Manager. Other roles in companies include Human Resource Management and recruiting, School counselling, Psychological department etc.
It is not a brainer that an MBA from FMS Delhi is a much better choice than IIT Delhi. IIT Delhi's MBA program is not even close to that if FMS and both are poles apart. If you want your MBA degree to be valuable enough to shape your career drastically, FMS is the one for you.
Here are a few pointers as to why I am so strongly in favor of FMS Delhi:
Ranking: One of the most valued ranking systems, IIRF ranks DMS IITD MBA 14 out of 44 colleges in India while FMS is ranked 5 out of 44 colleges in India in 2023.
Fees: IIT Delhi offers MBA at around INR 10.4 Lakhs (for 2 years) while FMS has very low fees of around INR 96,000 per year. This is almost 1/4th of the fees of the MBA program offered at IIT Delhi despite being way ahead in terms of brand value.
Placements: Being one of the premier B-schools in the country, it offers excellent placements that almost par with the top IIMs and its placements are nowhere comparable to IIT Delhi’s placements.
Particulars |
FMS Delhi |
DMS IIT Delhi |
Highest package |
INR 1.23 CPA |
INR. 36.70 LPA |
Average package |
INR 34.1 LPA |
INR 21.90 LPA |
Median package |
INR 31 LPA |
INR 20.60 LPA |
Top sectors |
Consulting, Marketing |
Sales & Marketing, Strategy & Consulting |
Top Recruiters |
Accenture Strategy, Airtel, Amazon American Express, Bain & Co, BCG etc |
Rockwell Automation, Texas Instruments, ICICI, Optum, Medtronic, GE Healthcare |
ROI: One does not even need to think twice before saying that FMS Delhi offers a much higher return on investment than IIT Delhi with much lower fees and placement opportunities notches higher.
Many times people forgo offers from top IIMs just for FMS because of no financial burden.
A friend of mine provided me with a clear picture of how the MBA program is at BIT Mesra. The management department at BIT Mesra was established back in 1979 and has resourceful faculty.
Listed below are some information about the course:
Highest Package |
10.20 LPA |
Average Package |
4.5 LPA |
Total Fees |
5.54 lakhs INR |
Duration |
2 Years |
This year a lot of great companies visited BIT Mesra for the recruitment process. Some prominent companies are ICICI bank, Bandhan bank, Bajaj, Godrej, Airtel, Biju’s, etc.
It is better than any private college with a similar placement record. In short BIT Mesra is a good place where you can better equip yourself with the facilities available and grab the best out of it for a better future.
IIM Trichy may be a good choice if you value the brand value of IIMs. However, Great Lakes Institute of Management (GL) outperforms IIM Trichy in several areas:
There are numerous comparisons where GL outperforms IIM Trichy. However, other B-schools such as JBIMS, MDI Gurgaon, and IIFT Delhi may also be considered over new IIMs.
It may seem inappropriate to reveal the recruiter's name, but the company was a bulge bracket investment bank and is a regular recruiter at FMS Delhi.
It only hires from the country's Top 3 Business Schools for its coveted front-end Investment Banking position. The company only hires through the summer placement process from three Indian business schools whose Finance curriculum, practical exposure, and candidate quality meet the company's high expectations, which include a salary of INR 66 LPA.
The company typically hires candidates with Outstanding academic records from Old IITs/BITs/CAs/Top Commerce Colleges and conducts interviews that can be very challenging, especially when focusing on the candidate's business and financial intellect. Interns who can manage an 80-100 hour work week during their summer internship while consistently delivering high-quality analysis, ideas, and presentations are offered a Pre-Placement offer for their coveted Front End Investment Banking role. During the two-month summer internship, the company pays a stipend of Rs 2 lakh per month.
Goa Institute of Management comes among the top 20 private colleges in India so almost all the courses offered are worth the fees you spend.
My friend is currently pursuing the PGDM Big Data Analytics course and she is glad she took the course.
GIM BDA is the only Management program in Data Analytics and has managed to rank among the top data science programs in the country by Analytics India Magazine
Yes, you can easily choose IIM Ranchi or Trichy based on their placement statistics because the placement scenarios at both IIMs seem promising despite the lack of infrastructure and campus facilities. In many cases, Trichy and Ranchi have exchanged leads outside the ABC and LIK worlds. All can be overcome if you are taught by the best professors.
Elaborating further, IIM Trichy seems better than Ranchi or Rohtak to me. The reason being the superior teaching methods and its favorable location both for students as well as recruiters. Apart from Trichy, other IIMs are also doing fairly well compared to non-CAT MBA institutes. These are doing well with the help of sponsor IIMs which arrange faculty and placements. These in turn select their own Directors and invest in the infrastructure required in another 3–4 years as Trichy and Ranch have already done.
With your academic score, your best bet is the new IIMs and may be IIM Calcutta. You may get IIM Calcutta, only if you manage to score 99.7 percentile or above in CAT. Different IIM has different selection criteria. The criteria often vary as well, depending on various factors.
FMS, XLRI, don’t focus much on past academics while shortlisting students. For selection, your WAT and GD-PI performance will matter more.
Other than IIMs, there are also good management institutes such as SIBM, SCMHRD. These institutes are well-reputed in their own niche. You can keep these institutes as alternatives.
FORE School of Management is among the top institutes of India in all the domains including ROI, infrastructure, practical exposure, and one of the highly-rated PGDM colleges. It is among the top 10 B schools in northern India. Being a student of this institution, I can share some facts which might be beneficial.
Categories | PGDM-IB at FORE School of Management |
Course Fee | 15.98 lakh |
Course Duration | 2 years |
Highest CTC | 30 LPA |
Average CTC | 18-20 LPA |
Recruiting Companies | Honeywell, TNS Global, Royal Bank of Scotland, Deloitte, etc. |
Many papers which are in this course are also available in other PGDM courses. However, the time and duration of the paper can differ. Like the paper allowed in 1st year in IB can be scheduled for 2 years in the other PGDM course.
MBA part-time in Symbiosis College, Bangalore has developed a decent reputation in the industry, at least much better than that of IIPM.
The points below give a brief overview of the degree, along with its advantages.
Therefore, Symbiosis College, Bangalore is definitely worth considering for an MBA, both in full-time and part-time programs.