Yes, GIM, FORE, KJ Somaiya & SIBM-Bangalore all these B Schools enjoy 100% placement percentages. Speaking about figures, the highest and average packages of the mentioned colleges have been tabulated below.
College |
Average Package |
Highest package |
GIM |
INR 12.1 LPA |
INR 30.2 LPA |
FORE |
INR 14.04 LPA |
INR 41 LPA |
KJ Somaiya |
INR 10.98 LPA |
INR 26.50 LPA |
SIBM Bangalore |
INR 10.60 LPA |
INR 32 LPA |
More than figures, the deciding factors for your choice of college should be your interest, strengths, area of specialization and most importantly why you are pursuing an MBA.
My friend is a pass out of SIMS. According to her, some features of SIMS are
All these features make SIMR one of the best B Schools of India.
Although all the B Schools you mentioned are very good, the one I would personally recommend is FORE. Some points that favor my recommendation are
College |
Average Package |
Highest package |
GIM |
INR 12.1 LPA |
INR 30.2 LPA |
FORE |
INR 14.04 LPA |
INR 41 LPA |
KJ Somaiya |
INR 10.98 LPA |
INR 26.50 LPA |
SIBM Bangalore |
INR 10.60 LPA |
INR 32 LPA |
GIM: ?18,31,200
FORE: Rs.16,98,000
KJ Somaiya: ?9.59 Lakhs (one year)
SIBM: INR 3.53 L - 16.62 L(for 2-3 years)
FORE offers industry oriented certifications and International Immersion Program. So looking at the overall picture we can say all 4 colleges give each other tough competition but FORE takes the lead.
No, the FORE School of Management does not consider any kind of sectional cut-offs for entrance exams such as CAT, XAT, or GMAT. The points below give a brief overview of the process of evaluation in the FORE School of Management.
CAT/ XAT/ GMAT Score |
35% |
Academic Records |
15% |
Work Experience |
10% |
Written Ability Test |
10% |
Business Awareness Quiz |
5% |
Personal Interview |
20% |
Extempore |
5% |
The admission committee of FORE also keeps an eye on the skill-sets. It is to ensure that you are trained as per the qualities that the present industrial standards demand.
One of my cousins is from the 2016-18 batch and during her batch, the strength was around 190 to 200. At present, it can be 200 to 300 easily.
When it comes to placements, I can confidently state that the figures on the FORE website are right. Placement in FORE is dominated by marketing, IT, and consulting positions. It outperforms IMI as far as ROI is concerned.
Check a brief insight on placements in the table below:
Top recruiters |
Asian Paints, Nestle, Hindustan, Bacardi, TATA Motors, Hero, Whirlpool, HDFC, etc |
Placement rate |
97% |
Average salary package |
10.6 LPA |
Highest salary package |
30 LPA |
In the end, it is up to you to decide whether or not you should join FORE. I would not recommend you to quit your job and study hard for the CAT if you want to get into tier 1 or 2 institutions. Give yourself some time to think properly about what you want or where you want to go and then decide something.
Top B-Schools have created an Invincible persona and have successfully marketed it over the years; however, there is now a demand-supply mismatch, with seats at all B-Schools almost doubling or tripling in the last decade, and a slew of new IIMs or branches of top colleges such as MDI Murshidabad, IIFT Kolkata, NITIE, FMS Delhi, and XLRI Delhi. The colleges will suffer as a result of the lack of job offers from top companies. The only increase can be attributed to recently funded startups that have started hiring from these colleges by offering outrageous packages.
There are students who are unable to be placed during the normal Summers / Finals process, but these colleges use their star alumni base to place the remaining 5-8 students in companies cofounded by the alums or through alums who have been placed in top positions in traditional corporates.
FORE School of Management is among the top institutes of India. It is better than others in all the domains including ROI, infrastructure, practical exposure, etc. It is beneficial as it provides international exposure as well. One of my cousins studied there, and here are some of the facts I gathered from him.
The customer behavior is used to cater to the business needs used by the business managers to form a marketing strategy. The course is Project Oriented. All the projects given have to be made using the industry's real data.
Nearbuy recruits at 7 MBA programmes nationwide. They hire product and project managers from Tier - 1 schools, and sales, marketing, and operations managers from other colleges. They recruit from over twenty business schools in total nationwide despite visiting only seven. But those students apply for the jobs off-campus and may have to interview in the company's offices if they are chosen.
FORE School of Management is definitely the better choice than IBS Hyderabad. It is better in almost all aspects when compared to IBS Hyderabad. The table below has drawn a slight comparison on the basis of some basic factors
Parameters |
FORE Management |
IBS Hyderabad |
Batch size |
394 |
1100 |
Fees |
?16.98 L |
?5.25 L - 16.02 L |
Average CTC |
INR 14.5 LPA |
INR 8.71 LPA |
Ranking |
60 (NIRF Management) |
19 (NIRF Ranking) |
From the above table we can infer the following points
An additional feature of FORE that sets it further apart from IBS Hyderabad is its International Immersion Program. This program offers the kind of exposure you cannot even get at a reputed B School like IBS. You get exposed to the Global corporate world and the best part is that its fees are included in the course fees. So considering all the points mentioned above I conclude that FORE is a far better choice than IBS Hyderabad for MBA.
Top B Schools like LBSIM/FORE are incomparable to the new IIMs. They have been established for decades and the new IIMs cannot be included in them at least in the near future. Although some might say that some new IIMs are under the mentorship of old IIMs like Lucknow, they haven’t made the mark yet. Whereas the already leading B Schools LMSIM and FORE are on the verge of making it to the top. Even the IIM tag is of little value here.
Let me explain this through an example. You go to buy an electronic device and purchase a branded device. Yet the model is a very old one. It is of little value despite being branded. Same is the case here. The new IIMs do give you the IIM tag but it is of little worth.
For its 2020-22 batch, FORE School of Management has completed 100% placement as early as January 2022. FORE has a higher average salary of Rs.14.04 lakhs per annum and the highest international salary of Rs.41 lakhs per annum, while the highest domestic salary is Rs.23.5 lakhs per annum. The highest package at IIM Jammu, on the other hand, is INR 32 LPA, while the average and median packages are INR 13.53 LPA and INR 11.4 LPA, respectively.
FORE is ranked 60th in the management category in the NIRF listing 2022, while IIM Jammu is ranked 36th.