If the current scenario is accurate, the student intake of IPM will be doubled only if the IIM bill is passed. This move has already brought a downgrade in the image of IIM Indore. Doubling the intake of students will more than dampen the image of IIM Indore. This step will make it one of the worst business schools in the country.

The batch already has around 120 students so it may not be possible to be in charge of a bigger batch. It is difficult enough already. 

There is also a lack of capable faculty given the fact for the first 3 years, you will be taught by guest faculty. 

The IPM course is a five-year integrated course in management and after completion, you will be awarded an IPM diploma and not a degree. In order to do so, IGNOU was introduced to offer IPM students a degree.

IIM Indore has taken care of students needs who are willing to appear for further competitive examinations such as UPSC and others. Getting a degree will help them to apply for higher education.

In IGNOU, you can choose any subject as your graduation subject and many students even choose B.A or B.Com as their subject. If you wish to opt for 3 years, then you will have to give exams for IGNOU from where you will get your BA or B.Com degree. The students who complete their post-graduation get a PGDM and the students who opt for IPM get an IPM diploma. 

Previous batches of IPM at IIM Indore have performed excellently in placements and bore good results. You will be recruited based on your capabilities during the placement season. Being an IPM student, you can sit with PGP students for placements. 

This year’s placements were conducted virtually. The highlights of the placement season of 2021 are:

• In spite of the hurdles created by Covid 19, 100% placement was achieved.
• The average salary offered was INR 23.60 LPA.
• The top 100 students were offered an average salary of INR 33 LPA.
• The highest domestic salary offered was INR 41.50 LPA.
• The highest international salary offered was INR 56.80 LPA.
• 210 recruiters, which included 40 new ones participated in the placement season this year.
• 69% of the batch was recruited by consulting, finance, sales, and marketing.

This year, the IPM students of IIM Indore have achieved 100% placements.

Yes it is compulsory for all the students of IIM Indore studying IPM to stay at the campus hostel knows as Student Residents. The reason behind this rule is that this program includes a lot of projects, assignments and group activities for which you will have to stay at the campus for long hours. In order to have a smooth running of the program, you have to stay at the hostel.

The condition of the hostel rooms is very good and the facilities available are among the best. The rooms are provided with all the necessary things such as beds, mattresses, tables, chairs and a big wardrobe for every student. The rooms are attached with washrooms and a balcony. There is also an internet connection available with a separate LAN port for every student. 

Hence, all the IPM students of IIM Indore have to stay at the campus hostel, but the facilities available at the hostel are very good and students can completely enjoy their stay at the hostel. 

Bachelor of Business Administration offered by St Xaviers College is a rigorous program. It is at par with the B.Com course if not better.

Some other points that you might like to know. 

• Strict attendance requirements: You have to attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to be eligible for appearing in the semester exams. You can do with a 60–75% attendance as well by paying a condonation fee per subject.
• Satisfactory faculty: The faculty is satisfactory as the professors are experienced and student-friendly. They have an approach similar to the ones followed by various B-schools. 
• Gender ratio: BBA classes are fun in comparison to other classes as the gender ratio is approximately 50-50.
• Better networking: As the batch size is small, you get to know your classmates quite well. The connections you make at the college can be quite helpful in the future. 
• Class Schedule: The 4-hour long class schedule is great, as you can concentrate on other things like preparing for CAT or other competitive examinations. 
• Curriculum: The course curriculum is similar to that of BCom. Only the semester-wise arrangement varies. 
• Placement: The Placement Cell has picked up its pace in the past few years and has got big names on board like Big 4, Google, Uber, etc. But great packages at the undergrad level are not something very common.

For admission, you have to take an entrance test of 50 marks. There is no negative marking. The entrance exam comprises questions from Math and English. Admission is awarded on the basis of board results and entrance test with 50% weightage to each category.

 IMS Noida may not be the ideal choice for pursuing a BBA program, as it is affiliated with CCS University, Meerut whose degree is not highly valued in the market. Additionally, the faculty at IMS Noida is not up to the mark as many of them are not even NET-qualified, and the student crowd is not competitive enough.

Since your investment in terms of money, time, and effort is significant, it would be advisable to consider alternatives like IP University or Delhi University for pursuing a BBA program. Alternatively, if you come from a commerce background and wish to pursue a career in management, B.Com (Hons) is also a good option to consider.

IMS Noida has a placement record of around 50% for its BBA program, with companies like Wipro and Air India being the major recruiters. However, the roles offered are generally limited to Managers, HR, Sales Executives, and so on.

The integrated MBA program at IIM Indore or as the name goes, the IPM program would be the best option to go for if you are not interested in the technological field or any other field and you want to start your own business or get placed at a good company in the field of management.

If some other field of study interests you then I would suggest you go for the same and not for the IPM program and regret it later.

As far as the placements are concerned, even though I do not know much about it, I am pretty sure you will get placed with a good company and IIM Indore is a reputed B-school.