Life after passing out from JBIMS or any other Business school is full of drastic changes. Some major changes your life may have are listed below:
Ultimately your life takes a drastic turn imposing new professional challenges that make you either successful or wise or both. So make sure you enjoy your life to your fullest while in a B School for life will change terrifically after graduation. Make a lot of memories and keep learning new things.
Yes, JBIMS does offer Masters in Information Management(MIM). The major goal of the program is to inculcate the necessary skills among IT professionals that help them kick-start their careers in software management, software project management, IT consultancy, and System Analysis.
The program lays its foundation in a system-oriented approach integrating the different topics in IT and Systems such as
Management related topics like
Candidates with executive experience and adequate domain knowledge would find the program quite useful and will help them inculcate managerial responsibilities in the IT industry.
Your brother should choose Jamnalal Bajaj for MBA. JBIMS follows a better pedagogy for MBA. It is an old reputed management institute with a large alumni base. You can get a lot of advantages from their strong alumni network. The institute has a decent placement record. During the 2021 placement drive, the mean CTC offered to students was INR 23.16 LPA.
Admission to JBIMS requires a high percentile score in entrance exams like CET, CMAT, or CAT, and not just a good academic profile. A 99.99 percentile score in any of these exams would be required for admission, and there will be no GD-PI round. If the student scores well on the entrance exam, they can enroll in JBIMS even with a 12th percentile of 69.8. However, the admission process may change year-to-year, so check the official website or the admissions office for the latest information.
Considering the past processes followed by JBIMS, it can be determined that either a direct written score-based admission or GDPI will be expected.
For the first possibility, calls will be issued based on the scores of the CAT and CET exams, and a group discussion and personal interview (GDPI) will be conducted. In this scenario, your academic record is of significant importance. The eligibility criteria for this process include a minimum of 65% in 10th grade and 60% in 12th grade. Thus, if your academic record is not up to par, there may be challenges, but if you perform well on other parameters, you should still have a chance of being successful.
In the second possibility, you can participate in the centralized admission process, where your academic record does not play a role. The admission will be solely based on the written score obtained in CET/All India tests. The eligibility criteria for this scenario align with the CET exam, which requires a minimum of 50% in graduation. So, you need not worry about your past academic performance and should focus on preparing well for the CET exam to secure a good score.
While JBIMS is a well-regarded institute and MAH CET is a competitive exam, being an applicant outside Maharashtra does not necessarily decrease your chances of cracking the exam or getting admission at JBIMS. Admission to JBIMS depends on various factors such as your performance in MAH CET, academic record, work experience, extracurricular activities, and performance in the selection rounds such as Group Discussions and Personal Interviews.
However, being an out-of-state candidate, you may face some challenges, such as a higher cutoff score, limited seats for out-of-state candidates, and difficulty in attending the selection rounds in person. To increase your chances of getting admission at JBIMS, you can focus on preparing well for the MAH CET exam, building a strong academic and extracurricular record, and gaining relevant work experience in the field of management.
Additionally, you can also consider applying to other top MBA colleges in Maharashtra that accept MAH CET scores, such as SIBM Pune, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, and Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, among others. These institutes also offer excellent MBA programs and have a strong reputation in the industry.
My personal preference is MDI Gurgaon among all the colleges you have mentioned. This institute excels in many aspects when compared to other B Schools.
Placements: Placements at MDI Gurgaon are much better than JBIMS and SP Jain. The table below has proven the same through statistics.
Particulars |
SP Jain |
JBIMS |
MDI Gurgaon |
Number of Recruiters |
75 |
68 |
87 |
Highest CTC |
INR 53.16 LPA |
INR 42 LPA |
INR 1.14 CPA |
Average CTC |
INR 32.06 LPA |
INR 27.63 LPA |
INR 26.65 LPA |
Top Recruiters |
Accenture, Aditya Birla Capital, Amazon, American Express |
Accenture, KPMG, EY, Deloitte, PwC, Infosys |
Microsoft, Google, HCL, Adobe |
Faculty: Without any doubt, MDI Gurgaon has the best faculty in the whole of India. It comprises the most learned personalities in the industry. It has around 80 nationally and internationally acclaimed faculty.
Corporate talks: Owing to its location in a metro city, MDI has a lot of corporate talks that are way ahead of normal guest lectures and add to the overall experience of the students. You may even find MD/CXO level folks from Deloitte/ColPal visiting and giving Corporate talks.
Clubs: MDI runs its own Mutual Fund Unnati where students get to learn the tactics of investing in stocks. Illumina is a rural marketing research concept where students get to learn consumer behavior first hand.
Exchange Program: The highlight of MDI Gurgaon is its exchange program is the best in the country. MDI has partnered with several foreign countries and students have to choose from them. MDI’s PGPIM program gives you a dual degree with 1 year in MDI and 1 year with ESCP Europe among various other options. Students completed their internships in European countries and secured International Job offers and settled abroad after this program.
All these major factors are more than enough to convince you against joining other B Schools if you have converted MDI Gurgaon. I have seen many students forgoing offers even from IIM Kozhikode and IIM Indore just for MDI Gurgaon.
This year, the bar for JBIMS was 99.95 percentile for the general category and around 99.50 percentile for OBC. The Centralised Admission Process (CAP) of the Government of Maharashtra is used to get into the two-year Masters in Management Studies (MMS) program at the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Mumbai.
Scores on the MHA-MBA/MMS CET were taken into account when deciding who to let in. This year, there were no AI spots. For SIMSREE, AI students need at least 99.93 and CAT students need 96.
As a candidate with a lower academic performance in the past, you are eligible for most of the business schools, except for a few, such as the Indian Institutes of Management in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, and Lucknow, which place a greater emphasis on previous academic records. However, XLRI is good news for you, as it does not consider your previous academics when shortlisting candidates. Additionally, SPJain may consider extending you a profile-based admission offer if your CAT score is at least 85 or higher and you have something unique in your profile. Other top business schools, such as NITIE Mumbai, MDI, and NMIMS, are easily within reach for you.
It is recommended that you focus on making the most of your current educational journey and not let your past academic performance impact your future opportunities. Aim to prepare well for the CAT exam, aiming for a top score, and accumulate as many quality resume points as possible to develop a unique and impressive profile for yourself. However, do not forget to live the life of an engineer, taking full advantage of your education. If you gain at least 2 years of work experience, you may consider taking the GMAT and applying to the Indian School of Business, which may consider extending you an admission offer.
Your poor academic record can be a major hindrance, especially in summer placements because the companies know you haven’t done anything major yet in the B School. So I will suggest you some tips that might help you compensate for your low 12th class marks and get you a good internship offer
As far as the Final Placements are concerned, you will have to improve your profile to attract the best recruiters. Some tips to improve your general profile are
All this will help you make the most out of your MBA experience and also improve your profile enough to attract the best placement offers. The only key is to work hard relentlessly.