The MDI Gurgaon FPM program is structured in such a way that its students are given access to the corporate world owing to their constant commitment to research.
FPM students assist their guide and professors with their consulting assignments allowing them access to many corporations. You might be surprised to know that many firms come to MDI Gurgaon to seek help and consultation from MDI research students. This is done in the form of research assignments and live projects. This becomes possible because their curriculum and research methodologies are designed in such a way. This helps them to conduct elaborate research, understand the industry better and work on relevant industry-related issues.
In a nutshell, MD Gurgaon FPM students do not require placement assistance from a placement committee.
Yes, prestigious institutions like XLRI and IIMs may give you a head start in your career by giving you access to some of the greatest recruiters in the business. This is in addition to providing good education and exposure to information. You can expect a respectable compensation package after graduation.
These premium institutes have tie-ups with banks to offer uncollateralized loans to students. You will be eligible to use these loans to cover your educational expenses, regardless of your financial situation. You only need to put in all your efforts to get accepted into these institutions, and your financial constraints won’t hinder you from following your dreams.
Yes, students who take the MDI Gurgaon PGP-IM program and go to Europe for an exchange program are offered jobs and internships. There is no major distinction between the jobs offered to MDI students and the jobs offered to ESCP students. But the only discrimination they might come across is the lack of language proficiency which is a major factor for jobs. I have listed down some tips you can adopt to help in this regard
So yes, as an Indian you will face slight disadvantages over the locals at the European university but these challenges can be handled well to make your way.
Yes, students from MDI Gurgaon PGDM program get to work abroad through the exchange program offered. If you go through the LinkedIn profiles of the alumni, you will find more than 3000 working outside India. This hints at the vast opportunities offered to MDI students to work abroad.
During summer internships, companies like Coke, Godrej, and Dabur send their interns abroad for projects. The Tolaharan group has also sent many students outside for jobs. A few alumni working in consulting firms like EY also work on a project in the London office.
Consulting firms usually cater to foreign and domestic clients separately. For instance, Deloitte India and Deloitte US deal with national and international clients respectively. So if you are working in Deloitte US you will be dealing with foreign clients. Another big name Bain Capability Center(BCC) deals with foreign clients and comes to the campus to offer jobs that require you to travel abroad.
We can safely conclude that MDI Gurgaon students get a plethora of opportunities to work abroad.
Some of my friends studied in both these colleges. According to them, MDI Gurgaon is definitely better than IIM Rohtak. Let me give you some reasons to support their statement and why PGP IM will be a good choice.
Thus it is suggested that you go for the MDIs PGP IM course as it will provide enough exposure in your chosen industry. Do not only rely on the IIM tag, check for better faculty, alumni and academics while considering a college.
Colleges invite companies for placements on the basis of the preference list created by the students themselves. This means that the most preferred companies visit in the initial days while the least preferred companies visit towards the end. This eventually means that the last of the batch gets placed by mediocre companies.
Now here is a fact, sometimes the companies visiting at the end in order to get higher preference and attract maximum students, offer high packages that are at par with the preferred companies.
My uncle was a placement coordinator at IIFT a few years ago and gave me an insight into the placement scenario of such B Schools. Numerically speaking if the median salary of a particular B School is X, then the packages offered to the last 59 students would be around 0.6X-0.7X.
College Name |
Median Salary |
Salary expected by last 50 candidates |
IIM Indore |
INR 24.09 LPA |
INR 16.8 LPA |
IIFT Delhi |
INR 25.6 LPA |
INR 17.9 LPA |
MDI Gurgaon |
INR 24 LPA |
INR 16.8 LPA |
SIBM Pune |
INR 20.80 LPA |
INR 14.5 LPA |
The approximate salary offered to the last 50 candidates of the B Schools you mentioned is around 15-17 LPA.
Kindly note that these figures are based solely on guesses and anecdotes from my juniors, and are just meant to give an idea of the salary.
Without any doubt, I will suggest you choose MDI Gurgaon over IIM Trichy. Some points that favor my opinion are
I think these points are enough to convince you to join MDI Gurgaon.
Interviews are unpredictable. They test the whole personality of a person by creating a pressuring environment and sometimes by grilling and cross-questioning
To be honest, you could be asked anything to see how skilled and patient you are.
For FMS, you need to get 99+ for a call and at least 99.5 to convert because they give a lot of weightage on CAT Percentile (50%).
For MDI, you need 94+ to get a call with sectionals over 85+, and you need anything above 98+ to convert if you don't have any work experience.
Having read some reviews online about IIM Lucknow, IIM Kozhikode, FMS, and MDI, here are some things I got to know which might be useful to you.
So the order of preference would be IIM Lucknow > IIM Kozhikode > FMS > MDI. This is as per the major rankings including Times B-School categorization. So select the one that matches most of your interests.