Should I go for IMT-G or IIT-K for an MBA in marketing?

As opposed to the general assumption, MBA at IIT Kanpur isn’t limited to the Operations domain only and also covers Marketing. In fact, its program is very much comparable to IMT G MBA. Here are some common points of comparison 

Ratios: The student-company ratio as well as the faculty-student ratio is better at IIT Kanpur than at IMT G. 

Infrastructure: Being a government institute, IITs have better infrastructure than a private institutes like IMT G

ROI: IIT Kanpur fees are around INR 2.80 Lakh whereas that of IMT G is Rs. 19.38 lakhs. The huge difference itself speaks of the ROI advantage at IIT Kanpur.

Batch size: The IIT Kanpur MBA batch size is around 78 while that of IMT Ghaziabad is 500 which is more than 5 times. This creates problems during placements.

Brand name: Although IMT Ghaziabad is well known for its MBA program, the IIT tag overshadows it owing to its global recognition.

Placements: The table below will give you a head-on comparison between the placement statistics 

Considering the above points, many of my friends have chosen IIT Kanpur over IMT Ghaziabad for MBA and haven't regretted their decision to date.