How is the post-MBA life for MBA graduates from top MBA institutions like FMS, XLRI, MDI, NITIE, SPJain, and JBIMS?

Spending two crucial years of your life at any of these top business schools will definitely shape you as a person. These are highly reputed colleges in India for business studies. NIRF has ranked FMS, XLRI, MDI, NITIE, SP Jain 35th, 9th, 10th, and 18th respectively for management studies in India, 2020. JBIMS is ranked 23 for MBA by India Today 2019.

Prospects After MBA:

• Most of these graduates are placed in reputed companies with an alluring salary.

• Few students even opt for a Ph.D. The brand name of these colleges has even helped many to land up in their desired universities abroad.

• Many students also opt for MS /second MBA program at Universities like Stanford, Kellogg, etc

• On the work front responsibilities may vary as few opt for startups where they have to focus both on strategizing and executing.

Before generalizing the post-grad life let's look into a few notable alumni and their achievements of each institute.

FMS:

• Mahesh Verma - VC at GGSIPU

• Harit Nagpal - MD and CEO, Tata sky LTD

• Anupama verma- Actress

XLRI:

Xlri has an alumni network of 15,000 strength considering it as one of the oldest B-Schools in India.

• B Muthuraman- Vice-chairman, Tata steel

• Sandeep Bakshi -CEO and MD, ICICI Bank

MDI:

• B Ashok - chairman at Indian oil corporation ltd

• Vikas Bajaj - Joint MD, Bajaj motors

• Vani Gupta Randi - MD, PepsiCo India

NITIE:

• B Prasada Rao - CMD, BHEL

• D M Reddy - CEO, Subros

• Dev Bhattacharya - GEP, Aditya Birla Group

SP Jain:

• Debjani Ghosh- MD, South Asia Intel

• Indrajit Gupta - Founding editor, Forbes India

• Rajesh Jejurikar- CEO, Mahindra & Mahindra

JBIMS:

It also has a huge alumni network at top positions in reputed MNCs.

• Uday Kotak- Founder, MD, CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank

• Ajay Piramal - Chairman, Piramal healthcare

These are a few of the prospects and what the alumni of these institutes are engaged in after completing their MBA. Even though the majority of the post-MBA stories at these institutes seem flashy and appealing one must not neglect the failure or not so successful stories.

Ultimately It's not only the Institute or brand name but what you choose for your life and how passionate you are in it matters.