Which is better IMT Ghaziabad PGDM (marketing) or IMI Delhi PGDM?

IMT Ghaziabad is known for its excellence in management studies. It ranks 37th in the management category by NIRF 2020. It has a faculty strength of 66 members. It offers PGDM degrees in Marketing, Finance, Dual Country, Banking and Financial Services and Executive.

IMI Delhi is one of the 5 Business schools in India to receive accreditation from the very agency, AMBA. It ranks 27th among management institutes in India by NIRF 2020. It offers PGDM degrees in Human Resource Management and Banking and Financial Services.

Tabulated below is a brief overview of the both institutions:

Placements 

IMT Ghaziabad 

• 179 companies participated in the placement program.
• 12 were international offers.
• The median salary package offered was 11 LPA.
• The recruiting companies include Adobe, AgroTech, Absolut Data, E&Y, Fidelity, Genpact, HSBC, Honeywell, Reliance, Trident, Virtusa, Infosys, etc.

IMI Delhi

• More than 100 companies participated in the placement program.
• 308 students were recruited.
• The top recruiting companies include Google, Deloitte, Wipro, Capgemini, Mindtree, Barclays, Aditya Birla Capital, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs, E&Y, KPMG, Sony Pictures, Asian Paints and many more.

Admission 

IMT Ghaziabad 

The Admission Process of IMT Ghaziabad has 3 stages after students get selected through their CAT, XAT and GMAT scores.

• This will be followed by Critical Thinking (CI), Group Exercise (GE) and Personal Interview (PI).
• The final selection will be based on the student’s collective performance in CI, GE, PI and Valid entrance exam scores.

IMI Delhi 

The Admission Process of IMI Delhi also has 3 stages after the CAT and GMAT scores are determined.

• It will be followed by a written test, a personal interview and an extempore round.
• The final selection will depend on the performance of the students in all these exams and the CAT and GMAT.

Faculty 

IMT Ghaziabad 

• They have a faculty strength of 66 members.
• They are well qualified and most of them have great industry experience.
• Marketing Management has the highest number of professors, followed by Finance.

IMI Delhi

• Their faculty includes 42 members, most of them being Ph.D. holders.
• They have 3 visiting faculty for Strategy and General Management.
• They also have 1 adjunct faculty member for Strategy and General Management.

Both the institutes are reputed in India. IMI Delhi though has a higher placement record than IMT Ghaziabad. If location is not your primary concern you can opt for IMI Delhi for the postgraduate diploma course in management.