Which is better, IIM Udaipur or SCMHRD?

By NIRF ranking 2020, IIM Udaipur is ranked #17th amongst institutes in India, while SCMHRD is ranked 4th in state wise and city wise in 2020 by the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework.

Admission:
Admissions at IIM are based on GMAT, GRE, GATE, CAT entrance exams whereas at SCMHRD it is based on the SNAP entrance exam at the Symbiosis International University.

Placements:

IIM Udaipur:

• The institute offers 100% placements to its students.

• For the final placements 2020, overall 81 firms recruited from IIM Udaipur with the highest salary of INR 40 LPA being offered and an average salary of INR 23.08 LPA.

• The highest number of roles was offered to Sales and Marketing and BDM students.

• Top recruiters visiting the campus include Aditya Birla, GoldmanSachs, TATA, Accenture, ICICI Bank, etc.

SCMHRD:

• 90+ recruiters visited the SCMHRD campus with more than 180 students being placed and with the highest international package offered of INR 58 LPA.

• The highest domestic CTC offered was INR 32.8 LPA and an average CTC of INR 16.1 LPA was offered.

• PPO was offered to 38.3% of the students.

• The top recruiters of the institute include Deloitte, Cognizant, Amazon, Vodafone, Kotak Life, Google, IBM, Cipla, Godrej, and many more.

Facilities:

IIM Udaipur:

Highly equipped classrooms with high-end systems, projectors, and video-conferencing facilities, IT resources, a library with a rich collection of books, e-books, e-journals, CDs/DVDs, and case studies are the facilities offered.

SCMHRD:

Facilities offered at the institute include a health center with specialized doctors, a yoga center, gymnasium, hostels, a library with a huge collection of more than 2000 audio and video files, 24000 books, and periodicals.

Scholarships:

IIM Udaipur:

The institute offers financial aid to deserving students. Some of the scholarships offered are as follows.

• Central Sector Scholarship Scheme for students of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe.

• Merit-cum means based scholarship for students that belong to the minority community.

• Scheme of Scholarship for students with disabilities.

• Mukhya Mantri Sarvajan Uchcha Shiksha Scheme for students from Rajasthan.

SCMHRD:

• Scholarships are offered only to students of MBA who top the first semester. A total of 50% tuition fee waiver is covered by the scholarship.

IIM Udaipur is counted amongst the best prestigious B-schools of the country with state-of-the-art facilities in the campus and highly experienced and trained faculties whereas SCMHRD is one of the top 20 business schools in the country and 3rd best for HR and also is a preferred location for companies and has a controlled batch-size.

IIM-Udaipur has the branding of IIM associated with it which makes it a more preferred destination for MBA aspirants but SCMHRD has a strong and expanded alumni network and a wider network of foreign collaborations.

The below given table gives a brief comparison between the institutions.

IIM Udaipurhas almost 69% students with engineering backgrounds. Around 20% students got summer internships out of which maximum roles were offered in Sales and Marketing, Business development and Supply Chain Management. Key highlights of the placement session are:

• 70+ recruiters took part in the hiring process placing 250+ offers
• Highest CTC on offer was 33 LPA
• Maruti Suzuki, Cipla, Reliance, ICICI, HDFC, GAIL, Flipkart were the major recruiters
• Maximum recruitment was done by BFSI and tech firms
• Sales and Marketing and BDM witnessed the highest number of roles offered
• Average placement rate was over 90%

SCMHRDprovides a semester abroad training programme in universities like Nanyang Technological University, Berlin School of Economics, Purdue University and a few other reputed institutes. Almost a dozen internationally reputed guest lecturers also visit the institute every year enhancing the global exposure of students and expanding the HR network. Salient features about the last placement session are:

• 90+ recruiters participated in the hiring process making 200+ offers
• Highest domestic package was 32.8 LPA
• Highest International package was 58 LPA
• Accenture, JP Morgan, Glenmark, Barclays, CITI are among the top recruiters
• Almost 40% students from the Human Resources sector received PPOs, followed by 37% from Finance and 34% from Sales and Marketing
• The Sales and Marketing domain received the highest CTC offered of 32.8 LPA followed by 30.3 LPA from HR and 22 LPA from Business Analytics (BA)