MDI Gurgaon: Admission 2025, Fees, Courses, Cutoff, Ranking, Placement

My review of the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon is fairly objective and is based on my sister's review of the same. I have written a detailed review with elaborate pros and cons that might clear most of your doubts.

Pros

Campus: The campus is in the vicinity of all the dynamic places in Gurgaon like a cyber hub, sec 29, and golf course road. However, inside the campus, the ambiance is exactly different and serene. The infrastructure and campus are extremely beautiful, lush green, and well-built to give you a fairly dreamy experience.

No reservation: Unlike other B Schools, MDI Gurgaon does not reserve seats for minorities or any other groups. So the entire batch is usually 98 percentilers ensuring you avail the best peer learning experience.

Clubs: MDI Gurgaon has the usual clubs as well as the extraordinary ones like Unnati and Illumina Illumina is a disguised market research event, wherein a Diwali mela is organized on the campus. Marketing companies give out projects for market research to students who then create games to do research. Unnati is a fund operated by the students of MDI. Alums and students invest in it.

Faculty: The faculty keeps changing or retiring but the most permanent faculty is Prof. Sanjay Bakshi, who also runs a company called Value Quest. 

Placements: The placements are definitely not at or with IIM ABC but are at level with IIM IKL or FMS. 

Exchange program: The exchange program is one of the best in the country as almost one-third of the batch gets to visit Europe and get amazing exposure.

Alumni: MDI has its alumni in top positions in the corporate world as well as the startup world. Some of them include Paperboat, Instamojo, Cashify, etc. Some of the alums are in top positions like Amit Boni, who is the head of Motorola India.

Cons

Weak alumni base: The alumni meets are just official meet-ups not many are interested to attend. Only the recent batches meet and no one is interested in strengthening the network.

There are not many flaws one can point to this great Institute as you can see how the pros overshadow the cons and make it a good choice.

You, as an MDI student, are known as a 'ManDevIan'.

• As a student, you have to abide by strict timings and must return to campus by 11 pm. However, some students tend to party all night and even take a long drive to Murthal, a famous dhaba spot around two hours away, returning as late as 5 am.
• MDI boasts a comparatively high number of 75 full-time faculty members, many of whom reside on campus.
• Late-night snacking options available to you as a student include the canteens run by SharmaJi, JhaJi, and Bhandari Bhaiyya, which offer delicious, butter-laden paranthas and Maggie. However, it's important to watch your diet to avoid weight gain.
• MDI Gurgaon has three hostels, each with a different reputation. The most popular one is Kshitij, which is known as the 'hotel.' Takshashila is referred to as Gotham City because of the bats, while Change Masters is considered the 'slum' in comparison to the other hostels.
• Professors such as Prof. Jaideep Mukherjee and Prof. Sanjay Bakshi from MDI are well-known in academic and corporate circles.
• You can find an active in-house Poker Club at MDI that operates in the basement during nighttime.
• As a student at MDI, you can participate in a student-run mutual fund that has been in operation for several years.
• MDI Gurgaon has consistently been ranked among the top 10 B-schools in India by both Indian and international bodies.
• MDI alumni fondly remember their time spent at the institute, including the parties, fun times with fellow students, hilarious professors, Sector-14 and Sector-17, DC++, movie screenings, MGF, the lawns, the fests, and the stunning building of MDI Gurgaon.