During the admission procedure, the candidate is judged upon the weightage of their GATE score, GD or PI, and their academic credentials.

Considering your score being lower than usual, then it is the GD and PI that will play a pivotal role in your further selection. It also partially depends upon your communications skills because, only last time, NITIE offered management courses to a few handful of students based on how fluent they were with their communication skills. 

NITIE Mumbai does not often divulge the criteria they usually follow for shortlisting students or finalizing candidates. It is best to acquire the best GATE scores. 

NITIE is considered one of the good business schools in India. Major companies come to recruit students from NITIE. 

• Coming to the consulting part, different companies visit NITIE for different consulting purposes, which ranges from operations, strategy, financial, IT consulting, etc.
• The packages offered by the companies in NITIE are a bit equal to the packages in comparison with IIMs.
• Some of the major recruiters include Deloitte, PWC, Accenture, Cognizant, E&Y, KPMG, Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, and many more.
• Being in Mumbai has a locational advantage. 
• You can't go for industry visits, seminars, and internships conducted by the college.

The other part is that NITIE holds a huge alumni base who are currently working in big companies, helping to expand the recruitment process. So studying in NITIE will be a good option.

While discussing NITIE don’t be in any kind of skepticism for placements. NITIE being one of the top colleges for MBA is doing really well. They have a good infrastructure, curriculum, and placements.

Moreover, there is a 100% placement record. Almost all the students who are studying in college get jobs through the NITIE Mumbai placement.

• As students here are given more practical exposure, companies tend to hire them.
• The students are always up to date with current trends and affairs.
• Top recruiters like Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, etc. are interested in hiring the students from the NITIE Mumbai placements.
• Students here are assisted with adequate training skills.
• Also, the average package is 15.83 LPA; the least you can get here is 8.5LPA which is equivalent to the amount you invest here for two years.

NITIE provides you with 100% placements. There are ample opportunities to explore your skills and make the best of your 2 years here without worrying much about placements. Don’t worry once you are in NITIE. Just keep working on yourself and building your skills. Placements will follow. 

One of my cousins is a recent graduate of NITIE Mumbai, from the PGDISEM, and through him I got to know a little bit about the program. The fact that you are a fresher will not matter much since the batch size is usually very small. 

The major upside of the small batch size is that even top consulting firms, including KPMG, PWC, and others, choose recruiting freshers. The batch my cousin was in, had a majority of the freshers, including him.

Having said that, the freshers of his batch were recruited in companies such as Pepsico, Ultratech, Siemens, Asian Paint, PWC, BASF, Tata Steel. My cousin also secured placement in Aditya Birla Retail. 

PGDIM and PGDISEM are both courses that one can apply for with a CAT score at NITIE. Here are some differences listed according to some of my friends studying there.

• PGDISEM is a specialized course majoring in industrial safety, sustainability, and the environment. 
• Whereas PGDIM is a general management course with a focus on operations.
• PGDIM is a general management course similar to IIMs. 
• PGDISEM on the other hand caters to a niche segment of students who are highly interested in industrial safety and sustainability of corporate companies.
• Both the courses have a few common subjects and subjects which cater to their specific industries in-depth as well.
• The faculty teaching any of the courses in NITIE are highly experienced.
• From PGDIM, you will majorly get into Operations, IT, Consulting roles, whereas PGDISEM will get you into EHS, Safety, Sustainability, or Environment profiles.
• The placements for both the courses are in different fields. Other than that, the course structure for both courses is similar.

Selecting the right course depending on your interest and preferences is most important. So choose wisely as this will shape your career ahead.

A friend of mine joined NITIE with a one-year job experience but he was not a fresher. Some of the drawbacks are as follows:

• In the placement process, many companies show a preference for students who have prior job experience. It is seen most with consulting companies. 
• There are some companies that will hire freshers. You will not lose chances of getting placed.
• A student who has prior job experience will be able to understand the topics related to the possible real-life scenario which is more or less industry-based. They will be able to relate to the scenarios better than someone who does not have prior work experience. Experience always gives an upper hand.

Lastly, the LRP or laterals, the people with a work experience of higher than 20 months will be allowed to sit in the final placements twice. Candidates belonging to both LRP and CRP will get this opportunity and CRP if they are not placed in LRP. This option will not be available for the CRP candidates.

For admission in PG courses in institutes such as IITs, NITs, NITIE, one would require to possess an official and valid GATE score. The acceptance/validity of the GATE score is mentioned on the GATE scorecard. It is usually up to 3 years. To this extent, one is eligible to apply for NITIE, IITs, and NITs.

For instance, if you appeared for your GATE examination in 2020, the officiality and validity of your GATE score would extent till 2023, i.e., 3 years. Hence, with that GATE scorecard, you may apply for admission in 2020, 2021, and 2022 as well.

At NITIE, the GATE score card is valid only for two years, it would be better to check the criterion before applying for it. If it is not accepted then you might have to appear for GATE again.