IIM Ahmedabad ePGD in Advance Business Analytics is a newly launched program by the b-school. The program is a perfect blend of tools and techniques for data visualization and modeling. The duration is for 16 months and ePGD admission is entrance based followed by an interview round.

As for the review, I am not sharing my own, but of a friend who recently completed this course. She considered the program to be very good but a bit on the expensive side. Let's break down the review into common aspects

• Placements: The placement percentage of this program is approximately 4% with the highest package offered around 85 LPA, the lowest salary package offered being 11 LPA. The top roles offered are relationship manager, business analyst, and area sales manager.
• Infrastructure: The entire campus is wifi-enables and has all the top-notch faculties one could ask for. Every classroom is fully air-conditioned and has modern teaching aids. You can access databases and journal websites through the online portal of the library. The accommodation facilities are also world-class.
• Faculty: IIM Ahmedabad has the highest qualified faculty pool that don't limit their teaching to classrooms only but rather engages in dynamic talk to ensure the holistic development of students.

Overall, the IIM Ahmedabad campus is superb and the excellent academic environment made choosing the Analytics program a great choice. 

MBA EPGP is beneficial in case you are a working individual and want to pursue MBA alongside. In such a case, an EGPG MBA from IIM Kozhikode or Indore is not a bad option. But in other cases, other MBA options are better than EPGP. Other options include:

1. Executive MBA from any IIM or other Institutes

2. Regular MBA

3. FPM (Doctoral Program) from any IIM

Make your decision on the basis of fees, course period, and worth to you.

My friend is currently pursuing PGDM in HCM from GIM and gave me a general picture of the course.

The HCM program covers various domains of Healthcare like

• hospitals
• pharmaceuticals
• med devices
• public health
• health IT
• health insurance

The roles offered through this program include

• Marketing/sales executives
• Management trainee 
• Assistant Manager
• Operations Executive

Placements: The institute boasts of 100% placement percentage of HCM course with average at INR 10.4 LPA and Highest at INR 26 LPA. The majority of students were placed in the Healthcare IT sector (47%), followed by the Consulting (43%), Medical Device (43%) and Pharmaceutical (5%) sectors.

Infrastructure: The college has a world-class campus with 24*7 functioning libraries along with sports and hostel/mess facilities. Its location in Goa speaks of the beauty of the campus alone.

Suitability: This course can be taken by students with any background but it is most suitable for students with a healthcare background, Computer science/IT background, and Pharmacy & biotech background. However, there are many students from varied backgrounds like B.A. B.Sc., non-IT Engineering, B.Com, etc. who have successfully started their career in healthcare after completing this program. 

So Goa Institute of Management excels in almost every aspect and its HCM IS considered one of the best-coveted programs.

Most part-time courses carry no real value other than adding the post-graduate tag. They have no worth in the corporate world irrespective of whichever reputed college you have chosen. NMIMS is one of the top reputed B Schools in India and has a big brand name. 

• The faculty is extremely talented and experienced
• The placement scenario is pretty good except that part-time courses have no fixed statistics.
• The fees are relatively high when compared to other B Schools of the same league
• The curriculum is very rigorous and requires constant attendance and involvement. Being a part-time PGDM, you are probably a working professional and it becomes very difficult to balance work with studies. 
• The curriculum required you to submit assignments and give frequent exams. This might be difficult for working people.
• Unfortunately there is quite a level of distinction between full-time PGDM students and part-time PGDM students as the former get the most attention from teachers.
• The curriculum is rushed in order to get completed within 21 months imparting no real learning 

I know a friend who chose NMIMS Executive MBA and paid hefty fees just for the brand name instead of doing the same course at a less popular B School. She regretted her decision and claimed the program to be a total waste of money and time. She said she could have done the same from another B School at half the cost. So part-time MBA itself is not that worthless, but paying a hefty sum merely for the brand name and postgraduate tag is illogical. You can do the same program at a much lesser cost than other B Schools.

IIM Indore is one of the top management schools among the group of 20 Indian Institutes of Management which is located in the city of Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

Admission Process

• Admission for the Executive Program is through the GMAT (Graduate Management Aptitude Test) exam. The GMAT exam can be given 5 times in 12 months with a gap of at least 16 days between consecutive attempts. 
• A relevant 5 years of Work Experience is a mandatory prerequisite for getting into IIM Indore Executive MBA Programme. 

Placements 

Number of participants: 57

Number of on-campus offers: 57

Number of off-campus offers: 2

Number of students opted out: 4

IIM Indore EPGP highest salary: INR 70 LPA

IIM Indore EPGP average salary: INR 25.9 LPA

IIM Indore EPGP median salary: INR 23.6 LPA

Major sectors: Consulting (42%), IT/Product/Analytics (40%)

Top recruiters: Accenture, Cognizant, Cogoport, EY, IBM, Jio, Infosys etc