he PGCIM program, started in association with the Center of Indo-European Business Studies, co-financed by the European Union Commission - The ESB Reutlingen Track, has evolved over time with the addition of partner colleges from more countries. The program is more focused on International Management / General Management, whereas PGDM is the traditional MBA program offered by SP Jain Institute where you specialize in one of the following: Finance, Operations, Marketing, or Information Management.

If you choose PGDM, you will learn more about managing the finances, operations, marketing, and IT for a company. In contrast, GMP teaches you how to handle Business Operations of a company in an international setting, which requires you to learn subjects like International Business Law, International Trade and Finance, and International Economics. These subjects talk about how laws in different countries vary and what needs to be taken care of when doing business with a company from a particular country. In addition, subjects like Entrepreneurship and Management Consulting teach you about the factors that nurture a culture of Entrepreneurship at a country level and the art of facilitation for solving business problems.

One significant difference between the two programs is that in PGDM, you make a vast personal network of professionals in India. However, in GMP, you make a vast personal network of professionals across the globe, which is essential for International Business. Your extended network is bigger than you imagine in various ways, such as making a network with the students in the country you go to and your classmates who are your extended network in other countries. If you go to ESB Reutlingen, your primary network is going to be very diverse as Reutlingen University is the most international university in Germany.

You don't start the CSE syllabus right away in the first year. Math, electronics core topics, English, and other subjects are common. You should read the foreign writers suggested for applied math and sciences. Foreign books usually go into great detail about a topic and are of far higher quality than local publications. I would advise you to use them for your preparation.

Here are some of the recommended books. 

For chemistry cycle-

• Math 1 - Chandrashekhar
• Chemistry - BS Jaiprakash
• CCP - Padma Reddy
• Caed - K R Gopalkrishna
• Basic Electronics - Godse and Bakshi

For Physics Cycle-

• Math 2 - Chandrashekhar
• Physics - SP Basavaraju
• Civil - Bhavikatti
• Mechanical - KR Gopalkrishna
• Basic Electrical - MV Rao

For CPP, your college will help you out with the notes. These are the authors that you can refer to during your 1st year. There is no need to refer to any books for EVS.

My sister studied at Vignan University. It was not the best experience for my sister but it may be different for you.

• Vignan University has a high course fee. For a 4-year long B.Tech, you will have to pay around 9 lakhs in total. The university charges nearly 2 lakhs per annum without hostel accommodations. 
• The faculty base is good. Most of the faculty are graduates from NIT or IIT. 
• Placement record of the institute is not that great. From my sister’s batch, only 400 students out of 1200 got placements. The remaining 66% graduated without any placement offers. 

The environment of the institute is not that good. There is caste-based politics on campus. If you have other better options, then you should go for them, instead of VIgnana University.