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What was your Statement of Purpose for IIM Bangalore PGP?
An good SOP for IIM Bangalore should be a summary of your academic and extra-curricular activities, relevant work experience and your achievements. It should highlight the knowledge, skills, and values that you have picked up through your journey.
- Your SOP should tell your story. Add a bit of personal touch.
- Make it crisp, and maintain the word limit. Follow the specified font style and size.
- Don’t write your SOP as a resume.
- Make sure your SOP is original and unique. Don’t copy one from the internet.
- Take your time while writing your SOP.
- Make sure there’s no spelling mistakes or grammatical mistakes.
Your SOP will set the course of your interview at IIM Bangalore. So, assign ample time in writing it and make sure it’s depicting your story perfectly.
How are the placements for engineers with no work experience at the IIMs, FMS Delhi and XLRI?
The two most important factors considered by recruiters during Placements at IIM ABC/FMS/XLRI are
- Brand of UG College - SRCC/Old IITs/BITS/CA
- High Academics - University RankHolders, City Toppers in Boards, or at least Department Rank Holders with 8.5+ in Engineering.
MBA scores are of much importance during Final Placements but are Not available during summer placement.
If you have passed the above criteria, you are most likely to land any job. Still, I have segregated the roles that require work experience and the roles that do not.
Roles that require work experience
- Operations/Supply chain/product management.
- Any role will require work experience if your above 2 criteria are not up to the mark.
Roles that do not require work experience
- Consulting
- Investment Banking
- PE/VC
- Marketing
- Corporate Finance roles
So most of the jobs do not require work experience. Even if they do only non-engineering work experience is of value unless you want to go into Operations/Supply chain/product management.
How is the hostel life at IIM Bangalore?
The best thing about the hostel, according to students, is the bond that develops among batchmates. There are 16 hostel blocks, one executive residential block, and one executive accommodation at the Management Development Centre at IIMB (MDC).
All students are provided with on-campus housing in well-appointed single rooms in the hostels.
Standard amenities include 24-hour Internet access, fully automatic washing machines, a music room, and a recreation room. There are also laundry and ironing services available. The hostels also have an intercom system that is linked to the institute's intercom. It also has a student-run library, music club, and store.
Each room has a bed and mattress, a table and chair, a whiteboard with a clipboard, an almirah, tube lights, fans, and bookshelves. There is a mess on the campus where there are arrangements for the night canteen, managed by students. It also has a coffee shop, an Amul shop, two food outlets, and a restaurant. Food can also be ordered online and delivered within an hour to the hostel.
The IIMB campus is so fascinating that you won't want to spend time outside. Nonetheless, there are two malls within a three-kilometer radius. Students go there to watch movies or shop.
What should I do to get into IIM Bangalore?
To grant admission, IIMs administer the Common Admission Test, also known as the CAT.
While the CAT score is the primary criterion, IIMs also use interviews, group discussions, and written ability tests to evaluate candidates after the CAT. Aside from that, they consider the candidate's past academic record as well as work experience.
So, to gain admission to IIM Bangalore, the procedure would be as follows:
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Begin preparing for the CAT.
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Fill out the CAT application form in the provided window.
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Attend the CAT and achieve a high percentile. (Something like 99.5 or higher)
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If you are selected, you must attend their GDPI round and perform well.
If everything goes well, you will receive an admission call from IIM B.
What's the average package in the IIM, Bangalore??
IIM Bangalore has released its placement report for the PGP and PGPBA batch of 2022. According to this report, 662 offers were made to 524 students by 137 recruiters. Average Salary is INR 33.82 LPA whereas Median Salary is around NR 31.2 LPA.
In the EPGP batch of 2022, 30 companies participated in the placement drive and recruited 71 students. Average CTC is INR 30.90 LPA and Median CTC is INR 30 LPA.
Some major firms that visited for recruitment are BCG, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, TAS, and Nestle.
What is the exact fee structure of IIM Bangalore?
Here is the detailed fee structure for PGP at IIM Bangalore-
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Fee type |
Amount in Rs. |
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Total Course Fee |
24.5 Lakhs |
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Caution Deposit General |
15000 (One-Time) (at the time of admission) |
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Caution Deposit Hostel |
5000 (One-Time) (at the time of admission) |
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Mess Advance |
30000 (each term) |
The Total Course fee consists of Tuition fee, Library fee, Internet charge, Case Permission Royalty, Course Material charge, Hostel Room Rent and Service charge, Medical Insurance fee, Personal Accident Insurance fee and Alumni Activity fee.
The fee does not include Service Tax or any other form of taxes. If made applicable by law, taxes will be collected from the students separately at the prescribed rate. Accommodations are available for PGP students, but one can opt for living outside the campus in the second year.
This is the total fee for PGP at IIM Bangalore.
Is ISB better than IIM A/B/C and FMS Delhi?
My uncle is an alumnus of IIM Calcutta and also an ex-employee of ISB. So I asked him about the same. He told me that the faculty of IIM Calcutta focuses on the overall development of students and not just academics. They prepare you for the life ahead and not just for exams or placement. ISB on the other hand due to its short duration course is unable to cope with this aspect. Also, the fees of ISB are much more than that of IIMs. The only merit is that it saves you a year as the flagship program at IIMs is two years.
So ISB is a good choice for you only if
- You are looking for a course of shorter duration
- You are okay with spending a lot of money
- You value the degree more than what you learn from it
Both the institutes are world-class and therefore not much comparison can be drawn from them.
Comparing IIM Bangalore and Great Lakes, which would be a better option to go for an executive business analytics course?
For an Executive Business Analytics course, Grate Lakes will be a better option. The course structure is flexible and incorporates the requirement of working professionals. The course is delivered through a balanced blend of classroom teaching and online sessions.
The curriculum is rigorous and covers topics from fundamentals to expert level. Great Lakes Business Analytics course focuses on imparting domain knowledge using Analytics techniques from fundamental to advanced levels through R and Python. Evaluation is done through quizzes, assignments, and capstone project.
Great Lakes faculty includes prominent names such as Dr. Abhinanda Sarkar (Standford alumni), and Dr. P K Viswanathan (Ph.D. from Madras University).
In terms of academics and resources, Great Lakes Business Analytics course is among the best in the country.
Is it advisable to settle on JBIMS, if one only aimed for IIM's?
Comparing JBIMS with IIMs is highly unjustified as IIMs are way ahead of JBIMS or FMS even if we consider the ROI. They are unique in many aspects such as
- IIM ABC and ISB is the only B-schools that offer Investment banking profiles in placement. Even if we look at other profiles, it’s easy to infer that they are much superior in terms of quality than the ones offered at JBIMS.
- Being a pass out of IIMs or ISB, you have an upper hand in the higher spectrum of one’s career, i.e, leadership roles.
- JBIMS or FMS lack the general ambiance and culture of a typical B School due to a lack of residential and campus facilities.
- The peer quality of IIMS and ISB are much better than JBIMS whose gender ratio, diversity, and competitive exam are very one-dimensional.
- The only significant aspect of JBIMS is the ROI which when negated makes JBIMS as mediocre as SP Jain and MDI.
- The placement statistics of JBIMS are much similar to that of new IIMs or average B Schools like MDI, and SP Jain. They are in no way in comparison to the top IIMs even with batch sizes as small as 120.
So one should choose JBIMS or FMS over IIM only if one wants to spend low fees, take no loans, or pursue MBA in Mumbai or Delhi.
How did IIM Bangalore achieve 100% summer placements?
IIM Bangalore has been able to achieve 100% summer placements due to the combined and relentless efforts of students, seniors, placement committees, and clubs. No institute can work properly without a proper cordial relationship among these. Summer placements take place after the end of 2nd term but students start preparing well before the beginning of the term. The following points entail the details of preparation for summer placements k:
- Preparatory sessions: The student clubs and societies hold preparation sessions for significant roles in Consulting, Product Management, Finance, Marketing, Operations, and Analytics.
- Alumni sessions: Experienced alumni from different sectors working at reputed firms come forward and conduct sessions to share their job experience. This enables the students to make better choices for their careers.
- Case preparation: The ones who are preparing for consulting roles form a case preparation group wherein they practice mock cases. Mock group discussions and interviews facilitated by clubs and seniors are also conducted.
- Peer support group: The peers are competitive yet very considerate towards each other. They don’t celebrate their victory unless all their batchmates have been placed. This installs a feeling of compassion and empathy.
- Placement committee: The major credit for 100% of placements should go to the relentlessly working placement committee of IIM Bangalore. It strives to bring in as many major companies as possible. It conducts an unbiased and transparent placement drive.
So all these reasons have resulted in 100% placements at IIM Bangalore today. It’s the combined efforts of not one but many.
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