Here are the differences between NICMAR Pune and NICMAR Hyderabad, in terms of their courses, placements, and infrastructure.

Courses: 

NICMAR Pune (Full-time courses): 

• Advance Construction Management (ACM)
• Project Engineering Management (PEM)
• Real Estate and Urban Infrastructure Management (REUIM)
• Infrastructure Finance, Development Management (IFDM)

NICMAR Pune (One Year Courses):

• Management of Family Owned Construction Business (MSFOCB)
• Contemporary Smart Cities Development and Management (CSCDM)

NICMAR Hyderabad (Full Time Courses):

• Advance Construction Management (ACM)
• Project Engineering Management (PEM)

NICMAR Hyderabad (One Year Courses):

• Quantity Surveying and Contracts Management (QSCM)
• Health, Safety and Environment Management (HSEM)

Placements:

The number of companies that visit the Pune campus is relatively more than what has yet been witnessed in the Hyderabad campus. However, the difference in number is due to the local companies that are visiting the campus. The MNCs’ that visit the campus for recruitment is moreover the same.

Campus Infrastructure:

In terms of the campus infrastructure, NICMAR Hyderabad is comparably larger than the campus located in Pune.

I have also heard through my friends that NICMAR Hyderabad has better faculties than the Pune campus.

NICMAR Pune is the main campus of the National Institute of Construction Management and Research, out of the five campuses.

The current placements of the institute are decent, 99.2% placement percentage. The statistics are below.

The salary packages are insignificant in the tenure of ten long years. 

If the package is INR 50 LPA after ten years, you might become satisfied. But why do you need to settle for any amount? You can gain a lot of knowledge in the institute. It can help you get even INR 1 crore or your own start-up company. In the end, you need to take risks and experiment with the options.

NICMAR is a reputed private institute offering MBA in construction management. There are five campuses of the institute, but the main is the Pune campus.

The placements are decent, but the return on investment is not the best. The stages are contingent on the companies visiting the institute. The recruiters are KPMG, L&T Realty, Oberoi, PwC, Samsung, CBRE, and others. Unlike others, some companies conduct group discussions (GD). In general, the following are the steps.

• Resume Short-list.
• The aptitude Test might be general or related to your profile. Some companies like HCC, GAMMON, and others conduct technical aptitudes. Others like PwC, KPMG, and others conduct financial aptitude.
• Group Discussion (GD).
• Extempore on the given topic.
• Personal Interviews (PI).

In the end, the companies choose any one or a combination of a few parameters. Therefore, it is impossible to unfold the actual process.

Advanced Construction Management, among many others, is a flagship course inaugurated by NICMAR and it apparently provides a broad insight both in aspects regarding construction as well as management. In every semester, there are about 6 to 7 subjects taught with inclusion of over two workshops. 

Here are some of the subject choices of NICMAR,

• Construction management
• Applied statistics and research methods
• Marketing management
• Managerial accounting
• Operations research
• New construction materials
• Construction Quality management
• Tendering, bidding and contracting
• Financial management
• Project management systems and techniques
• Organisational behaviour
• Project formulation and appraisal
• Contracts and claims management
• Estimation and quantity surveying
• Construction methods and techniques
• Human resource management and others.

The workshops, in addition, organize themes on software and construction activities, as per the requirement. Primavera, Microsoft project, Candy are to name a few among many others. The most important part of their workshop scheme is to emanate managerial skills among students and enhance their respective personalities. 

Quite clearly, summer internships are mainly incorporated in the course so as to impart practical knowledge of execution and planning that is to be utilized for a construction area. 

• The institute usually takes responsibility for the placements and internships. 
• There are companies that are willing to pay the necessary stipend, alongside other basic amenities, to candidates appearing for the summer internship. 
• These summer internships are basically initiated during the 4th Trisem, which visibly takes emergence following the 3rd term of the course. 
• By the very end of the internship, an Internship report is to be submitted for processing a deep analysis.
• One of the major companies to talk about is Infosys since it pays an amount of INR 15,000 per month to candidates, besides providing other modes of accommodation as well. 
• On the other hand, L&T does not offer any stipend for the same purpose, nor do they provide any mode of accommodation likewise. 
• Therefore, it depends from one company to another.

However, there are top MNCs that choose to provide Pre-placement offers (PPO) to students during the placement drive. To secure a job cell nonetheless, these companies commonly keep a cut-off percentage, so as to help retain balance in job opportunities.