The Delhi School of Economics and KJ Somaiya Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai both are great options for any MBA aspirant.

MBA from DSE:

The specializations available for MBA at DSE are as follows.

• MBA in Human Resource Development
• MBA in International Business

The Minimum eligibility criteria required for taking admission into the MBA program at the institute is a Graduation with 50%. Students are shortlisted based on their CAT score are called for Group Discussion, Personal Interview and then Final Selection is made.

The infrastructure of the institute is quite good. There are facilities such as WiFi, labs, smart classrooms, 2 libraries one of which is the Ratan Tata Library, cafeteria, etc.

Some of the prominent alumni of the institute are Avinash Kohli- HR head at Boeing India, Rishi Raj Gupta- HR leader at Cipla, Gaurav Ahluwalia- HR Director at JP Morgan Chase.

MBA from KJ Somaiya:

KJ Somaiya offers 7 specializations for MBA. The courses available are given below.

• MBA
• MBA in International Business
• MBA in Financial Service
• MBA in Human Resource
• MBA in Retail Management
• MBA in Health Care Managment
• MBA in Sports Management

There are various parameters that are considered for student intake into the program. The selection parameters are listed below.

Qualifying exam- 35%
Personal Interview- 25%
Case-based GD-17%
Past academic records- 10%
Achievements- 8%
Work experience- 5%

Being a private business school, infrastructure facilities are extremely good. equipped The institute is equipped with facilities like Smart classrooms with WiFi, labs, library, hostel, canteen, medical and sports facilities.

Few of the prominent alumni of the institute are Lata Pillai- Director at Deutsche Bank,
Sanjay Shah- MD at Morgan Stanley, Anuj Bhargava- CEO at AB Associates, Saru Kaushal- Country Business Head at American Express.

Some of the notable differences between both the colleges for the MBA course are:

The best MBA program out of DSE and KJ Somaiya depends upon what the candidate is looking for.

DSE offers just two courses with highly affordable fees and excellent Return on Investment as the fees are just 16,000 per year while the average placement is 11 lakhs.

KJ Somaiya also provides good placement opportunities but is a private business school.

For VJTI’s CS department, you are required to be in the top 150 students in CET. Alongside those, the IT cutoff as seen in a specific year was around the ranking of 325. These as mentioned are for a general female or male candidate.

The candidates who are to appear must however have scored more than 50% in 10 + 2 examinations from a recognized board of education. The Selection Criteria will be Entrance Based (MHT - CET).

As far as the closing rank of KJ Somaiya is concerned, then for CS, it was considered to be around 3500 and for IT, the closing rank was known to be somewhere ranging between and around 6500. Besides, the rank mentioned latter is for non-minority candidates.

But, if you are anyhow a Gujrati minority, then being selected in the institute is not much of a hassle. For the department of CS, the cutoff was ranged to be around the ranking of 7000, and similarly, for IT, it was around the ranking of 14000.

From sometime in a particular year, KJ Somaiya is expected to initiate its own University. And it can drastically alter the above mentioned numbers and disproportionate it in any specific manner. Besides, it also is supposed to conduct its own entrance exam in sometime or might also have initiated, the notice of which will be denoted in the college section area.

Having known some students of both these colleges, I can say that both the colleges are really good in terms of infrastructure, culture, and faculties. There are of course some differences too and for that let me share with you a few details.

• K J Somaiya has better infrastructure and the campus is located at the heart of the city. SIMSREE doesn't have such a big infrastructure.
• SIMSREE has a better ROI than K J Somaiya. 
• Placement usually depends on your profile and how you perform in your management education & certainly performance in interviews.
• Professors, peers both are good in both colleges. 
• At SIMSREE, the finance course is much better as there are several guest lecturers visiting from JBIMS.
• Both SIMSREE and K J Somaiya’s program in MMS is Mumbai University affiliated. Its degree is acceptable for several government jobs as well.

It must be noted that PGDBM is not offered at SIMSREE rather the institute also offers MMS in affiliation with Mumbai University.

Also, while choosing between MMS at Sydenham and K J Somaiya, it is suggested that you talk to alumni of both colleges, which would definitely give you a clear idea. 

Among all these institutes, TAPMI, Manipal and KJ Somaiya are the better choices for pursuing PGDM in Finance.

TAPMI offers CFA C-BOK and FRM certified curriculum and has a finance lab powered by 16 Bloomberg and 7 Reuters terminals. Students also get training with SBI- Staff Training College, Hyderabad, and BSE Training Institute, BSE Mumbai to acquire industry-relevant skills. BFSI was among the top sectors offering placement offers in the 2020 placement drive at the institute. 28% of students got recruited in the BFSI sector.

KJ Somaiya Institute of Management has a location-wise benefit as the institute is situated in Mumbai- the financial hub of the nation. It attracts many reputed companies from the finance domain for placement. According to last year’s placement highlights, 31% of students were recruited in Banking and Insurance Services and 16% of students got offers in Financial Services.

The BIM Trichy placement batch-profile of 2020 shows the maximum number of students (30) opted for the Finance sector.

The table below shows the placement highlights at the three institutions for the academic year of 2020.