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Among the best B-School for learning marketing and business administration. Pune as a location is also very good with the best facilities available at the campus. The admission process has 2 steps. SNAP exam is the entrance test that one must appear to enter SIBM Pune. The shortlisted students then are called on campus for their GEPIWAT round i.e. Group Exercise, Personal Interview and Written Assessment Test. With more than 60,000 students applying for the college, SIBM Pune takes the best 180 students for its 2 year MBA flagship program. The best reason top prefers SIBM over other colleges is its emphasis on all round development with an equal focus on academics as well as extracurricular activities like business competitions, case study competitions, cultural and sports events. Also, SIBM Pune is known for its student driven culture. Right from Admissions to placement to convocation and everything in between is managed by students who have all the authority to take decisions.

MBA flagship in marketing attracts the best students with sales and marketing acumen from all around the country. The organisation and companies which recruit from SIBM Pune are also second to none with the likes of HUL, P&G, McKinsey, Godrej, Bajaj, Pidilite, and others. SIBM offers best in class infrastructure and facilities. With a small batch size of 180 including all the 4 major specialisations (Marketing, HR, operations and finance) and a wide spectra of professors and faculties, the college has a very decent faculty to students ratio. Pedagogy is truly case based and practical and experiential learning with live projects and real challenges faced by the companies are brought in as case studies. SIBM follows a semester pattern and has regular quizzes, assignments and evaluations to gauge the progress of the students.

Many big companies like ITC, Marico, Bajaj, Godrej come to the campus for internship recruitment. For any further information, you can visit the official website of SIBM Pune and check for the past years SIRP as well as CRP reports which are made available to the public domain.

SIBM offers 2 months summer internship which is mandatory for every student to participate in as it is a part of the curriculum to learn and face the industry challenges. First year students get to take part in SIRP which is the summer internship recruitment program. After summer, some students get PPO and others can appear for CRP that is the campus recruitment program which is help for the final year students.

SIBM has fees that match its standards. The fee structure for the 2 year MBA program is around 22 lakhs including all the tuition and hostel charges. However, being a top 20 listed MBA college in India, the education loan is pretty easy to get with many banks lined up to lend with very fewer interest rates. SIBM also gives merit based scholarship with the top 20 students receiving Rs.5 lakh scholarship from the director itself.

Transcend is the annual cultural fest. Gravitas is the annual sports fest and there are many small fests and activities around the year held by different social and cultural clubs and councils. The library has a huge resource of both ebooks and physical copies. SIBM also has Coursera as a part of its program and students don't have to pay anything to avail of those courses.

SIBM offers the best hostel facilities. There are different types of rooms available as per your requirements like 2 sharing, 3 sharing and 4 sharing. All the rooms have their own personal attached bathrooms and a balcony. Every hostel has its own canteen which is open up till late midnight. There are various sports facilities available at hostels like swimming pools, TT rooms, Badminton courts, Gyms and many other facilities.

The process here has a group exercise where a group of 8-10 students are given a topic on which they have to come to a conclusion. PI revolved mostly around the SNAP C form which we filled beforehand containing our personal info and some basic behavioural questions.