Nilesh Jitendra Pathak's Review On Balaji Institute Of International Business - [BIIB], Pune

CAT- 78 percentile, The college also took students through their own examination BAT- Balaji Admission Test at that time as the college was not AICTE approved.

The course curriculum is comprehensive. The institute offers dual specialisation with majors being Marketing, Finance, Systems, Operations, HR and the minor being International Business. The curriculum involves two internships (summer & winter) and various presentations for each subject.

Yes, the college provide internship primarily in Pune. For students seeking internships outside Pune, they will have to search on their own. Stipend varies from company to company. At our time, there were not many companies offering stipend but now I am sure there would be a few offering it as the college has also earned quite a reputation in the course of last 10 years.

The placements have been good from the very beginning. We had reputed companies like HCL technologies, Mindtree, Evalueserve, Naukri.com, etc. visiting our campus. The starting salary would be 4 lacs plus. The campus placements for marketing specialisation is better than any other specialisation.

We had various cultural programs like fashion shows, mimes, AdMad, dandiya, dance, etc. These programs are planned on mega scale and the participation is also very encouraging. Since the college gets students from all parts of the country, it has a mix of various cultures and hence cultural programs become very exciting.

The college has tie ups with various finance institutions like Avanse, Credila, PNB for education loans. Also, the college offers concession to students whose parents are ex-army background.

At our time, the college didn't have any hostel facilities. But now, the college has full fledged hostel facilities in house. The infrastructure is excellent with various recreational facilities like basketball court, swimming pool, table tennis tables, gym, etc. The campus also offers arrangements for basic requirements like laundry, men's & women's parlour, stationary shop, in house medical facility, etc.

The college takes active care in keeping in touch with its alumni network. There are various alumni meets arranged at various locations across the country. Also, the seniors are very cooperative.

The exam structure was very hectic. There were 2 papers on each day and there was no reading vacation. There are certain IT subjects which are mandatory for all specialisations and these subjects had practical examinations in lab. The exam papers and evaluation process is also very stringent leaving students who are not serious having backlogs.

The college conducts it's admission process at various centres across the country. I had appeared at Ahmedabad. The admission process involved written test (BAT), Group Discussion & Personal Interview. You can check the details of test centres, admission dates, admission process, etc.

The faculty of the college for core subjects is excellent. We had Prof Ramashastri for Marketing Management and Ms. Katie Merchant for Market Research. These were excellent professors with emphasis on practical examples, one to one discussions, question-answers.