IIT Madras MBA Review

I had over 60% in my bachelor's degree. After being shortlisted on the basis on the basis of my CAT scores of over 90%, I was called for a group discussion and personal interview round. I had applied to IIT Madras by submitting an online application through its official website. The application form cost me Rs.1600. I was encouraged to apply here by its top rankings. Its MBA program ranked #1 in Chennai by NIRF. MBA was one of the most sought after courses, hence I chose to apply here.

My two-year MBA program prepared us to be competent managers. We had an overall learning experience in terms of management theory and hands-on practice through the program. Classroom instruction, case studies, hands-on management, industry internships, and project work were all used as modes of instruction in our curriculum. We had a vast and diversified faculty of over 600 people, all of them had PhDs in their various professions.

Top recruiters like McKinsey, Accenture, Dell, EMCO, RBS, CHALO, GE, CISCO, Amazon, IBM, and HCLparticpated in the drive for our MBA batch. 24 top companies made job offers to almost 50 students of my batch, resulting in a 100% placement rate. The average package that my batch was able to secure was almost 14.4 lakhs and the highest salary package went over 29 lakhs.

I had to spend roughly 8 lakhs for my two-year MBA degree. Although I was unable to receive a scholarship, the institute did aid me in acquiring an educational loan from a bank throughout the admissions process. In addition, I was able to earn money through the summer internship program. I worked with Amazon for four weeks and got paid Rs.90,000 per month during that period.

At IIT Madras, we were able to enjoy convenient and enriching campus life with facilities like a well-oriented library with over 20 lakh books, medical facilities, food, sports, etc. Several clubs were also available for us to join, Arts - Kalakriti, Analytics - Enigma, Debate - Rhetorica, Economics - Arthonomics, Finance - Fin-Addicts, HR - FoHRum, and Marketing - Mercado, to name some. I was a part of the Marketing Club and through the club activities, I was able to put my theoretical knowledge into practice.