honest review by an ambitious management student

You need a Nmat score of 225+ or a cat percentile of 85+ to get a call from the college. You can find the application form on the official KJ Somaiya college website. the application fees and dates fluctuate every year, this year fee of the admission form was 3000. after getting call there are 3 rounds 1. Shortlisting on the basis of profile and score/percentile 2. The case analysis round 3. Personal Interview and then the final results are updated at the official website

It's a 2 year-long course packed with a lot of theory and application-based subjects which will help you in real-world situations. The faculties are highly educated and have significant industry experience too. The teaching method is a mix of both theory and case study discussion based which further enhances the knowledge of students via peer learning. The Exams are again theory and case study based, the schedule of the exams is decided at the start of the trimester and is conducted timely. The exams are quite easy to pass and if one studies well he can even score very good grades

The college also provides a lot of internships and live project opportunities right from the first trimester of the college. A lot of live project opportunities are also given to students by companies like UPgrad, Orbis research, HDFC bank, Oppo, etc Some of the companies visiting for a summer internship on the campus are Nestle, GEP, Dabur, Accenture, EY GDS, HP, Colgate, JP Morgan, HSBC, ICICI, etc the roles offered range from sales executive to consultant trainee, business analyst trainee, operations analyst trainee, etc

The students are eligible for summer internships right from the first trimester itself. Companies start visiting the campus from the month of September for summer internships for first-year students However, for final placements, students are eligible after the third trimester. A huge pool of companies visits the campus of various sectors like GEP, HSBC, ICICI, Accenture, Nestle, Britania, Dabur, JP morgan, GOdigit, etc. The roles offered by these companies are an operations manager, Sales Manager, Associate consultant, customer relationship manager, business analyst, Operations analyst, etc. the college has 100% final placement the highest package is 30LPA and the average package is 10.5 LPA

The fees of the MBA were 17lakhs for 21-23 batch, but I believe it has increased to 19lakhs this year onwards. The fees were initially decent but with the pandemic hitting the country and taking into account the placements at the college the overall ROI is not good. There are many scholarship opportunities for students who have had an excellent profile throughout their life and apart from that covid aid is also available for students who have lost an earning family member in the pandemic.

The college has many significant fests and events throughout the year like The National Retail Sumit, Navikaran, Global Supply chain management Conference, Melange, etc. The college offers an excellent library and resources where students can access very good databases and journals both online and offline There are a lot of committees in the college from FORSE, Retail Lab, Consultancy to photography, dance grooves committees, etc. These committees help in developing various skills in the students.

The first round after the shortlist was case discussion It was a short case with few questions, we have 10mins to read the case and 5 mins of QnA after that After that in the personal interview, the questions revolved around the candidate profile, his work experience, and his basic general knowledge and general awareness. Good communication skills with structured answers would easily sail the boat of the candidate in the interview round. One should simply know his profile inside out basic GK and GA along with clarity on why he wants to do an MBA.