Remarks
The college fees need to be reduced as the placements offered by college are not worth if we compare with fees. This is applicable for India location placements.
Entrance Preview
I cleared IBSAT exam, which is particularly for ICFAI University affiliated colleges across India. I opted for ICFAI Pune because of good campus placements for marketing field. The placement scenario for marketing is 100% but for HR and finance is ~60%. The faculty members of ICFAI Pune are well educated and has practical domain experience. Overall, the learning, personal development, and job opportunities are good for the student.
Course Curriculum Overview
The course material is comprises within fees. The college provides related books and case studies for each subject. The course material provided by college is good and it helps student to understand topic clearly. Some of the material we were circulated through mails by faculty.
Internships Opportunities
Yes.The internship is designed for 3 months. College provide internship for all branches like marketing, HR, Finance, and Operations. The stipend varies from companies to companies. It can be in the range of 3000 to 5000 per month. In some cases, companies do not offer stipend.
Placement Experience
In our 2014 branch, around 90% students got placed. The students got placed in India and at international locations such as Dubai and Africa. The few companies are Nestle, Colgate, Satguru Travels, MarketsandMarkets, iPlace India, Progressive Digital Media, Global Data, Hindustan Unilever, ICICI Bank, and Redigton India. The package for India location is between 3.5 to 6 lakhs annum based on company and profile. For international location, the package is around 15 lakhs per annum.
College Events
The below are few events celebrated at every year: 1) “Learn & Lead” program where college invite CXOs, regularly, to our campus to interact with the students. 2) Industry visits are organized every semester especially before the Summer Internship to give exposure to the students. 3) Student driven club activities and CSR initiatives. 4)Alumni Get-togethers & workshops by eminent trainers for Alumni. 5) Annual Management and Cultural Festival“ZEAL” 6) IBS Pune has its own students newsletter published quarterly called ‘Prerana’
Fee Structure And Facilities
Fee structure for 2014 was 5 lakh for 2 years. In 2015, college increased fees and kept it as 7 lakh for 2 years. The fees only includes 2 years program and study material. It excludes hostel and mess fees. The fees can be paid at 5 stages before start of every semester.
Fees and Financial Aid
There is no loan and scholarship facility provided by college. Each caste/religion has to pay the same amount of fees.
Campus Life
The gender ratio is 60:40 for male vs female. The conference rooms, labs, classrooms are well designed and manged. College provide free Wi-Fi facility within the range of premises. Campus life is good due to extracurricular activities like CSR and annual festivals. There is no discrimination about gender, race, and religion in college. Everyone is treated equally.
Hostel Facilities
The hostel facility is provided by college. The flats are generally 2 or 3 BHK. and are on sharing basis -- 3 students per room. The rent in 2014 was 3500 per month. The rent need to be paid for entire year before we took possession. The mess food were of good quality. The variety of food were served in college canteen like Chinese, Maharashtrian, and North Indian. The breakfast and snacks are also provided with variety. The veg thali were for 40 rs and non-veg thali was for 60 rs. Snacks generally costs around 20 to 30 rs.
Alumni/Alumna
There is a network of alumni. The college has created alumni page on Facebook and post any job opportunity at Facebook page or pass it through mail. All the students are helpful. Before my job interview, I had interaction with my senior who was working in the company, which I opted for. He guided me well and I cleared 5 rounds process. College also provides contact numbers of seniors during job interview process to understand about the companies process clearly.
Exam Structure
Exam structure comprises of 5 internal and 1 final exam. Internal and final exam has 50% weightage each. The internal exam is divided into 5 sections, which conducted in a span of 3 months. The internal exam comprises case study discussions, presentations, group activities, and online MCQ type exam. Whereas, the final exam is written exam conducted at the end of semester. There were 4 semesters and 1 internship during the 2 years course of MBA program.
Admission
I cleared IBSAT exam, which is particularly for ICFAI University affiliated colleges across India. IBSAT written exam comprises quantitative, data interpretation, English, and GK section. The test is taken for 2 hours. There is no negative marking for wrong answer. After written exam, I cleared GD and technical interview for the admission. The GD and technical interview held at ICFAI main campus located in Hyderabad.
Faculty
The facilities are well qualified. Everyone was either engineering or MBA pass out with experience more than 15 years. The experiences of faculties varies from subject to subject. They were from marketing, sales, finance, teaching, or economics background.

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