Post Graduate Programme in Advanced Construction Management [PGPACM] From NICMAR, New Delhi

After you pass out from NICMAR, that name has a lot of significance. The organization you join values it plainly, and they have strong standards (these standards were established by former students who are currently in key management positions).

NICMAR students mostly get placed in Planning/Contracts/Business development/ Tendering kind of profiles.

The early years would involve a lot of work and long hours. Once you adapt, learn, and establish yourself, you'll soon succeed in your roles and be able to compete in decision-making with top management.

This is a fundamental concept for whatever company you work for following NICMAR. Simply put, NICMAR is a way to add quality and relevance to your hard work so that you might succeed at a faster rate. It is not a shortcut to a better life or job.

Even though you do not have prior work experience, doing PGP ACM from NICMAR will always help you and give you an edge in the field of Engineering.

I have friends who joined NICMAR Pune just after UG in Civil Engineering. Some joined ACM and some joined PM at Pune. They pursued their respective course and with exposure to different companies during their internships and industry-satisfying pedagogy they were able to bag placements in Larsen & Toubro. 

Do not hesitate to join NICMAR Pune if you get an admission call from them. Just dive into the curriculum and everything is sorted.

NICMAR University in Pune is a top school that was founded in 1983. There are two undergraduate courses and ten graduate courses at the institute.

NICMAR does a lot of study and works with businesses to solve problems in these areas. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, has given NICMAR the title "Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO)".The job profils offered to students PGP Acm are: 

• Site execution, Planning, Project Control, Contracts, QA & QC, MEP & Interior Fitouts are offered in designations from GET to Asst. Manager (depending on company) in Contractor companies like HCC, L&T hydrocarbon, L&T ECC, SPCL & Samsung C&T and Developer companies like Oberoi, Lodha, Lnt realty, Kalpataru, Mahindra lifespaces, Sobha, etc. 
• KPMG, Deloitte, PWC, and EY consulting and advising profiles. IPCS like JLL, Knight Frank, CBRE, and Cushman & Wakefield
• Finance and valuation profiles in banking and finance consultancy at Magma Fincorp, HDFC, ICICI, etc.

There are a plethora of roles offered by NICMAR ACM which is their flagship course. Offers such as Business Development, Execution, Contracts, Project Coordination, Bidding process, Quantity Survey and Billing, material procurement, etc.

After Graduating from NICMAR, students get an average package of 9-10 LPA and experienced guys are entitled to higher packages.

After joining the industry, moving up the ladder will be based on your performance. Normally students get to mid-senior and senior levels within a few years of their job.

All in all, it is a great course to pursue and create an awesome career in Civil Engineering.

NICMAR's experience makes it hard to balance pros and cons. 

Pros:

• NICMAR Pune students are wonderful. You'll see people from across the nation. Different cultures, languages, and traditions under one roof. Great exposure.
• Alumni Power: Over 15,000 NICMAR alumni are engaged on social media. AGNI is the industry-changing Global Alumni Platform.
• Well-Structured Syllabus: All courses have industry-leading syllabuses. Subjects span the construction industry. The syllabus contains a good combination of technical and management disciplines, but many subjects are lacking.
• Placements: No other college in the nation can recruit over 100 construction companies for campus recruitment. A great strength.
• Campus life: Countless ethnic festivals, thousands of events, frequent club meets, 4 main fests. Live the NICMAR Pune campus life.

Cons:

• Intake: NICMAR's intake has been rising over 6–8 years. The tide appears unstoppable. 1300+ students have degraded the institution and hurt placements.
• ROI: Average Packages are falling every year, hence ROI is gone. Two or three years ago, it wasn't. It was justifiable with 600 applicants and 10 Lakhs in fees. No more.
• Faculty Quality: Some prominent faculty have joined RICS or other competing institutes. Students think most NICMAR instructors are below average. 
• Placements: Companies have various options due to the huge candidate pool. L&T receives about 400 applications. Thus, the company largely relies on Resume Shortlisting and just a few students get to sit for process. 

Finally, is the course worth it?

Depending on the student and expectations, yes or no.

If you have an education loan and want to find a nice company with a good package, choose a good placement agency. They charge less and give you more.

If you're a student seeking personal and professional growth. Yes. The college won't help, but it's nice. Grow yourself. Teaching, research, and crowd support are below average.

In the ACM program offered by NICMAR, you will learn about, Construction Planning and Control, Procurement and Contract Management, and Digitization. CPM is a subject that is taught to Civil Engineering students during their Final year.

Construction planning and control is just an extension of CPM. You have studied about calculating the slack time in CPM but in CPC you use those concepts for scheduling the projects and keeping the projects on time (Like Operations management). It encompasses three Ms i.e., Manpower, Material, and Money. 

You will learn about the cost associated with every activity that may be while using or storing as an inventory. It is an interesting subject to study and quite an applicable subject in an organizational setting