If someone does not have their heart set on a particular thing, the matter of selection becomes complicated.

An MBA and career specialization can only be chosen once in a lifetime except for a few extremely rare cases.

You must research and read articles about HR and try to answer the questions about if you would like to work at the place because XLRI offers one of the best HR management courses available in Asia. Top firms and Multinational companies recruit for their coveted HR roles from XLRI and if you get enrolled in a small batch, you would be lucky.If you want to have all the options of consulting, marketing, and finance open, IIM Lucknow is the better choice. But then this would imply that you have to maintain a really good profile to sustain the competition at IIM Lucknow. Keep in mind that not all of the 450 students enrolled at IIM Lucknow end up in a Reputed Company.

The faculty is adequate but not exceptional. The quality of hostels varies considerably. Which hostel you get depends on your chance. Peer group is once more acceptable; they aren't particularly talented, but you can't also say they aren't talented. Mess is acceptable. There is a canteen where you can get more tasty but unhealthy food. Every room has a high-speed internet connection. Everyone is assigned a single room so that they can learn to be self-sufficient. Although the curriculum is demanding, the workload is manageable. You have plenty of free time to relax. 

The cost, which is high but not as high as options A, B, and C, is an important consideration. Therefore, only go there if you can afford it. Only a small portion of what you learn in school will apply to real-world situations, but you will learn a great deal outside of it.

Graduating from one of the oldest IIMs certainly has its perks. Be it in terms of placements or recognition, if you get yourself into IIM Lucknow, the college will take care of most of the things. The one doubt students have is whether they should quit their high-paying job to pursue an MBA and my answer would always be yes. 

Doing an MBA is never a bad idea if money is not a big constraint for you. If you search the 50 youngest Indian entrepreneurs, you would probably find that more than 30 of them are IIMs graduates. And it would not surprise me if 10-15 of these young brilliant minds were from IIM Lucknow. 

Being an entrepreneur in the 21st century is not a difficult task but sustaining a business is and MBA from such a reputed college probably help you with that. The table shows you the prominent recruiters from different domains:

IIMs are known for their top-quality management education and are premium institutes for the same. In addition to their flagship courses, the One Year MBA from IIMs for working professionals is offered as a Full Time Residential MBA Program for Executives. This program is much coveted among working professionals with work experience of 3 to 7 years. The program has similar USPs of two year MBA program except that it is more rigorous. Because of its dynamic nature, the placement opportunities offered to one-year MBA students are even better. 

Here is a one-to-one analysis of each program.

IIM Ahmedabad PGPX:

The Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) is one of the finest one-year, full-time, residential programs in the world. Its best-suited for bright, enthusiastic, and aspirational executives with professional experience. This program attracts top talents from diverse industries, cultures, and geographies.

IIM Bangalore EPGP: 

IIM Bangalore offers an intensive one-year residential MBA programme created specifically for professionals with remarkable track records and 5 to 12 years of work experience in a wide range of industries.

IIM Calcutta MBA-Ex:

IIM Calcutta's MBA for Executives Programme (MBA Ex) is One Year Full-Time Residential MBA Programme that provides mid-career professionals the ideal platform to augment their existing skill sets and paves the way for senior and top management roles in the industry. MBA Ex at IIM Calcutta, since its inception in 2006, has spawned alumni who have demonstrated excellence in the leadership positions that they have occupied in their organizations. 

IIM Indore EPGP:

IIM Indore EPGP is a reputed one-year MBA is specially designed to enhance knowledge, AMBA skills and capabilities essential for managing and leading organizations and the program combines skill building with an exploration of good management practices.

IIM Lucknow IPMX: 

IIM Lucknow offers International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX) at its NOIDA Campus to prepare working professionals for the top roles in business organizations.

All in all, each of the one-year MBAs offered by IIMs has a single purpose; to enable working professionals to climb the corporate ladder and receive better packages.

All the aforementioned colleges are among the best B Schools in India so the choice between them depends on your preference and future prospects. You need to determine what exactly you want from the program and where your career currently is. 

In general, ISB is for people who have better industry experience, good leadership skills and decent academics. The other B Schools focus more on excellent academics throughout your career.

The ranking of these institutes in my opinion is ISB, IIM-A, B, C>IIM-L, FMS, XLRI,>SPJIMR

The above preference order is based on a number of factors like career progression, college market value perception, quality of faculty, quality of students, academic learning, quality of recruiters and infrastructure.

IIM Lucknow is one of the prestigious business schools in India. It’s known for its pedagogy and stats of the art technology. Students who are studying there can vouch for its cutting-edge facilities. IIM Lucknow has a strong infrastructure in place for campus connectivity to guarantee that students have access to the resources they need. 

The institute offers a high-speed Wi-Fi network that encircles the entire campus for internet connectivity. Anywhere on the campus in the classrooms or the hostel dorms, students can access the internet on their devices. As an MBA student there is software that requires one to access the system for a big set of real-time data and IIM Lucknow has provisions for that. 

The college offers a fleet of buses that transport students to and from the campus and other areas throughout the city. Bus stops and auto rickshaw stands are close to the university, which has good public transportation access to the city. 

Other than the basic amenities the institute also caters to the prompt needs of the students.