Presidency University Bangalore is a newly established private university ranked 36th for MBA by TIMES. The university was awarded with University of the Year in 2018 by EduTech review.

• Fee Structure and Eligibility:

The table below provides information regarding the fee structure and eligibility for the MBA finance program along with the cutoff.

• Curriculum:
  • The course is spread over a total of four semesters and students are free to choose between a variety of electives.
  • Some of the topics included in the curriculum are corporate finance, IT in Finance and Account, Business Ethics as well as Human Resource Management.
  • When choosing electives, students can consider Project Finance, International Finance and Accounting, etc.
  • Students are required to undertake a mandatory 2 month internship.

• Placements:
  • Most students assume roles in the sectors of business analytics, corporate finance, banking & finance, etc.
  • Some of the popular companies that visit the institute to hire students include Justdial, NIIT, Vivo, Kotak Mahindra, etc.
  • Almost 90% students are placed from the course with the highest package of INR 20 LPA.
  • The average salary package offered is INR 8 LPA.

• Faculty:
  • Most of the faculty members are well learned scholars in their department and hold PhDs while some are advisors at top organisations like RBI.
  • Further, some of them also have more than 35 years of teaching and academic experience.

The institute is relatively new and hence lacks a strong alumni network in the market and hence attracting lucrative offers by industry giants as of now. But the college provides a lot of opportunities and it is up to the individual to carefully scrutinize and then select a course in a particular college.

Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune (SIIB) established in 1992 is a constituent of the well-recognised Symbiosis Institute of Management. National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management also known as Manage was established in 1987 by the Ministry of Agriculture. Over the years both these institutions have been ranked amongst the top 50 B-Schools of the country.

It is hard to prefer one over the other but we try to analyse a few aspects here.

• Course: At Manage, all courses are solely focused on the agribusiness sector and hence, the institute has a high brand value in this industry attracting lucrative offers. Also, it is run by the government, thereby ensuring quality of education and highly esteemed and experienced faculty members.
• Fees: At SIIB, the fees for MBA in Agri Business Management is 10.8 lacs. While at Manage, it is 6.05 lacs for the same course.
• Admission: For both these institutes, candidates need to meet the basic eligibility criteria of 50% throughout the academic career to apply. For SIIB, eligible students need to appear for SNAP followed by personal interview and written ability test. Manage scrutinizes students based on CAT score and then GD, followed by personal interview.
• Seat intake: At SIIB, the total intake for MBA in Agribusiness is 60-100 while at Manage, it is 80-120.
• Facilities: Both the institutions boast of the state-of-the-art infrastructure. SIIB’s library provides membership facilities like APICS, SHRM and NHRD. SIIB also has international collaborations with Dauphine University, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Lisbon School of Economics and Management.
• Manage serves as an international centre for processing and disseminating valuable data on agricultural management related subjects. For skill development, Manage coordinates various government welfare schemes such as FCAC and ACABC.

Placement statistics:

SIIB Pune

• Average CTC offered was 10.6 LPA
• Highest domestic CTC offered was 19.5 LPA while highest international package was 45 LPA
• Bisleri, FICCI, CRISIL, KPMG were the top recruiting companies

Manage Hyderabad

• Highest CTC offered was 26 LPA
• Average CTC offered was 7.5 LPA
• TERI, Thomson Reuters, Indian Oil, FMC Corp were major recruiters amongst 30 others

The MBA program at SMU is ranked amongst the top 10% of MBA programs in India, and the MBA program at LPU is ranked 40th in India by the Outlook 2020. SMU has a total of 25 MBA courses, and LPU has around 8.

The total fee for SMU ranges between 1-4 lakhs with 60 seats in the general MBA course. The total fee for LPU ranges between 4-6 lakhs, with 360 seats for the general MBA and 20-30 seats in the other courses.

Admission:

SMU:

• Candidates need to sit for the university entrance examination and score 45% in the test.

• Scores from CAT/CMAT/GMAT/IGNOU/SNAP/XAT are also accepted.

LPU:

• CAT/XAT/CMAT/GMAT/MAT scores are accepted.

• Candidates need 55% in their graduate-level program to be eligible for an MBA in LPU.

Placements

SMU:

• 90% of students get placed.

• A total of 378 students received over 400 job offers in 2020.

• The highest salary is 18 LPA, and the lowest is around 5 LPA.

• Some of the companies that came to recruit are Wells Fargo, Ixia, Think and Learn, Bosch, Amazon, IBM, and Dell.

LPU:

• Around 90% of students get placed at LPU.

• The average salary ranges between 5 LPA-6 LPA, the highest is around 48 LPA, and the lowest is around 3 LPA.

• Companies like Amazon, Flipkart, TCS, Infosys, and Google come for recruitment.

Infrastructure:

• SMU has a top-notch infrastructure with a hostel, Wi-Fi, library, and all the basic facilities.

• LPU also has a really good infrastructure with spacious classrooms, updated libraries, and numerous sports facilities.

The course curriculums at both universities are upgraded regularly according to the industry demands. Students need to take into account their course of choice, mode of learning, and tuition fee for their course to make a decision.