Brainware University is a Private University situated in Kolkata. The college is recognized by UGC, AIU, and DSIR and has been recognized by PCI, BCI, and WBNC. The college was ranked 67th on the basis of faculty and placements in India by EW India Private University Rankings. The fees for the course is 3.7 Lakhs for a period of two years.

Pune Institute of Business Management(PIBM) is one of the premium business schools in the country. The college has received various accolades such as the Best Education Brands 2018 by The Economic Times and Best Emerging Institute of India by BBC Knowledge. The fees for the course is 3.10 lakhs for a period of two years.

Admission Procedure

• Brainware: The prerequisite to apply for this course at Brainware is securing 50% in graduation in BCA or any course having mathematics. Further, students are required to appear for CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ WBJEEMAT or any other entrance of national importance. Students are finally selected on the basis of the GD & PI round.

• PIBM: The prerequisite for applying to MBA at PIBM is scoring 50% marks in graduation. Further, students are selected on the basis of CAT/XAT/CMAT/ATMA/PMAT examinations.

Facilities

• Brainware: The college is built over a large 9-acre campus. The college has a huge library with a rich collection of journals, magazines, research reports, and videos. The college also has separate in-campus boys and girls hostels and a number of laboratories. The college also provides a gym, sports facilities, recreation rooms, cafeterias, and shuttle service for students. The campus is also equipped with Wi-Fi facilities.

• PIBM: The college is built over a 2.5-acre campus. The college has a library, hostels, sports facilities, cafeteria, laboratories, and a gym. The college also provides hostel facilities for its students.

Placements

• Brainware: Companies such as PwC, ICICI, TCS, and Wipro come for placements for MBA students. Nearly all students are placed before the final examinations and those without a placement offer are given special attention by the placement cell of the college. The average package at the college is 2.5LPA.

• PIBM: The company has a placement rate of 80%. Companies such as Amazon, IDBI, Godrej, and Reliance come for placements. The average package offered is 7LPA, with the highest package going up to 17LPA.

Brainware University scores higher on the basis of infrastructure and facilities offered. However, PIBM has better ranking and higher placement packages. Those interested in better placements should opt for PIBM. However, those not interested in bagging placements via the college can pursue MBA from Brainware. Preferences of the city should also be taken into account before making a decision.

With the well-versed diversity and well-facilitated campus, both the colleges are in a league of its own. There are very few management institutes that offer specialization in financial studies as a separate course. NIBM and KJ are placed in top among these few Institutes.

Ranking:

• KJ is considered one of the best colleges in India with a 56 NIRF 2020 rank and 5th rank by the Times 2020.

• NIBM is also one of the best in India and is ranked above 100 by NIRF.

Admission:

KJ:

• Admission for the courses is done based on the score for CAT/CMAT/GMAT/XAT with a 50% graduation score.

• The cutoff score of GMAT is 95+ percentile, cut off score of CMAT is 95+ percentile, and cut off score of CAT is 85 percentile.

NIBM:

• Admission for the courses is done based on the score for CAT/CMAT.

• NIBM Pune also accepts the MAT score. The cutoff score of MAT is 94+ percentile, cut off score of CMAT is 94+ percentile, cut off score of CAT is 80 percentile.

• The final selection is done by the university based on the written ability test (WAT) and Personal Interview (PI).

Courses Offered:

NIBM:

• NIBM offers a full-time PG Diploma in Management program (PGDM) in Banking and finance and one course in MBA.

• The total fee for the MBA course is about 7 Lakhs.

KJ:

• KJ offers a full-time PG Diploma in Management program (PGDM) in Banking along with finance and 12 different courses in MBA.

• The course fee is about 15 Lakhs.

Placement:

NIBM:

• NIBM Pune has a 100% placement record.

• They provide many internships and social development projects for students to avail of a better job opportunity.

• The highest salary offered was 14.5 LPA with an average salary of 9.44 LPA.

KJ:

• KJ also has a 100% placement record.

• The highest salary offered was 27 LPA with an average salary of 9.50 LPA.

The Faculty is considered better in KJ than in NIBM due to its better ranking. Also, the placement and internship opportunities are more in KJ than in NIBM. So, considering the statistics it can be said KJ is better than NIBM in a few aspects.

Among all these institutes, TAPMI, Manipal and KJ Somaiya are the better choices for pursuing PGDM in Finance.

TAPMI offers CFA C-BOK and FRM certified curriculum and has a finance lab powered by 16 Bloomberg and 7 Reuters terminals. Students also get training with SBI- Staff Training College, Hyderabad, and BSE Training Institute, BSE Mumbai to acquire industry-relevant skills. BFSI was among the top sectors offering placement offers in the 2020 placement drive at the institute. 28% of students got recruited in the BFSI sector.

KJ Somaiya Institute of Management has a location-wise benefit as the institute is situated in Mumbai- the financial hub of the nation. It attracts many reputed companies from the finance domain for placement. According to last year’s placement highlights, 31% of students were recruited in Banking and Insurance Services and 16% of students got offers in Financial Services.

The BIM Trichy placement batch-profile of 2020 shows the maximum number of students (30) opted for the Finance sector.

The table below shows the placement highlights at the three institutions for the academic year of 2020.

BML Munjal University (BML), Gurgaon, and Taxila Business School (TBS), Jaipur, are both premier B-Schools in India. However, for MBA BML has been ranked over Taxila by NIRF, at 37 while TBS falls under 50-100 rank.

The table given below draws a brief comparison between the two business schools.

In the 2019 placement drive at Taxila Business School, around 20 companies offered 50+ PPOs. The top recruiters at the institute included Bank of New York, BOSCH, Deutsche Bank, Treebo, OYO. Whereas at BML Munjal University over 100 companies took part in the placement process for 2019, major recruiters were KPMG, E&Y, Axis Bank, Grant Thornton.

Imperial College London, London School of Economics, University of Warwick has international collaborations with BML and offers student exchange programs. BML also organizes many industry visits. While TBS is an official member of SAP and provides students with training and certifications. The PGDM+ SAP with Business Analytics program offers a 30-day global immersion program at Rome Business School. Both the institutes offer decent placements and have their own advantages.