Institution for Financial Management and Research Chennai and Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai are both reputable colleges of Chennai. GLIM Chennai is ranked 23 for MBA by NIRF 2020. Whereas IFMR Chennai is ranked 53 for the same by NIRF 2020.

GLIM Chennai PGDM:

Admission: It offers 6 specializations for PGDM and all the courses are AICTE and AMBA approved. The total intake for PGDM programs is 180.

• In order to get admission a Bachelor's degree in any stream from a recognized institution is a must.
• Candidates who have more than 24 months of work experience are eligible to apply.
• It accepts CAT, XAT, CMAT scores for admission.

The total course fee is 11.91 lakhs. GLIM Chennai does not provide any scholarships, but they provide certain banks who grant student loans.

Placements: According to the placement statistics of 2020, 98% of students were placed.

• The highest salary offered was21.5 LPA, while the average salary offered was around 10.4 LPA
• Some of the top recruiters at the institute areDeloitte, Flipkart, Amazon, Swiggy, etc.

Facilities:

The campus is a residential campus with hostel facilities such as washing machines, twin sharing bedrooms, libraries, laboratories, clubs and societies, and cafeterias as well as ATM machines are available on campus.

IFMR Chennai:

Admission: It offers 7 specializations for MBA. The total student intake is 180.

• Good academic performance (such as above 60%) in class X, Class XII, and Graduation is required for admission.
• Work experience is not mandatory, however, working professionals should have a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• The institute accepts CAT, XAT, CMAT, or GRE/GMAT scores. It also conducts WAT and PI for final selection.

The total fee is 13.20 lakhs approximately.

Scholarships: Based on how a student performs, they are granted Merit-based scholarships at IFMR. Students with the first rank get a scholarship of INR 2 Lakhs and the next 3 students get 1 lakh each.

Placements: The university has a 100% placement rate since its establishment.

• According to the placement highlights of 2020 the highest CTC offered was 18 LPA and the average CTC was recorded around 9 LPA.
• Some of the major recruiters at the institute are Wipro, Accenture, Vodafone, HDFC bank, Kotak, etc.

Facilities:

The university has facilities such as air-conditioned classrooms, labs, library, ATM laundrettes, and dedicated TV rooms.

• The university is a residential campus with hostel rooms on the basis of twin sharing, which have both bath and geyser attached as well.
• In terms of foods, there is a mess provided with an Indian fast food outlet and also has shops with essential items.
• The university also has a water body, where the students can relax and stroll and as well as various courts for respective sports.

GLIM Chennai has significantly subordinate fees as compared to IFMR Chennai, however, it is conclusively up to the candidate to select their preferable institution.

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) is a private university based in Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, India, and is approved by AICTE and UGC. The university also has NAAC accreditation with an ‘A’ Grade.

The MBA (Masters of Business Administrative) course in PDPU is ranked 74 by the NIRF Rankings that could be considered quite well for all the MBA aspirants willing to take up masters.

Academics:

• Students can opt to take admission in PDPU through the valid score of CAT or XAT exams.

• Final year/ Final semester students can also apply for both CAT/XAT exams.

• Scholars applying must have completed the Bachelor’s degree program in any stream from a recognized university or must hold an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, India. Valid for both CAT/XAT.

• For the CAT exam, general and OBC candidates would require a min of 50% in bachelor degree and 45% for the reserved candidates.

• The university charges ?8.33 Lakhs for the MBA program.

Placement Records:

• As of the 2019-20 stats, MBA holds an excellent placement record of 87% for its students hired in reputed companies.

• ICICI, Adan, Torrent Power, Averi, Asian Paints, etc are a few of the major recruiting companies at the institute in General Management and L&T, GAIL, Adani Ports, Reliance, KPMG, Accenture, Infosys, Protiviti in E&I Management visited the campus.

• The highest salary offered in 2020 is INR 14 Lakhs per annum and the average salary is INR 7.02 Lakhs per annum.

The details discussed above are going to assist you to acknowledge the MBA course and placements records so far about Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU).

XLRI offers a 15 month, full-time residential program. It is one of XLRI'S flagship programs accredited by the AMBA. It includes a 3 months field training as well. Each batch has only 101 students selected on merit.

SP Jain's PGDM program is a 2-year program accredited by AMBA and NBA as well. This program allows flexibility in changing the major as well.

Here's an overview of the three institutes:

Special Facts on Infrastructure and Program

SP Jain 

• PGDM program has access to international visiting faculty members and students from Dauphine University (France), NUS (Singapore), Ledge Business School France, amongst others. Michigan State University and Cornell University are its B-School partners.
• The institute has an amphitheater, residential facilities, and a library.

GL Bajaj

• PGPM program has 50+ faculty members with more than 40 being well-known management gurus and 25+ faculty visiting from Stanford, Yale and Kellogg schools. The advisory council is headed by Ratan Tata.
• The institute has a green campus and the first one in South Asia to be given a LEED Platinum Rating. There are sports facilities available for basketball, football, etc; a library and hostels are present on-campus as well.

XLRI 

• PGDM has 900 contact hours, designed for working executives' needs in mind. 
• There are 53 electives available to choose from.
• XLRI also has a historic Sir Jehangir Ghandy library built-in 1947; a computer centre; AC lecture halls; Amphitheatre; and 4 residence halls.

Placement Data 2020

XLRI 

• The highest salary offered to XLRI students was 30 LPA. 
• Students were recruited for the roles of Associate Vice President, Product Manager, etc, by Cognizant, Axis Bank, Genpact, etc.

GL PGPM

• Candidates were offered 13.6 LPA as the average pay and 28.6 LPA as the highest domestic pay. 
• This year saw 15 new recruiters including ADP, Dell, Magic Bricks, and Zee Entertainment.

SP Jain

• The institute's number of pre-placement offers (PPOs) and pre-placement interviews (PPIs) has been more than 40% over the years because of its Autumn internships. 
• A rise of 15% in average CTC was also witnessed. 
• A total of 80% of its batch received offers over 20 LPA.

Students can decide on a program based on the convenience of location and placements provided.

GLIM Chennai, as well as, IMT Ghaziabad are well- known institutions in India for management education. As a brand, IMT Ghaziabad has more recognition than GLIM Chennai among recruiters. However, GLIM Chennai has a location benefit as it is situated in Chennai, South India’s second most popular IT hub.

Given below are the few factors that you should take into consideration when choosing the institute.

Times Pro is a Times of India Group initiative to cater to specialized needs of giving specific courses in a complete package form to students. MBA is provided only in 1 stream which is Banking & Financial Sector.

Sharda University is a premier private institute located in Noida offering MBA programs. It can be counted upon as one of the global institutes catering to the field of education. It provides two options either MBA with a specialization or dual specialization with exposure to countries worldwide.

They are both catering to the above requirements but in order to get a clear view; we need to get into the details of the offerings. The details are as follows:

Streams Offered

• The streams offered by Sharda University are HRM, Healthcare & Hospital Management, Public Policy, Marketing, Fashion Management, Business Analytics, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Family Business & Entrepreneurship.
• Times Pro offers programs in mainly Banking & Financial sectors.

Admission

• The fee structure for Sharda University stands around INR 5.28 Lakhs.
• Times Pro has associations with two universities and hence has differing fee brackets; Bennett University - INR 705,000 and Ajeenkya University - INR 710,000

• The eligibility for both Sharda University and Times Pro is a basic graduation score with a minimum 60% score.
• Sharda University also mandates certain exams like SUAT/ CAT/ MAT.

Placement Details

Sharda University

The placement details of Sharda University can be looked upon as follows:

• A total of 350 companies visited the campus for the placement drive.
• The highest package offered by the companies was INR 6.28 LPA.
• Some of the recruiters include Cognizant, ICICI Bank, Indiamart, CitiBank, American Express, Naukri.com.

Times Pro

• Some of the recruiters of the institute include ICICI Bank, HSBC, Axis Bank, Aditya Birla Capital.
• The institute has a record of providing 90% placement to its students.

The primary advantage of associating with these courses is that they ensure placement and provide needed exposure to the individuals. Ajeenkya Patil University is a cross-disciplinary institute aiming with a better exposure ahead. Times Group also adds its innovative partnership element to it. It caters to other streams but in PGDM format.

The decision rests on the fact whether you are open to a single or multiple streams MBA program. Sharda University benefits from a dual specialization program while Times Pro focuses on a single domain. The choice is on the interest and career to pursue.