Pursuing PGDISEM from NITIE is not a risk. NITIE Mumbai is counted as one of the most enormous colleges in MBA. It is among the top B-Schools in Mumbai such as TISS, NMIMS, and JBIMS.

PGDISEM has overall 39 seats, out of which 15 are reserved for industry-sponsored candidates. The remaining 24 seats are filled through CAT scores. In the previous batch, there were only 13 students, out of which two opted out from the placement process. It is why only 11 students were placed.

The placement statistics for PGDISEM are as follows:

The latest batch has only 16 students and this is the following summer placement Statistics. The highest stipend offered is 1.80 Lakhs while the average stipend is 1.35 lakhs.

You can get a little estimation of PGDISEM's demand in the industry. Whosoever said about safety or environment management, sustainability, or CSR to not have a future, needs to start reading.

At NITIE, you will have ample opportunities in the world of Finance. 

• NITIE has various case studies from reputed financial institutions, which will help you to interact with them. You can even receive job opportunities at these institutes.
• At the campus, you will get to interact with people who have cleared CFA levels 1&2. So, there are great opportunities for peer learning.
• Although faculties in this domain are limited they have good knowledge and will guide you with projects and your academics.
• Many reputed companies from the Finacial domain come to this campus for placement. You will receive good job profiles with cushy salaries.
• Many alumni of the institute are working in reputed financial firms. You will definitely have good networking opportunities.
• The institute is located in Mumbai, the finance capital of the country. The location grants you many opportunities. 

Although NITIE is known for operations and SCM, it does offer decent opportunities in the Finance domain too. 

One of my friends studied at NITIE Mumbai. According to him, it offers five different programs including an interdisciplinary Fellow program and a 1-year PGPEX program. The other three programs are –

• Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (PGDIE) which considers GATE score
• Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management (PGDIM)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainability Management (PGDSM)

PGSIM and PGDSM consider CAT scores for admission. The process of admission for all three courses remains the same. 

• First, you have to clear the respective exams for eligibility i,e GATE or CAT. 
• Then you have to clear a certain cutoff set by the institute for getting a chance to sit for the GD and PI which are necessary for admission. 
• And then later on you will get admission based on your performance in all these fields.
• The GD happens for close to 20-25 minutes which is followed by a PI which usually lasts for another 15-30 minutes. 

The PGDIM course usually commands a percentile of more than 97 in CAT to sit for the GD/PI and then your overall score will determine your admission. For PGDIE, a score upwards of 750 in GATE is required for admission.

As far as toughness goes, scoring well in CAT and GATE, which are themselves pretty difficult exams, is the most important parameter.

One of my friends studied at NITIE Mumbai. According to him it is a prestigious public management institute and is often ranked among the top 10 B-schools of India. Let me share some information about the placements I got to know from him. This might be useful for you.

• The highest salary offered in the PGDIE was INR 44 LPA. 
• The average salary of the whole batch from the previous year stood at INR 20.88 LPA. 
• There has been no record of the lowest salary below INR 12 LPA.
• The students with a good academic background got a whopping salary of INR 31-36 PA respectively.

The placement stats show that irrespective of the student's performance, they have the potential to get good offers from diversified companies. Some of the well-reputed companies that participate at NITIE during their placement program include Bosch, Tech Mahindra, Capgemini, Accenture, Wipro, Byju’s, IBM, and many more.

A friend of mine worked with a PSU for some time and then appeared for the GATE exam and joined NITIE PGDIE. Leaving the PSU and choosing something else is a personal decision. It depends on your perspective.

In your case, joining after 7 years seems like a long-term plan. You can end up not joining any course after 7 years. So, make sure why you want to join a course after seven years, is it for the degree or salary hike. 

If you are going for it for the degree then it can be done by joining any institute. There’s no need to join NITIE specifically. If you are doing it for the salary hike then too, you can join any institute. There is no differentiation based on which institute you are from, in PSUs. All the students having a Master’s degree are treated equally. Then there are options for joining private institutions such as NITIE which is a good option too.

The mark distribution listed below is rather approximate to what is usually witnessed. It generally changes from one year to another, depending on various aspects.

• Engineering Mathematics: 15 marks
• General Aptitude: 15 marks
• Production (subtopics include, conventional manufacturing process, metrology, non-traditional manufacturing): 30 - 35 marks
• Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Operations Research: Approx. 15 - 20 marks
• Quality and Reliability: 5 - 10 marks
• Core Engineering (SOM, Design, Thermal, Fluid mechanics): 15 - 20 marks.

You should go through the previous year’s papers to acquire a clearer idea. As a GM student, you will need to score around 65 - 70 marks, or 800 to 850 in GATE to secure an interview call. Here are the expected cut-off marks of the GATE scores.

Hope this helps answer your question.

No, it is not necessary to have work experience to get into NITIE Mumbai through GATE. NITIE Mumbai, like any other college, tries to diversify its batch so that every recruiter who visits the campus for placement gets the student profile they are looking for.

• Candidates with no experience (freshers) to people who have 4-5 years of work experience also join NITIE Mumbai. 
• This college is known for supply chain management across India. 
• Thus many companies visiting the campus focus on candidates having prior experience in this sector. 
• So work experience candidates may have a better chance than others but that again depends on your previous sector.

In short, you do not necessarily need work experience to get into NITIE Mumbai through GATE. But then it depends on various other factors like past academic records, GATE scores, extra-curricular activities, and many more.

There are 15 Centres of Excellence in India which includes seven IITs, old IIMs, and NITIE. NITIE is the best college to opt if you want to build a career in Operations or Supply Chain Management. It is known as the “Mecca of Supply Chain Management”. It is equally good for the Finance and Marketing domain. Here are some of the things that make NITIE stand out. 

• The fee is low as compared to other b-schools.
• The placements are amazing with good Return-On-Investment.
• It provides great exposure to the business world.
• The infrastructure is good.
• The institution has well-learned faculties.

Here are the recent placement highlights for the institute.

All these factors make NITIE at par with IIMs.