Rural management at XIMB is a decent option for students, which is even considered at par with the Indian Institute of Rural Management, Anand. There are several notions in the minds of people, which creates doubt about whether to choose Rural management or not. The points below give a clear picture of the course, addressing the benefits and the genuine outcomes of the degree.

• It consists of all the subjects taught in BM and HRM, along with some extra subjects dealing with rural management.
• You can go through the previous year's CAT cut-offs to decide which institute or stream is better. The cut-off for XIMB-RM is lower than HRM and BM, which makes you to remove it from your preference, which is a wrong notion. More than half of the entire class of rural management have excellent scores in CAT or XAT. Mostly, there are students with CAT cut-offs around 75-90 in RM. 
• The rural management course at XIMB is quite good and ranked close to IRMA. It is ranked second in the country after IIM Ahmedabad and 19th worldwide. 
• The majority of people believe that Rural Management students are hired only by development agencies and NGOs, which is another wrong notion. Several Consulting, IT companies, BFSI, and FMCG come to recruits RM students in placement.
• People even think that Rural Managers have to work in interior parts of India. But the fact is that most RMs work in tier-1 or tier-2 cities, and visit rural interiors as a part of their work for monitoring their company works.
• Engineering back-out from doing MBA at rural management, thinking that their work experience would be of no value for the degree. But, just like any other streams, work experience gets extra emphasis in rural management too.
• The placements in RM are of average quality at present but are at rapid growth. Having an average package is still satisfactory, which will lead to a handsome package within two years. There are students from RM having excellent salary packages, which are the result of their hard work and maximum course extraction.
• Students from IT companies have a good scope in RM as most IT or consulting companies working in rural regions have projects from government and micro-finance companies, and so are in great demand.

These are some of the key highlights and clarifications to most wrong notions about Rural Management from XIMB, which is indeed a good option having ample opportunities and great scope in the future.

My brother is a mechanical engineer who took the path you're planning to take. You can surely do ACM from NICMAR. Although, I will recommend that you do it from the Pune Campus. 

It is better in terms of Placement opportunities available. It is more diverse and will help you in being exposed to varied perspectives.

A lot of opportunities await you as a Mechanical Engineer in the Middle East in HVAC and in the MEP Departments of Construction Companies.

SCMHRD is one of the best B- schools that offer an MBA in Business Analytics. It has been accredited grade ‘A’ by NAAC. SCMHRD Pune has also been ranked 4th overall by the Indian Institutional Ranking Framework survey and 10th among the top leading Private Business Schools in the year 2018 by Business World B-School Ranking.

Eligibility:

Eligibility criteria for MBA in Business Analytics at SCMHRD are as follows.

• Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks.

• Minimum two-year full-time work experience after completion of graduation.

• Selections are made based on the SNAP entrance exam, GE, and PI-WAT scores.

The fee structure for MBA at SCMHRD is as follows.

Faculty:

• SCMHRD Business Analytics faculty has around ten teachers from all age groups.

• Most of the teachers are well qualified, with some of them holding a Ph.D. in their respective studies and with more than ten years of experience.

Scholarships:

• The SCMHRD offers scholarships to the MBA students declared topper in the first semester, which can cover up to 50% of tuition fee waivers.

• To receive a scholarship for a perceivable future, students have to maintain a minimum GPA of 7.50.

Facilities:

Facilities at SCMHRD include a library with a rich collection of books, audio, and video files, healthcare service, a cafeteria, and a hostel with separate residential blocks for male and female students and well-equipped with basic amenities.

Placement:

• A total of 93 recruiters participated in the recruitment drive for the 2018-20 batches, and 38% of students received the Pre-placement Offer.

• The highest package received by MBA Business Analytics students in the year 2020 was 22 LPA, and the average salary received was 14.8 LPA, while the top 25% received the 18.3 LPA package.

• 27 percent of the students received PPO.

• The top recruiters include Wipro, Capgemini, Bajaj Auto, Boston Scientific, Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, and many more.

The institute offers all the facilities and infrastructure that are best for the Business Analytics that can boost the career of the students in all aspects.

The syllabus at ISB Hyderabad for the PGP program is designed in such a way that it inculcates a wide variety of courses such as micro economics, macro-economic, financial accounting, statistics, operations management, competitive strategy, corporate finance, managerial accounting to name a few.

Term 4 is a crossover term- a nice blend of the core courses and elective courses chosen by the student. You can also check the entire list of elective courses on their website which is regularly updated. Term 5 to 8 will have the elective courses selected before the term commenced.

As you move to other electives, you can choose subjects like consumer behavior, transactional analysis and modeling, digital strategies, entrepreneurship, and also a few fun subjects such as filmmaking, happiness and creativity and leadership.

There are a total of 32 programs which are included in this module of ISB Hyderabad for PGP program. This is a 100% research oriented curriculum taken care of by all the top eminent faculty from across the globe. The list of subjects slightly keep changing from one year to the next and for more details, do visit their official website.

There is a clear demarcation between the both. Project management is basically preparing a student for the project industry whereas advanced construction management is related to construction projects. 

• At NICMAR, the first year of both the courses are the same as any other general management.
• But from next year you get the projects according to your subjects like PEM students get the project industry experience in the oil or gas industry whereas ACM students get exposure to the construction projects.
• For both the courses there is a perfect mix of faculty internally as well as some renowned professionals from outside, so that students can learn every aspect of their course.
• Considering the profile, it totally depends upon your interest but mostly it has been seen that the civil engineers opt for ACM while mechanical or electrical engineers opt for PEM.
• Though it is not mandatory, it totally depends upon the choice of an individual.

Lastly, we can say that there is a clear difference between the two courses, so search for the same before taking admission in any of the fields.