VGSoM is a Business School, focused solely on offering full-time residential management degrees available in various streams, as opposed to NMIMS, which expands to offering UG, PG, and diploma degrees in law, Commerce, Engineering, Arts, and Science degrees to thousands of students each year.
Here are some highlights of both of these universities.
Parameters |
VGSoM IIT KGP |
NMIMS Mumbai |
Institute Ranking (India Today) |
22 |
9 |
Placement Percentage |
100% |
100% |
Average Fee |
INR 5.22 LPA |
INR 9.25 LPA |
Average Package (MBA) |
INR 18.1 LPA |
INR 18.33 LPA |
Hostel Fee |
INR 22300 |
INR 1,80,000 |
Admission Criteria:
Both of these universities follow merit-based admissions, from scores determined by entrance exams and written tests.
VGSoM, IIT KGP: MBA aspirants are required to have a graduation degree along with CAT exam scores.
NMIMS, Mumbai: MBA aspirants are required to score 50% in their graduation degree and have the NMAT entrance exam scores.
Infrastructure:
VGSoM, IIT KGP:
VGSoM campus is a part of the 2100 acre IIT KGP hold, settled in the heart of the city.
The campus houses massive classrooms, computer & IT labs, auditorium, cafeteria, hostel, sports complex, among other basic amenities.
NMIMS, Mumbai:
NMIMS is housed with a new campus with world-class amenities and state of the art technology, stretching across its 3,50,000 square feet campus.
The new campus has a 10-story building, housing 60 classrooms, a massive library, conference rooms, placement hall, examination hall, and other offices.
Placement:
VGSoM, IIT KGP:
Over 70 recruiters participated in the campus drive, driving talent from VGSOM.
The packages vary from 10 LPA to 30 LPA, each year.
From the 2018-2020 class, the highest package rose up to 29 LPA, with the average being set at 18.1 LPA.
NMIMS, Mumbai:
NMIMS holds annual placement drives with a success rate of 100%.
As per the recent cycle, the highest package offered to students was 30.37 LPA, whereas the average salary package offered to students came up to approximately 17.97 LPA.
Bank of America, Deloitte, Vedanta, Accenture, Amdocs, Aditya Birla, and Google are some of the highest paying companies pooling talent from NMIMS every year.
All the institutes run a tight ship and deliver great results, given the atmosphere. Here, VGSoM has a better edge when it comes to Management degrees. Students must consider the college with the best Return on Investment ratio and teaching environment.
Both the colleges are reputed among students and offer decent ROI, a well-connected alumni network, and good placement opportunities.
Let’s have an overview for both the colleges one by one.
JBIMS:
VGSoM:
JBIMS Mumbai offers MIMS while VGSoM offers MBA. Both the institutes are good.
VGSOM, a Business School extension of IIT Kharagpur's engineering college, offers 2-year MBA degrees and 3-year post-graduate MBA degree and P.hD curriculums to thousands of deserving students each year.
Keeping up with the campus drive of the last 5 years, the college recorded 100% placements for students of the 2018-2020 batch. More than 130 offers across IT, Manufacturing, BFSI, and E-commerce sectors were received by eligible graduates. The institute is ranked 6th by the prestigious NIRF ranking.
Overall Placement:
Over 70 recruiters participated in the campus drive, driving talent from VGSOM.
The packages vary from 10 LPA to 30 LPA, each year.
Each bath has 128-130 students, with all of them receiving reasonable offers each year.
From the 2018-2020 class, the highest package rose up to 29 LPA, with the average being set at 18.1 LPA.
2018-2020 Placement:
The 2018-2020 placement cycle set many records in terms of package offerings and student acceptances.
The batch achieved 100% placement in terms of internships and job offers, with the highest stipend being 2.9 LPA, and an average setting up to 1.07 LPA.
Over 70 recruiters pooled talent from the class of 2020.
Deloitte, Ford, Nissan, Google, PwC, and Amazon count among the top recruiting class.
In the academic year of 2018-2020, the placement cell saw an upward trend, with the highest CTC being INR 29 LPA.
INR 9.55 LPA was the minimum offer attracted by qualified graduates.
The median CTC of the top 25% of the 2020 batch is INR 23.2 LPA.
The median CTC of the rest of the class is INR 16.99 LPA.
Sectors |
Placement Rate |
Leading Recruiters |
IT/ITES |
11% |
Facebook, ITC, Genpact, Infotech, Bloomberg |
Consulting |
26% |
PwC, Ernst, Mckinsey & Co., Deloitte, Axtria |
BFSI |
12% |
HSBC, IDFC Bank, Oxane Partners |
Analytics |
15% |
Accenture, Axtria, Loadshare |
Sales & Marketing |
17% |
Amazon, Arvind, Titan, Texas Instruments, Crompton |
Operations |
19% |
Ford, ITC, Vedanta, Copart, Mahindra |
VGSoM runs an extremely sophisticated placement cycle, and positions such as Sales Management, Business Analyst, IT Consulting, Product Management, Financial Advisory, IT Consulting, and Business Advisory are offered in each academic cycle. Considering the handsome Fee to Package ratio, VGSoM is pretty good at placement.
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The table given below shows a detailed overview of the institutes.
Particulars |
IIT Kharagpur VGSoM |
IMI |
Median Salary |
Rs 16.29 LPA |
Rs 27.5 LPA |
Entrance Criteria |
CAT |
CAT/GMAT |
Fees |
Rs. 10,82,000 |
Rs. 27,00,000 |
Deciding Factor:
Go through the factors given above and choose the institute that fits these factors.
Among lots of successful students here are some of the notable alumni of VGSoM: