All graduates are welcomed at NITIE Mumbai despite their streams. There is no special treatment whether you have completed your graduation from CSE or any other branch. 

After completion of PGDIE, you will receive managerial job roles in Supply Chain Management, Operations, IT SCM, IT Consulting, Banking, and many others.

For 2021 placement drive, NITIE Mumbai received the highest package of 58.24 LPA with an average salary of 20.88 LPA.

Both PGDIE and PGDIM are very good courses for a mechanical engineer, but the syllabus for both these courses is different. 

PGDIE

1. It is a flagship course of NITIE which is more focused on industrial engineering. To get admission to this course, you have to clear the GATE exam.
2. As a fresher, you can make up with most of the students in your branch but you might not be able to contribute as much as the students who have significant experience, especially in class discussions and group activities. 
3. But there won't be many problems during placements as there are many companies who are looking for fresh candidates to join their team, especially in the FMCG sector. 

PGDIM

1. It is a management course that is equivalent to an MBA course, and to get admission in this course, you have to clear the CAT exam.
2. As a fresher, if you take admission in this course, you would probably be in the minority as most of the students would have some kind of work experience. 
3. There will be certain projects which would need some kind of experience and here your other batch mates can be a step ahead of you. 
4. You will have to do a lot of reading and communicating with all your batch mates, professors to learn how a business works. 

Both the courses are very different from each other and now it depends on you in which field you are interested in. If you want to pursue a management course then go for PGDIM or if you want to be in the field of engineering, then you can choose PGDIE. 

My brother used to be a student of NITIE Mumbai, so I think I can give you some information regarding their admission process.

• First, you need to crack the GATE cut-offs for admission. As per the past year, the required GATE cutoff ranges between 650-700. However, the cut-offs are uncertain as it depends upon the number of applicants.
• Once shortlisted, you will have to appear for the GD-PI process. The Personal Interview is on a profile basis. You have to do well in PI, in order to get selected. 
• After the above round, a final merit list is prepared based on composite scores in GATE, GD-PI, relevant work experience, and academics. The academics also have a significant weightage which usually remains undisclosed.

Hope this gives you the overall idea about admission at NITIE.

NITIE resealed the 2021 GATE cutoff for PGDMM and PGDPM. Which is as follows. 

Even if the admission to the PGDIE course is done through GATE, the course is considered as any other management course in the industry and at par with the Tier one b-schools in India. I would suggest you to go college if you are looking for a generalist management course.

By management, I do not mean managing a team intrinsically. You can always go for individual roles if you possess the right set of skills. These include formulating strategy as a consultant, working on big data/analytics, managing supply chain, or working as a product manager for e-commerce companies, etc.

Significant numbers of students are hired from NITIE by the big companies. This increase in the hiring also caused an increase in the salaries offered and diversification in the roles offered.

If you want to pursue a higher degree that too in MBA then go for NITIE. If you have got a call or if you are inclined towards doing a job you can opt for that. It depends completely upon your decision.

I would like to share one of my friend’s experiences, who was in a same dilemma of choosing between one, but ultimately he chose to join NITIE PGDIE. 

• After he joined, he got an offer letter from IOCL as well but he chose to stay at NITIE. 
• The only factors that matter here are time and money. 
• If you want to go for PSUs and would leave this course in the middle or if either of the calls gets converted, then, you would have to compromise the whole year as well as the fee submitted for it.
• But if you are financially strong, you can consider NITIE as a backup. 
• A lot of people change their minds as my friend did after coming to NITIE. It’s a different life here.

So, in case you don’t make it to the PSUs, then you must know that you can definitely join NITIE which would be completely worth it.

My brother was enrolled in the PGDIE courses so I think I can give you the fees information. 

The fee structure for the PGDIE courses at NITIE Mumbai is mentioned below:

As per the policies of the institution, SC/ST candidates whose annual collective income of the family is below INR 4.5 lakh do not have to pay for the Academic charges. However, these students are required to pay all the other fees. 

As some of my friends studied at NITIE Mumbai, I might be able to share some information about your query, which you may find useful.

The fees for NITIE Mumbai's PGDIE course is as mentioned below:

This is the fee structure of the PGDIE course. Also, the students who fall under the category of SC/ST and whose annual family income is less than INR 4,50,000 are exempted to pay the academic charges.

You will become eligible to avail of the monthly stipend of Rs. 12,400 which is provided by the MHRD once you qualify for the GATE exam. Other fee-waiver programs at NITIE will help in significantly reducing the amount of fee that you need to pay.

Also, there are scholarships that are provided to the students whose family income is less than a certain specified amount. In addition to this, as a student of NITIE, you can easily avail of an education loan.

Also, NITIE provides an opportunity for summer projects. Once you get selected for the internship, the company pays you a stipend for it.

Estimating average performance in a Group discussion or Interview round of a selection process can be a pretty difficult task until and unless the interviewer has told you, you are selected. It does happen to many people.

Based on the reviews of my friends at the institute, I will say that a score of 750 in the GATE examinations for the stream of Mechanical Engineering, with around 80% in past academics ( 10th, 12th, and graduation percentages) and a good Group discussion and Personal Interview would be enough to secure enrollment in the PGDIE courses at NIDIE.

You can refer to the Cutoff details of the PGDIE courses at NITIE (2021) mentioned below.

My brother scored 709 in last year’s Gate Examination and was eligible for admission into the PGDIE courses at NITIE.