My Brother got a call from IIM Nagpur and Jamnalal Bajaj for MBA. What should he do?

IIM Nagpur a government funded institute is ranked 40th by NIRF while Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, a private institute is ranked amongst top 150 B-schools in the country. IIM Nagpur has collaborations with universities like Tel Aviv(Israel), Asian Institute of Technology(Thailand) and many others across Japan, France to provide student exchange programmes to learn hands-on experience with various global firms.

Facilities

JBIMS

• The campus has JBIMS library with 38,762 books and 8,773 journals.
• Highest stipend offered in summer placements was 5.6 lakhs while average was around 80,000

IIM Nagpur

• Though currently functional from a transit campus but the main 135 acre campus library includes everything from the latest management books, journals, textbooks, journals, and audio-visuals.
• Highest stipend offered in summer placements was 1.2 lakhs while average was around 55,000

Fees

• JBIMS: The fee for MBA for two years is INR 1.52 lakhs. The overall intake is 120 seats.
• IIM Nagpur:The fees of PGP at IIM Nagpur for session 2020-22 is INR 13,75,000 for Indian Nationals. The batch size for the same is 225.

Placements:

Tabulated below are the placement statistics for both institutions:

Recruiting Companies:

• JBIMS: Accenture Strategy, Infosys Consulting, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Mahindra, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• IIM Nagpur: Deloitte, Genpact, Infosys, ThyssenKrupp, PolyCab, HCL Amazon, Value Labs, and many more.

Both these institutes are amongst the premier colleges for management, IIM being a brand in itself, while JBIM is one of the oldest and most renowned in Maharashtra. IIM Nagpur is relatively new and hence might lack adequate facilities to be availed. But it is up to the candidate to compare all factors and make a choice based on his/her interest and accessibility.