ICFAI Business School Mumbai Powai Answered Questions

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Talking about good placements-MET, IES, IBS then Amity is the order I would rank the colleges you mentioned in the question. But it also depends on your score. If you have good score then you can also try for better colleges like Dalmia, SIES and KJ Somaiya.
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You should first understand what all parameters you are considering for selecting the right b-school.
following parameters can be used to find out which of the two best suits:
Faculty
Package
Recruiters
Summer internships
Extra-curricular activities
Electives offered
Placement statistics (highest, lowest and average CTC offered).
Intake of students
Teaching methodology
According to me, BIMM is a good option for PGDM in finance.
BIMHRD is for HR, I guess.
Whereas, in IBS-Mumbai, there are decent faculty members for finance.

IBS, Hyderabad is a deemed to be university and is UGC recognised and offers a 2-year full-time MBA programme which is a residential programme. AICTE approval is only given to autonomous institutes which offer post-graduate Diplomas (which are again equivalent to 2 year MBA programme). On the other hand, IBS, Mumbai is affiliated to the Hyderabad and is not AICTE approved and offers a 2-year full-time postgraduate programme in management (PGPM). I personally don't think that having an AICTE approval would matter because every year lots of companies visit the campus for placements. So, as far as the college is providing placements, AICTE approval will not be an issue because at the time of your interviews, companies will look for what have you done in 2 years and not AICTE/UGC for that matter. Also, IBS-Mumbai offers a parallel MBA degree programme also which is awarded by ICFAI University, Dehradun which is a UGC recognised university and that programme runs paralelly with your PGPM programme if you wish to opt for it.
PS: I myself is an MBA graduate of IBS, Mumbai and also applied for MBA degree offered by ICFAI University, Dehradun and also got placed with a good company on time. The only issue is of intake. There the real competition comes in.
Rest all is fine.

Most probably, no. because, for NET eligibility, you need to have a degree approved by UGC or in some cases AICTE. Since PGPM is a certificate-based management programme it can't be used as a medium for getting into NET. But if you have opted for the MBA degree which is offered as an option from ICFAI Dehradun and which goes parallelly with your PGPM programme then, in that case, you will be eligible for NET as MBA degree by ICFAU university Dehradun is UGC recognised.

That is your personal choice. You need to find out as to which area you are interested in. What is your undergraduate degree and what field are you eager to study and further to work in. IBS, Mumbai will provide an array of electives ranging from the marketing, finance, HR, systems, operation, IT and entrepreneurship. Take out some time and decide where you see yourself some years down the line in the sector. First, choose the area of study and then start researching on the institutes by doing comparative analysis.

Mention CET percentile that will help in getting shortlisted. IBS, Mumbai and Pune both are good for marketing. Look for other factors like:
Companies visiting these campuses
Profiles offered for final placements and summer internships for marketing
Faculty members in marketing
Extra-curricular, etc.

IBS, Mumbai has a lot of companies coming in for marketing ranging from big grown to mid-size to start-ups.
Most of them offer sales profiles but some offer very niche profiles also
Average package for marketing is around 5 to 6 lacs pa.
Some of the companies which come in are:
Amul
Lodha
Amazon
ICICI Bank - FOR RM roles
and many more.

PGPM or PGDM is not an issue nowadays as PGPM is an industry accepted qualification across companies now. IBS, Mumbai has recently started getting companies for HR top being reliance Jio and TCS. Other profiles which come in offer quiet low package in the range of (3 lacs to 5 lacs pa). But, if you get internship in a good HR firm. Chances are there that you may get a PPO/PPI but from last year, HR people have also started getting mentorship for selected students of HR.

First decide as to which area you want to specialize in. IBS Mumbai and Pune are good for finance and marketing both.
Average package is also almost same.
Look out for the student strength.
IBS Mumbai has a strength of 800 - 900 students for their PGPM program.