IIM Ahmedabad - Indian Institute of Management Vastrapur Answered Questions

There are several areas that offer courses for all the students. However in first year, everyone has to complete same courses and there are no choices offered. However in second year you can pick which area you want to specialize in. There are several areas including and not limited to Marketing, Finance, HR, Public Policy, Strategy, Organization Behavior, Quantitative etc.

It would totally depend on your preference and your strengths. For example, if you are good in quant I would suggest finance or general MBA. Or you like marketing or operations, you can choose that specialization. Job prospect wise, its all same with minor difference. I would recommend that you pick courses/specialization that you like or are good at.

There are certain courses that take admission on profile, but that is limited for people who have some work experience. In my experience that is harder to crack. However you can look at that. One such institute is S.P. Jain. You can inquire more about that from admission office.

It would totally depend on your preference and your strengths. Please understand that almost in 90% of the cases, most people have completely unrelated graduation background. For example, if you are good in quant I would suggest finance or general MBA. Or you like marketing or operations, you can choose that specialization. Job prospect wise, its all same with minor difference. I would recommend that you pick courses/specialization that you like or are good at.

There are a lot of good colleges in Delhi. Several magazines and independent institutions publish MBA school rankings. You can look at some of these and believe the ones that you personally trust. However, as far as I am concerned, I think FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, IIT Delhi are few really good choices.

As reserved category candidate your eligibility criteria is 45% marks in graduation against 50% marks for general category students. 15% seats in all IIMs are reserved for SC category students. Even after MBA you will be entitled for selection to PSUs against SC quota.

GMAT exams are flexible and you can take it whenever you desire. CAT on the other hand is once a year exam which is usually organized in November. Course curriculum is almost same for both and includes quantitative abilities, verbal and logical reasoning. However exam pattern is different, GMAT is adaptive where as CAT is not.

The only solution for this is practice. I would encourage you to practice more and more. If you can, form a group of three to four friends and make it a point to converse in English always. At the same time listen to audio books of novels or whatever you are interested in. You should also try to write one essay daily, it will help you in restructuring your thoughts in English. And lastly, get a subscription of good English daily newspaper or magazine and read it loud daily for at least 30 minutes. In short, more you practice, better you will be.

First of all you will need to apply for the entrance examination(for example CAT for IIMs). There are several MBA entrance examination in India like, CAT, MAT, XAT, GMAT, etc. Post which you will need to apply for the institute of your preference (at times you might not have too as well). Then with sufficient preparation you are expected to write the examination. After results are declared, all colleges invite students for interview/ group discussion/ written ability test etc. Post which they declare the results, which concludes the admission process.