Why should you choose MBA programme from MITCOM (MIT ADT) Pune?

In a conversation with Shiksha.com, experts at MIT College of Management, MIT Art Design and Technology University, Pune talk in detail about their MBA programme and its specialisations. The experts elaborate on the detailed admission process and also share about the changes introduced in the admission process due to the global pandemic. The experts at MITCOM have listed various reasons to consider them over any other management institute across the country out of which the most important one is their pedagogical philosophy that aims at facilitating ‘learning by doing’.

Read the edited excerpt of the conversation below for more details.

Q: What is the eligibility criteria and selection process for admission to the MBA programme at MITCOM (MIT ADT) Pune?

A: To be eligible for admission to the MBA programme at MITCOM (MIT ADT) Pune, a student must have a minimum aggregate of 50 per cent in graduation in any stream from a recognised university. Also, the student must have a score of 40 or above out of 200 in any of the nationally accepted management qualifying exams such as CET, CAT, MAT, ATMA, AIMA, AIMA and GMAT. If a student has not appeared in any of the qualifying exams for 2020 admission, they can apply for PERA foundation entrance exam 2020.

The eligible students can apply for admission online on the institute’s official website before July 15 by paying a nominal fee amount of Rs 1,500.

Though, the section process generally includes three stages-Written Aptitude Test, Group Discussion Round and Personal Interview Round. But, because of the nationwide lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we are only organising virtual Personal Interview (PI) rounds.

The final selection will be made basis the holistic view of students’ merit performance, qualifying exam score and performance in PI round.

Q: What are the various specialisation options available to students?

A: Considering the growing need of industry-ready professionals and well-equipped professionals in the market, MITCOM decided to offer the MBA degree in all core areas of management to make the basics strong of students. The specialisations option available to students are :

• Marketing
• International Business
• Operations Management
• Finance
• Project Construction Management
• Port and Shipping Management

Q: What is the total cost of the two year MBA programme?

A: The total cost of two year MBA programme varies on the basis of stream in which student want to pursue MBA such as:

• For MBA General (Marketing, IB, Operations and Finance), the total fee is Rs 4.18 lakh
• For MBA in Project Construction Management, the total fee is Rs 4.10 lakh
• And, for MBA in Port and Shipping Management, the total fee is Rs 5.01 lakh

Q: How is MITCOM different from any other management degree offering institute across the country? Can you share some highlights?

A: The curriculum of all management degree offering institutes is more or less the same but what makes them different is their pedagogical philosophy or delivery of content. At MITCOM we believe in practice-based learning or learning by doing. Our educational philosophy is uniquely adaptable which includes:

• State of the art infrastructure, digital classrooms, ERP based learning-attendance, course material etc. All students will be enrolled for ERP from day one
• Course curriculum: Finest curriculum designed through industry-academia alliance
• Faculty members: We have highly experienced and skilled faculty members who are emerged as subject experts. They are constantly engaging our students in giving the best of the best teaching-learning process
• Guest lectures: Renowned Industry leaders are sharing their valuable experience
• Value-added sessions such as Corporate Grooming: Students not only get trained about the domain knowledge but also trained on new subjects from IT, Finance, Operations & International Business, Agri & Food Business
• Industrial visits: Teaching is not only about classroom learning. To understand the nitty-gritty about the industry. It is imperative to see the factories involved in agriculture, food and allied industries so we at MIT College of Management planned industrial visits across India
• Live projects: It is essential to get experience while learning. Management education is all about learning realistic things lively. So in every semester, we give them exposure of working in the industry for a few weeks
• Certifications: We provide various industry accredited certifications to our students
• Conference: From last 3 years we have been organising a national level conference in Marketing, HR, Finance and agribusiness management. Students, academicians and researchers across India are participating in this conference. Renowned experts from the field of agribusiness, Food technology, government and NGO’s enlighten the audience
• Placement: With all the efforts at MIT College of Management, we give Industry ready students to all our recruiters

Q: Can you share some of the recent placement trends?

A: We are known for our quality placements. Every year students are recruited by leaders of the corporate world and hence become an eminent part of our alumni network.

We have companies such as Deloitte, ITC, HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Reliance, TCS, Sahyadri Farms, Govind Milk, Sinochem, UPL, Bayer, SG Analytics, ATOS-Syntel, NPCL and Big Bazar participating actively in our placement season every year. In the last MITCOM placement season, we have witnessed the highest package of Rs 6 LPA and an average package of Rs 4.2 LPA offered to MBA General students.