Best MBA Marketing Colleges in India: Admissions 2026, Fees, Exams, Eligibility, Salary

Great Lakes Chennai offers a full-time PGDM programme that runs for a duration of two years. Under this programme the institute offers 350 seats. This implies that a total of 350 students can do PGDM from the institute. It is also important to note that the seat intake is as per official sources. However, it is subject to change.

There are about 3663 seats for MBA courses offered on university campus and the affiliated colleges. The seat allotment process is carried out based on merit in the accepted exams. Some of the institutes with the number of seats available are mentioned below in the following table:

Institutes	Seats
Technology Education and Research Integrated Institution	30
Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management and Technology	108
Swami Devi Dyal Group of Professional Institutions	120
Kurukshetra University	180
Samalkha Group of Institutions - Admission Office	240

NOTE: The mentioned seat intake is as per the official website/sanctioning body. It is still subject to changes and hence, is indicative.

TAPMI MBA placements 2024 data is out. TAPMI Manipal MBA the highest package and average package for the MBA General Programme stood at INR 32.02 LPA and INR 13.84 LPA, respectively. BFSI sector emerged as the top recruiting sector that placed 38% of the total students during TAPMI MBA placements 2024.

Aspirant must complete graduation with at least 50% aggregate from a recognised university or equivalent can apply for PGDM course at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida.

Students currently in their final year of graduation, completing their degree by June 30, 2026, can also apply.

Yes, NSUT does offer seat reservation for MBA courses. The reservation by the university is as follows: 

• Scheduled Caste (SC): 15% of the complete seats
• Scheduled Tribe (ST): 7.5% of the complete seats 
• Other Backward Class (OBC- NCL): 27% of the complete seats
• Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 10% of the complete seats

GIM PGDM (Part time) involves the percentage basis selection criteria. 30% weightage is given to work experience, 30% weightage is given to past academic records, 30% weightage is given to face-to-face evaluation and 10% weightage is given to composite diversity index.

TANCET exam is conducted for MBA and MCA admission. More than 25,000 candidates take the TANCET exam for MBA admission. The sections vary for MBA and MCA exams. The space below mention the TANCET MBA exam pattern:

• Mode of TANCET exam: Offline, OMR based
• Type of questions: Objective type
• Number of questions: 100
• Number of sections: 5
• Exam duration: 120 minutes
• Maximum marks: 100
• Marks for correct response: 1 mark
• Mark down for incorrect response: 1/4 mark
• Exam medium: English

The TANCET MBA syllabus is based on five sections. The sections for TANCET MBA exam include:

• Business Situations
• Reading Comprehension
• Quantitative Ability
• Data Sufficiency
• English Usage

All sections in the TANCET exam have equal weightage.

Overall average package offered during IMI Kolkata placements 2024 stood at INR 12.02 LPA. Earlier, average package offered during placements 2023 and 2022 stood at INR 10.65 LPA and INR 9.12 LPA, respectively.

Category-wise average package offered during IMI Kolkata placements 2024 is presented below:

Categories	Average Package (2024)
Experienced students	INR 12.86 LPA
Freshers	INR 11.83 LPA
Students with Engineering background	INR 12.52 LPA
Non-Engineering students	INR 11.94 LPA
Male students	INR 11.91 LPA
Female students	INR 12.18 LPA

Further, the domain-wise and sector-wise average package offered during IMI Kolkata placements 2024 are presented below:

Domains	Average Package (2024)
Operations	INR 12.05 LPA
Analytics	INR 12.01 LPA
Marketing	INR 12 LPA
Finance	INR 11.91 LPA
OB / HR	INR 11.83 LPA
Sectors	Average Package (2024)
Automobile & Manufacturing	INR 11.3 LPA
BFSI	INR 12.52 LPA
Consultancy	INR 11.4 LPA
FMCG / FMCD	INR 12.35 LPA
IT / ITES	INR 12.40 LPA
Others	INR 12.47 LPA

For the full MBA programme at LM Thapar School of Management (LMTSM), tuition, examination fees, library fees, and registration fees total about INR 8–9 lakhs. The cost of the MBA programme in Big Data and Business Analytics is approximately INR 8.99 lakhs. Without housing costs, the cost of the PhD Executive programme at LMTSM is approximately INR 98,000 per semester. Separate costs apply to the hostel: INR 21,500 for dorm rooms and an extra INR 7,900 for air-conditioned rooms per semester. For hostelers, the mess fees are INR 15,000, while for day scholars, they are INR 5,000. The cost of the MBA programme is extremely low when compared to other universities offering business courses.

 

As per information available, Institute offers (aprx) INR 580,000 median salary to their students for MCA course during placements.

As per the official website of Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon, the PGPM-FFBE programme is designed to provide future business owners with fresh perspectives. This programme helps students cultivate global exposure, motivational skills, and all-round business expertise, empowering them to take their business to the next level. Admission to this programme is made based on performance in the accepted entrance exams. Listed below are the exams accepted by the institute: 

• XAT
• CAT
• GMAT

Other than these, the institute also conducts an in house entrance test, namely GREAT. Interested candidates can apply via the official admission portal of the institute.

Various popular recruiters participated every year in the placement process at Graphic Era University. The list of top recruiters who participated during Graphic Era placements 2026 are presented in the table below:

Graphic Era Top Recruiters
Google	Microsoft	Amazon
EY	Deloitte	Adobe
Walmart	TCS	Infosys
KPMG	Ashok Leyland	Atlassian

Yes, you can apply in MBA course at Institute of Management during final year of graduation. You will have to submit qualification proof of graduation within three months of joining MBA course the institute.

There are two colleges affiliated with Berhampur University that offer MBA programmes. The PG-level course is also offered by the university on its main campus. Listed below are the two colleges offering the Management course:

1. Disha College of Management and Technology
2. College of Advance Computing

CAT exam usually takes place in the month of November. The registration has starts from August and the last date of application is auntil September.

The list of eminent recruiters of NIT Trichy placements in recent years is presented below:

NIT Trichy Placements: Top Recruiters
Google	Infosys
Facebook	Oracle
ITC	Intel
Microsoft	Volvo
Sony	Samsung

Admission to the FORE School of Management is based on candidate's score in the XAT/ CAT/ GMAT exam. Candidates who have qualified any of these exams are eligible for admission at the institute. Apart from this, further selection process for PGDM programme is based on candidates performance in Extempore and Personal Interview conducted by the institute's internal panel.

Candidates having good academic performance record & work experience will also be given preference. For FPM, the school selects candidates based on GATE/ GRE/ GMAT/ UGC-NET or JFR/ CSIR score followed by a personal interview round and presentation.

BIMTECH PGDM degree holders can develop a career in the government sector. The government sector provides job security, stability, and work-life balance. Some of the popular PGDM career opportunities in the government sector are as follows:

• Economist through the Indian Economic Service (IES) Examination
• Reserve Bank of India Grade B Officer
• Staff Selection Commission Officer
• Probationary Officer for Government Banks
• IAS, IPS, and IFS through the entrance exam UPSC CSE

NOTE: The aforementioned data is taken from various sources. It is still subject to change and, hence, is indicative.

As per the details available on the official website and the latest admission brochure, MBA admissions at KJ Somaiya Institute of Management (KJSIM) are completely based on the merit of students in their UG degree along with their performance in the national/ state/ university-level entrance exam. Similar is the case for MCA and PhD admission, students who meet the eligibility criteria of having completed their UG and PG degrees, respectively, with a valid score in national/ state/ university-level entrance exams can secure admission. However, students are advised to reach out to the admission office to confirm the same.