Business Management Studies

N. L. Dalmia admission for PGDM are currently open. Candidates need to pay a non-refundable application fee of INR 2,000 for any one PGDM specialisation. Candidates are offered admission to PGDM courses based on CAT, XAT, CMAT, GMAT, ATMA, MAT and MH – CET scores followed by group discussion and personal interview round.

Apart from CAT cutoff, LIBA admission to full-time offline MBA course is also based on XAT scores. Candidates who meet the XAT 2023 cut off of 70 Percentile are considered by LIBA for the Personal Interaction (PI) round of MBA admission 2024-25 batch. Going as per the last few year trends, candidates are expected to have an overall score of 70 percentile in XAT.  Tabulated below is the previous year's XAT percentile for LIBA cutoff for General Category candidates:

NL Dalmia has released its PGDM placement report for 2023. According to the report, the highest package offered during NL Dalmia placements in 2023 stood at INR 25.50 LPA. Take a look at the below table depicting the NL Dalmia placement highlights of 2023:

PGDM is the flagship course of N. L. Dalmia offered in three specialisations. The institute provides real-time corporate and professional experience through numerous guest lectures, live workshops, projects, and internships to MBA students. After completing graduation from N. L. Dalmia, students are offered jobs in top companies. 

Every year, colleges are ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). The rating is determined by criteria and varies from year to year based on how well the college or institution performs in terms of infrastructure, employment opportunities, faculty, etc.

The following table lists the top MAT exam colleges in India according to the NIRF rankings:

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LIBA CAT cutoff 2025 was announced for admission to the PGDM course for various All India categories. For the General AI category, the estimated CAT percentile was 80 overall and 50 for the Quants, VA-RC, and DI-LR sections. 

Students who attain percentiles above this are eligible to proceed to the next rounds of admissions, which involve WAT, GD and PI. 

Note -  The cutoff data given here is based on an estimate of the previous years and is not the official data. 

Madras University is widely known for its 2-year MBA course. The University has released the overall placement data for all the PG (2-year) courses. As per the NIRF report 2024, the median package offered during University of Madras MBA placements and to other PG (2-year) students during 2023 drive was INR 3.73 LPA, which was the highest in the last three years. The following table represents the Madras University placement package trends: