Course comparison

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Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) or Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) or Masters in Business Administration (MBA) are both management courses at Masters level. Both the courses have a commercial orientation and it's difficult to differentiate between the two. MBA and PGDM are both business orientated courses.The main aim of the courses is to equip a person who wants to move up in the hierarchy and enter in to the management field, says Shiksha expert Nikhilesh Mathur. While both the courses have same outcomes in terms of employment prospective, there are some subtle differences.
*Degree vs Diploma:
At the end of PGP and PGDM course, candidates are offered a Diploma. However, at the end of an MBA programmes, candidates receive a degree.
*Syllabus:
In most cases, MBA course curriculum is designed by the university. The core syllabus (and sometimes even elective subjects) will be pretty much same in two MBA colleges under the same university. However, PGPM or PGDM courses are determined by the individual institute. This gives certain flexibility to the course curriculum. Syllabus undergoes a change according to industrial requirements every year.
*Focus-
Both MBA and PGDM courses have common core subjects. However, some experts claim most MBA courses focus more on theoretical and technical aspects of management rather than adopting a practical approach.
* Cost Factor-
It has been observed that most MBA courses have lower tuition fees as compared to PGP or PGDM courses.

Firstly, it completely depends on your interest. Secondly, every course is best if you give your best and study seriously. But I want to mention about the job type of these two departments. Programmers generally work indoor. But civil engineers work outdoor and tier job is not permanent. That means if there is a project going on somewhere, you can apply for that and not always it happens that the project is in the city where you live in. What I mean by all these things is you may have to shift from city to city. Lastly, search about the course details, which courses are taken in CSE and which are in civil and find out which type of courses attract you or you feel interested in.

Go for mechatronics, if-
You want to study and explore multi-domain engineering fields such as mechanical, electrical, electronics, controls, computer science, etc. You have got it as B.Tech in a very good college. If the college is having good placements. You don't have plans to study other specializations in your Masters apart from mechatronics (as there will be very few options left if your B.Tech in Mechatronics). Go for mechanical, if-
Your not sure where you'll end up with which mechanical field. You want to study many things related to mechanical engineering. You like to and have interest in machines and automobiles. You want to do your Masters in future. Having B.Tech in mechanical opens many options for specialisation (including mechatronics). You want to get into placements of core mechanical companies or wants to gives exams such as GATE/ESE/ISRO/DRDO/IOCL, state technical exams etc. This is bit hard if you opt for B.Tech Mechatronics, as most of the time criteria is of mechanical only.

B.Sc. Hons has more advantages than doing a regular B.Sc. Degree because of several reasons:
*You get a very strong background in your owner subject so that would help to take you a long way
*Some universities for PG programs ask only for applicants with the owner degree. But there are no universities who asks specifically for B.Sc. Students that is if you are on a student you can apply anywhere without any restrictions. *If you wish to take up a career in Academics then having an Honours degree in the subject for which you wish to apply for a teaching position definitely gives you an edge over others. The B.Sc. Hons is considered to be academic Limo standard and the ordinary B.Sc. Degree. Another thing is that a student can get B.Sc. Degree more easily than a B.Sc. Honours degree.