MBA/PGDM

PGDM and MBA are similar courses. Some private institutes offer PGDM while institutes under state universities offer MBA. The big difference is in fees. PGDM has higher fees than MBA but quality of PGDM is great it has better industry and practical exposure.

Swami Vivekananda Institute of IT-Chandigarh, Sri Satya Sai University of Technology and Medical Science-Madhya Pradesh, International School of Business Insight-Madhya Pradesh and Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies-Kerala.

First of all your decision to do MBA is very appreciable. The major point includes your academic score in graduation. Then you should attend Management Aptitude Test which will happen after every 4 months gap. The score of MAT and graduation are taken together by major colleges for admission. So prepare well before you appear for MAT and have a bright future.

I am against distance and online MBA. It will just teach you the aspects of MBA and it is not worth as industries prefer real time MBA where you have to get hands on industry experience.

PGDM expands to Post Graduate Diploma in Management, while PGP is Post Graduate programme Diploma and all the confusion starts when you see the term Diploma. Yes, you read it right this is Diploma and not exactly a degree in technical terms. The main reason why postgraduate courses are named as PGDM is because when an Institute is an autonomous body (not affiliated to any University) and conducts management courses, then such institutes cannot offer MBA degree. Even IIMs, XLRIs doesn't offer MBA degrees, they only give PGP Diploma.

It depends upon them that how they calculate it. So it'd be better if you ask the college directly. In general, backlogs are counted subject wise. But the plus point is your 3+ year of work experience. You still have the good chance to ensure your selection in your desired college.

There are a lot of campuses in Bangalore for Master of business administration. The MAT score along with graduation score are the preferred parameters for these colleges.The campus like Adarsh Institute of management and information technology, Community Institute of management studies, Koshy's group of Institutions, Presidency college, sambram Institute of management, IBS, Bangalore Institute of management studies etc. are some of the colleges which you can get based on your score.

Dear Rajiv,
For Executive- Post Graduate Program in Management at IIMB. Yes, you need to have submit your valid GMAT/GRE (CAT is not necessary) for admission. However, this is not the only criteria, apart from the GMAT score, you should to have at least 5 years of managerial work experience (not more than 12 years). Along with your GMAT score, you have to give 2 LORs, SOP followed by written test and personal interview.

Dear Jatin,
Not every professional college/university offers the dual degree (like B.Tech + M.Tech or B.Tech + MBA). However, some colleges like Amity University, Noida offer this dual specialisation. For placement, I would say that it all depends upon you and your caliber. But be attentive because some colleges promise to offers dual degree but at the time of placement, they offer only tech companies (that too of only B.Tech package). You need to care about that.