MBA/PGDM

You can do certification courses while doing your MBA in marketing. The most demanded certification course deemed beneficial for MBA Marketing student is certification in digital marketing. Digital Marketing can be the best career option for an MBA graduate in marketing which would not only add value to your resume but would also help you make your career in the field of marketing i.e digital marketing.
Digital marketing is one of the latest marketing techniques which can help you to promote or advertise any business using digital devices. Some important aspects of digital marketing are SEO, PPC, Social Media, Web Analytics, Affiliate Marketing, etc.
Reasons for growing demand of Digital Marketing :
1) Digital media user adoption growth
2) Digital marketing spend growth
3) Talent gap for skilled digital marketing professionals
4) Rate of change in digital marketing industry
5) Growth of internet-based businesses

Yes, it does help in the final placement but 50% depends on your performance and academic score does give you some heads up in placement section process but your GK and attitude towards each and everything and your point of view for solving problem is what they look forward in placement section and your scores reflect that the amount of knowledge you are having as per your academic score. That's all. So, yes if you are asking, does it help? Yes, it definitely helps the selection committee to think and assume that you are capable for that particular interview but all comes to end how you perform in your final interview. Just don't get nervous and be aware of your these points.

see what happens is when you go for general MBA it's more like a open door for all specializations. you can learn basic knowledge from everything. you can either learn HR , Marketing or Finance. Instead of just taking up a certain stream right from the first semester itself. and basically job opportunity are equivalent to everyone. be it general MBA or a normal MBA with stream. there are many Colleges to complete MBA. like we have Pumba in Pune. it's cuttoff is 98+ percentile and is generally consider to be the most sought after institute after JB simsree Mumbai and Symbiosis. it has best Placement in terms of marketing and finance. for HR specific we have Scmhrd Hinjewadi. all in all it's your decision to choose for an MBA and it's specialization. but make sure you make a lot of learning in those 2 years. because they are going to be very fruitful all your life. thanks.

ITM-Navi Mumbai is recognized and ranked among one of the top business schools in India. Overall, can be said a decent institute to pursue MBA.
Placement opportunities are decent after completing MBA from ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai (ITM). ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai (ITM) is ranked 41st by India Education in 2015 and 40th by Times B-School in India.
The packages offered by various companies visiting in the recruitment session for marketing students are 14 LPA highest whereas average being 6.8 LPA
For Finance aspirants, the highest is 9 LPA whereas average being 6.4 LPA.
The college staff is very cooperative and put lots of efforts for the students to get a quality packages. Though, there are various multinational companies visiting at the campus, the institute has not seen any international placements.
Many students go for out campus placements, and few get selected but when it comes to college's own efforts being not enough, one has to do hard work to get to the desired record.

The full forms for all of these are as follows:
PGP-Post Graduate Program
PGDM-Post Graduate Diploma in Management
FPM-Fellow Program in management
ABM-AgriBusiness Management
Most of the things are clear by the full forms itself.
PGP is a two-year postgraduate program offered by most of the colleges.
PGDM or Post Graduate Diploma in Management is offered by autonomous institutions as they cannot offer MBA.
FPM is a Ph.D/fellowship in management. Generally, people interested in research in management related fields do this course.
ABM is agri-business management which you will learn mostly about agribusiness. The course will be same in the first year as PGP and in the second year, you will learn more courses focused on ABM.
What course to take totally depends on your requirements in the future. So make a well-informed decision.

There may be numerous factors that influence your decision regarding the area you wish to specialize in. Depending upon your priority, you may choose a field as per the market demand (job availability), your interest area, preferred job profiles and the compensation package. So, it is not that Marketing has the best placements. If you work hard in any specialization, you will find a place for you and your dream job. But, in general, we can say that stats indicate that Marketing placements are good. The reason being nowadays it is booming. Digital Marketing and Online marketing has taken the MBA world by storm and it is growing very fast. The marketing department plays a crucial role in any organization as they are responsible for bringing in new businesses, growing the revenue, increasing market share and contributing to the company's growth and profitability.

Jaipuria Institute for Management is one of the most decent colleges for pursuing business studies in the Delhi NCR region. Many corporate and management related companies visit the campus every year for placements. Some of the top companies are:
Coca Cola, Axis Bank, Havells, Asian Paints, Amazon (two year prior), D-Mart, etc.
The average placement from the campus, specifically for MBA aspirants is around 5 LPA, whereas highest being 14 LPA.
There were few students recruited last year for abroad placements in USA.
Many companies visiting the campus are multinationals. By clearing that, one can grab the placement opportunity abroad.
Overall, the curriculum of the institute is updated and has a very nice infrastructure.

Asia Pacific Institute of Management (APIM), Delhi was established in the year 1996, a well-established Institute.
Scores of CAT/MAT/XAT/ CMAT/ GMAT are accepted.
Brands like Axis Bank, Reliance JIO, JW Marriott, Air InfoTech, FedEx, Gartner, Audi, Ernst & Young, Nestle, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Copal Amba American Express, Airtel, TATA AIA Life, Naukari.com, Citibank, JustDial, Zomato, Quikr, TATA Capital, Birla Sunlife ICICI Securities, Haldirams, IndusInd bank, IndePay, HDFC Bank, Alibaba.com, and India Bulls, etc. are major recruiters.
Apart from job opportunities, the college also offers trainings for various posts such as HR manager, general executives, hotel managers, sales officers and manager related posts and project heads, typically so that students can go with faster progress in any corporate.
The average placement for the institute is 9 LPA ranging from 4 LPA to 20 LPA including various international placements. So the institute is overall well for pursuing the business studies.

Prestige Institute of Management is one of the premier institutes of the central India for management studies affiliated to the state government run Devi Ahilya Bai Vishwavidhyalaya (DAVV).
Though, the institute does not have remarkable placement record, it is successful in achieving 90 percent placement record and also has nice locational factors.
The placement record for the past recruitment session is around 9 LPA whereas 9 LPA being the highest and 1.6 LPA being the lowest.
There is no remarkable abroad placement here.
So, the institution should not be preferred for long distance education purpose.
Also, one should put his/her own extra efforts to get a good placement.