MBA/PGDM

Hello there,
I have done full-time MBA and now working with a big company because of my MBA. I am able to do things effectively and that's not because of books and studies only. It's also because of the exposure that I got during that two years. I have given more than 100 presentations in those two years with enormous activities that made me different than what I earlier was. We used to take exams early at 4 AM and also have studied for night lectures.
And because of these things today 9-10 hours of working is very easy for me and I am flexible to work in any environment. Believe me, this makes you different from the crowd. Industrial tours or International tour experience when you use in the interview leaves a good impression on the recruiters. So, I would always prefer that an individual go for full-time MBA only. Part-Time MBA won't provide you with this kind of experience for sure. Most of the companies don't entertain part-time MBA, they demand full-time MBA only.
Challenges that you will face about your professional skills or business minded thinking in the full-time MBA will develop with time.
I hope that your doubts are clear and you have got your answer.

For pursuing any Masters course in business management be it MBA or PGDM you have to first appear for a national/international level entrance examination like CAT, XAT, GMAT etc.
Excluding the IIMs, for any other institute you have to apply for the institute separately apart from CAT. The institute might conduct an examination of its own or might use your CAT, XAT, GMAT score for offering you admissions.
After the stage of giving an examination every institutes conducts its own screening process of selecting a candidate. The screening processes are different for each institute and include one or more of Group Discussion, written ability test, Case study, psychometric tests (in case of SPJIMR) and of course a personal interview.
All these parameters have different weightages assigned that are decided by the institute that you are applying for.

IBS is better than Alliance. Alliance and IBS are very top class campuses which offer MBA education with perfection.
ICFAI IBS is very good in terms of education as well as placements.
Placements last year the package approximately went to an average of 6.9 lakhs.
95% of students who did MBA from ICFAI are getting good salary packages.
International placement in one batch is approximately 25% which indicates their strength in international tie-ups.
They are giving enough opportunities in India and abroad. The quality of education is also very good. Live case study based education help them develop industry knowledge and the students are getting easily adapted to the multinational and corporate mindset.
But Alliance school offers a less salary scale in the range of 4 to 10 lakhs per annum. The international relations of Alliance is less than IBS. So, I suggest IBS rather than Alliance.

Great Lakes, Chennai and K J Somaiya are equally good institutes. Great Lakes is ranked higher than KJSIMR. Some of the important points while selecting an institute - Accreditation of the institute, institute's infrastructure, teaching faculty, specialization offered, past placements records, tuition fees, city preference, and industry interface. As both, the institutes are having the campus in different cities Mumbai and Chennai. Industry exposure is good for students in either of the college. If possible a visit to college is better option to get a reality check. Also, get in touch with college alumni's through the social network to get information about the latest changes if any. Check the below link for comparing fees, courses offered, students review, placements -
https://www.shiksha.com/resources/college-comparison-91384-11644

SRI Balaji and IFIM Business School are very topmost B-Schools which offer quality education towards the students.
They are some what equally good.
PGDM from IFIM is better than SRI Balaji.
IFIM- The fee is Rs 14 lakhs for PGDM. Average placement package is Rs 12.6 lakhs per annum.
Highlights: This campus has a tie-up with Acquarie University, School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok and Sheffield Hallam University, UK for student exchange activities.
IFIM is offering PGDM for a fee of 15.6 lakhs. They very good international relationship for student exchange as compared to SRI Balaji.
The major recruiters who visited this campus indicate their standard-INFOSYS, TCS, MRF, KPMG, HONEYWELL, CISCO, TATA, ADITYA BIRLA, ASIAN PAINTS, etc.
Each and every year newly updated syllabus based on current market needs are chosen and students are given teaching based on that.
So, IFIM is far better than Sri Balaji.