Dear all,
I am Ankush Bindra, and I am working as a Software Developer in Gurgaon. I have over 2 years of experience in software development. However, now I want to join a Correspondence MBA program, but I don't know which institute is the best choice for me. I have some options in mind:
1. IMT
2. ICFAI
3. IGNOU
Could you please advise me on the best option? Additionally, if you know of any other suitable institutes, please let me know. I am currently residing in New Delhi.
Please help me solve this problem.
Thank you.
From India, Ghaziabad
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I am Ankush Bindra, and I am working as a Software Developer in Gurgaon. I have over 2 years of experience in software development. However, now I want to join a Correspondence MBA program, but I don't know which institute is the best choice for me. I have some options in mind:
1. IMT
2. ICFAI
3. IGNOU
Could you please advise me on the best option? Additionally, if you know of any other suitable institutes, please let me know. I am currently residing in New Delhi.
Please help me solve this problem.
Thank you.
From India, Ghaziabad
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Top B-Schools in India
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A)
Ranked amongst the topmost business schools in India and Asia. The institute offers four programs in Management. The PGP - Post Graduate Program (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management (equivalent to Ph.D), the FDP - Faculty Development Program for Management teachers and trainers, and the MDP - Management Development Program - a refresher for middle and top-level managers. Admission process for PGP and FPM of IIM Ahmedabad involves taking the Common Admission Test (CAT) followed by group discussion and interviews for shortlisted candidates.
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM C) @ Kolkata
Ranked amongst the most prestigious business schools in India and Asia. The institute offers three full-time programs. The PGDM - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management, the PGDCM - Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management. All three programs require the candidate to take CAT. The institute also offers part-time PGDBM - Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management for managers with relevant work experience. In addition, MDP - Management Development Programs are held at regular intervals for middle and top-level managers.
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM B)
IIM Bangalore offers a two-year full-time PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA) and an FPM - Fellowship Program in Management. Both these programs require the candidate to take CAT. The institute also offers part-time non-residential PGSM - Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management. There is a separate entrance test for this program. This business school is ranked amongst the top three business schools in the country.
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM L)
IIM Lucknow offers a two-year full-time residential PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management and a four-year FPM program. Both these programs require a candidate to take CAT. The institute also has an interesting student exchange program where students of this B-School go to premier B-Schools the world over and do part of their education. Students and faculty from these internationally reputed B-Schools, in turn, visit IIM Lucknow. It is ranked amongst the top five B-Schools in India.
XLRI - Xavier Labour Research Institute, Jamshedpur
Xavier Labour Research Institute, popularly known as XLRI, was established in 1949 at Jamshedpur. The institute offers two courses at the post-graduation level in management - a post-graduate diploma in Business Administration and a post-graduate diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR). An online version of the brochure is also available. In 2001, the average salary (including foreign offers) soared by 70% (over last year) to a whopping Rs. 8.06 lakhs per annum. The offers in the Business Management program averaged at an awe-inspiring Rs. 9.71 lakhs and in the Personnel Management program at Rs. 6.5 lakhs. And these exclude ESOPs and other means of compensation.
ISB - Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, is emerging as a preferred choice for MBA aspirants who want to pack the program into a one-year course. As it gradually builds up its permanent faculty base, the ISB has created a unique and sustainable visiting faculty model with some of the world's leading academicians from Wharton, Kellogg, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Duke, and Texas among others. The school offers a one-year Post Graduate Program in Management.
FMS - Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi
FMS is amongst the top 10 B-Schools in the country and probably one of the two attached to a university amongst the top ten. The full-time program of FMS started in 1967. The whole outgoing batch of 2002 was placed within a span of 2 days. There were 8 foreign offers including British American Tobacco (BAT), OLAM, and QAI among others.
Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM I)
The Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI) is the latest addition to the IIM community. IIMI has a two-year post-graduate program emphasizing Experiential learning, IT orientation, and Social Sensitivity. The construction of the new campus is progressing at a rapid pace, and IIMI plans to operate out of the new campus from June 2003. IIM-I offers the following programs viz., (a) The Post Graduate Programme (PGP), a two-year program (b) Management Development Programme. These are held throughout the year. (c) Faculty Development Programme (FDP) is designed to assist in the development of teachers, researchers, and trainers for management education and (d) Executive Post-Graduate Programme (Exe-PGP), an 18-month program designed for working executives.
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM K - Calicut)
Established in 1996, The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK is the fifth Indian Institute of Management. Its academic programs encompass a range of long-term full-time diploma programs such as the Post Graduate Program in Management, and a number of short duration executive education programs. The institute also offers an "Interactive Distance Learning Programme"
Other top institutes are
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (JBIMS)
S. P. Jain Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (SPJIMR)
Schools of Management, IIT (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai)
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (MDI)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (NMIMS)
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIM B)
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune (SIBM)
Symbiosis Center for Management & Human Resources Development, Pune (SCMHRD)
Institute of Management & Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT)
International Management Institute, Delhi (IMI)
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy (BIM)
Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi (IIFT)
T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI)
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai (LIBA)
Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA)
Institute of Management Development Research, Pune (IMDR)
From India, Ahmadabad
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35Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A)
Ranked amongst the topmost business schools in India and Asia. The institute offers four programs in Management. The PGP - Post Graduate Program (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management (equivalent to Ph.D), the FDP - Faculty Development Program for Management teachers and trainers, and the MDP - Management Development Program - a refresher for middle and top-level managers. Admission process for PGP and FPM of IIM Ahmedabad involves taking the Common Admission Test (CAT) followed by group discussion and interviews for shortlisted candidates.
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM C) @ Kolkata
Ranked amongst the most prestigious business schools in India and Asia. The institute offers three full-time programs. The PGDM - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA), the FPM - Fellowship Program in Management, the PGDCM - Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management. All three programs require the candidate to take CAT. The institute also offers part-time PGDBM - Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management for managers with relevant work experience. In addition, MDP - Management Development Programs are held at regular intervals for middle and top-level managers.
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM B)
IIM Bangalore offers a two-year full-time PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management (equivalent to MBA) and an FPM - Fellowship Program in Management. Both these programs require the candidate to take CAT. The institute also offers part-time non-residential PGSM - Post Graduate Program in Software Enterprise Management. There is a separate entrance test for this program. This business school is ranked amongst the top three business schools in the country.
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM L)
IIM Lucknow offers a two-year full-time residential PGP - Post Graduate Program in Management and a four-year FPM program. Both these programs require a candidate to take CAT. The institute also has an interesting student exchange program where students of this B-School go to premier B-Schools the world over and do part of their education. Students and faculty from these internationally reputed B-Schools, in turn, visit IIM Lucknow. It is ranked amongst the top five B-Schools in India.
XLRI - Xavier Labour Research Institute, Jamshedpur
Xavier Labour Research Institute, popularly known as XLRI, was established in 1949 at Jamshedpur. The institute offers two courses at the post-graduation level in management - a post-graduate diploma in Business Administration and a post-graduate diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (PMIR). An online version of the brochure is also available. In 2001, the average salary (including foreign offers) soared by 70% (over last year) to a whopping Rs. 8.06 lakhs per annum. The offers in the Business Management program averaged at an awe-inspiring Rs. 9.71 lakhs and in the Personnel Management program at Rs. 6.5 lakhs. And these exclude ESOPs and other means of compensation.
ISB - Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, is emerging as a preferred choice for MBA aspirants who want to pack the program into a one-year course. As it gradually builds up its permanent faculty base, the ISB has created a unique and sustainable visiting faculty model with some of the world's leading academicians from Wharton, Kellogg, Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, Duke, and Texas among others. The school offers a one-year Post Graduate Program in Management.
FMS - Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi
FMS is amongst the top 10 B-Schools in the country and probably one of the two attached to a university amongst the top ten. The full-time program of FMS started in 1967. The whole outgoing batch of 2002 was placed within a span of 2 days. There were 8 foreign offers including British American Tobacco (BAT), OLAM, and QAI among others.
Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIM I)
The Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI) is the latest addition to the IIM community. IIMI has a two-year post-graduate program emphasizing Experiential learning, IT orientation, and Social Sensitivity. The construction of the new campus is progressing at a rapid pace, and IIMI plans to operate out of the new campus from June 2003. IIM-I offers the following programs viz., (a) The Post Graduate Programme (PGP), a two-year program (b) Management Development Programme. These are held throughout the year. (c) Faculty Development Programme (FDP) is designed to assist in the development of teachers, researchers, and trainers for management education and (d) Executive Post-Graduate Programme (Exe-PGP), an 18-month program designed for working executives.
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM K - Calicut)
Established in 1996, The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK is the fifth Indian Institute of Management. Its academic programs encompass a range of long-term full-time diploma programs such as the Post Graduate Program in Management, and a number of short duration executive education programs. The institute also offers an "Interactive Distance Learning Programme"
Other top institutes are
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (JBIMS)
S. P. Jain Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (SPJIMR)
Schools of Management, IIT (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai)
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (MDI)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (NMIMS)
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIM B)
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune (SIBM)
Symbiosis Center for Management & Human Resources Development, Pune (SCMHRD)
Institute of Management & Technology, Ghaziabad (IMT)
International Management Institute, Delhi (IMI)
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy (BIM)
Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi (IIFT)
T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (TAPMI)
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai (LIBA)
Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA)
Institute of Management Development Research, Pune (IMDR)
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Hi Ankush,
I have no idea about ICFAI and IGNOU, but I do not hold very good views about them. IMT, no doubt, is very popular for the DLP MBA program, but I know loads of people who are doing their MBA from there, and I see no value addition in terms of their attitude towards work or knowledge enhancement. Anyone and everyone can join IMT and do his/her MBA.
I would suggest that you at least check your options for LBSIM (Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management). They have an evening program for working executives where you are required to attend classes at least 4-5 times a week for 2 hours in the evening. The course duration is 3 years, and the Institute claims that the curriculum is the same as that of the regular program.
Though LBS is not that great, among the institutes I know that have evening programs, this is one of the best. Besides, a lot depends on the student itself. You should have an objective in mind. You need to ask yourself, why do you want to do an MBA? Is it A: to get a master's degree that will help you in promotions/better job in the future or B: you actually want to learn some management fundamentals and want to have some knowledge enhancement.
FMS also has an evening program, but I think for the evening classes, they have visiting faculty who cannot devote as much time as permanent faculty and who will also not take pains in addressing your queries.
Bharati Vidyapeeth at CP or somewhere close to that area has an evening program, but I do not have any idea about their programs, faculty, and the likes.
If you only have to get a degree or a diploma, then I suggest opting for the institute that does not stress you and burden you with assignments/projects/case studies. But if you really want to learn and develop a professional approach towards your work, then better opt for an institute that emphasizes teaching/knowledge and personality development.
Regards,
Tan
From India, Mumbai
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I have no idea about ICFAI and IGNOU, but I do not hold very good views about them. IMT, no doubt, is very popular for the DLP MBA program, but I know loads of people who are doing their MBA from there, and I see no value addition in terms of their attitude towards work or knowledge enhancement. Anyone and everyone can join IMT and do his/her MBA.
I would suggest that you at least check your options for LBSIM (Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management). They have an evening program for working executives where you are required to attend classes at least 4-5 times a week for 2 hours in the evening. The course duration is 3 years, and the Institute claims that the curriculum is the same as that of the regular program.
Though LBS is not that great, among the institutes I know that have evening programs, this is one of the best. Besides, a lot depends on the student itself. You should have an objective in mind. You need to ask yourself, why do you want to do an MBA? Is it A: to get a master's degree that will help you in promotions/better job in the future or B: you actually want to learn some management fundamentals and want to have some knowledge enhancement.
FMS also has an evening program, but I think for the evening classes, they have visiting faculty who cannot devote as much time as permanent faculty and who will also not take pains in addressing your queries.
Bharati Vidyapeeth at CP or somewhere close to that area has an evening program, but I do not have any idea about their programs, faculty, and the likes.
If you only have to get a degree or a diploma, then I suggest opting for the institute that does not stress you and burden you with assignments/projects/case studies. But if you really want to learn and develop a professional approach towards your work, then better opt for an institute that emphasizes teaching/knowledge and personality development.
Regards,
Tan
From India, Mumbai
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i am suggesting you want join IGNOU for corespondance i am also join IGNOU and start my studies in MBA .you join technia institute for MBA studying from pitampura metro station
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