In order to make an informed decision about which college to choose for your final joining, you must analyse various parameters of a B-School to decide the one which matches with your final goals. At the end of your MBA, your goal could be entrepreneurship, higher education, job opportunities, greater exposure, increased market value or something very different.  Basis the end result, please choose the college wisely.

For higher education, you should choose a college with good faculty and academic exposure, for career opportunities - choose a college with good placement records, for exposure and networking - choose a one with greater alumni base and so on.

The colleges mentioned by you are slightly different from one another. While NMIMS and ISBM offer General MBA/PGDM programs, SOIL mainly focuses on developing management professional who are environmentally oriented. Below I have highlighted some key differences of these colleges:

NMIMS Hyderabad:

• College:
  • The college was established in 2010 in Hyderabad. The Mumbai campus is quite old and has a very rich alumni base too.
  • They impart education in the field of management and have full time as well as part time courses, executive courses and Management development courses too.
  • The institute is AICTE and AMBA approved.
• Eligibility:
  • For the MBA/PGDM full time course, any candidate who has completed graduation or in the final year of graduation can apply.
• Admission:
  • Candidates need to take the NMAT entrance exam. NMAT has three sections - Quantitative Ability, Logical Reasoning and Verbal Ability.
  • The GD PI calls are released basis the percentile of the candidate in the NMAT exam.
  • Post this the scores of GD and PI are also considered to create an aggregate score and release the final offer for joining.
• Placements:
  • The college has 100% placement in the Mumbai campus and the highest domestic CTC offered in the Hyderabad campus was INR 16LPA while international offer was INR 32LPA.
  • The average CTC stands at INR 9.3LPA and median stands at INR 8.8 LPA.
  • ICICI bank, Infosys, ShopClues, Deloitte, Genpact, Crisil and Airtel are some of the top recruiting firms.

ISB&M PUNE:

• College:
  • The college was established in 2000.
  • The offer PGDM program with AICTE approved courses in Marketing, HR, Finance, IRM, SCOM, Media & Communication.
  • Times B Schools ranked it as 8th in Top 20 West B Schools and 9th rank in Top Private Institutes. It was also awarded 1st rank in Pune for B-Schools by MINT-MBA Universe.com
• Eligibility: Anyone with a graduation degree and 50% or above marks in graduation can apply. Candidates in final year can apply too.
• Admission:
  • The college accepts CAT/XAT scores. GD Pi is conducted to decid the final merit score.
• Placements:
  • They also have 100% placement record by May. By April 93% batch was placed in 2019.
  • Average CTC for top 25% is INR 10.21LPA, top 50% is INR 8.56LPA, top 75% is INR 7.62 LPA and for the overall batch it is INR 7.62 LPA.
  • Aditya Birla Capital, 9X Media, Affordable Housing, Absolute Reports, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, Acuite Ratings & Research, Bajaj Finserv,  Adfactors PR, Bosch +Lomb,  Angel Broking, Byju's,  AstraZeneca and Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd are among various others recruiting brands.

SOIL GURGAON:

• College:
  • PGPM in SOIL provides the students with programs that give exposure to the core business problems.
  • Students are allowed to choose from a wide range of industry related projects and volunteer to solve real life problems.
• Program Fees: INR 15 Lakhs
• Eligibility:
  • Candidates must have a full-time graduation degree with at least 55% marks in Engineering stream or 50% marks in Non-Engineering Stream.
  • They must have at least 60% in 10th and 12th or equivalent.
• Selection process :
  • Resume/Profile evaluation
  • Shortlisting basis work experience and academic profile
  • Interview
  • Final selection/Provisional Offer
• Placements:
  • The college has 97% placement since last 3 years
  • Highest CTC- 17.96LPA
  • Average CTC- 10.79LPA
  • Median CTC - 12.56 LPA

Now that you know the key difference between all the colleges, you can make the choice as per your career aspirations.

Hi Archana,

You cana prefer any college. All are good colleges. You can also go through placement, infrastructure in these college.

NMIMS Hyderaabd is 90 acres campus and MBA Fees is approx 20 Lakhs with 120 seats. ISB& M Pune is 17 acres and offer PGDM Courses. SOIL Gurgaon offers PGP Courses and fees above 13 Lakhs.

For more information about these college visit your website.