My friend is a 2020 graduate of the institute who has witnessed the laying of the foundation of the MBA Analytics program. She benefited a lot from this course. According to her

Reasons to join the course

• If you are interested in the Analytics domain then you should definitely go for it.
• You might be uncertain about the course’s worth because it’s relatively new. But its affiliation with IIM is what adds value to it apart from its excellent placement opportunities.
• If you are afraid that you will not be able to change domains in the future then you can relax. Its curriculum includes core MBA subjects from finance, marketing, operations, analytics, and HR along with fundamental concepts of analytics, in the first year.

Reason to not join the course

• You are not interested in the Analytics domain.

So apart from your disinterest in the subject, nothing is stopping you from pursuing MBA in Analytics.

While doing BCom at IGNOU, you are required to choose subjects from 3 different types of courses. These courses have been listed below:

• Foundation Courses - 24 credits

• Elective Courses - 56 or 64 (not less than 48)

• Application Oriented Courses (16 or 8)

First Year:

• 16 credits of Foundation Courses- (BSHF 101, FEG 1 or FHD 2 and FEG 2 or any one of the MILs)

• 8 credits of Elective Courses- (ECO 1 and ECO 2)

• 8 credits of Elective Courses in Other Disciplines either from Group 1 or 2.

Second Year:

• 8 credits of Foundation Courses (FST 01)

• 24 credits of Elective Courses in Commerce (ECO 3, ECO 5, ECO 6 or ECO 13, ECO 7, ECO 12 and ECO 14)

Third year:

• 16 credit of Elective Courses in Commerce ECO 8, ECO 9, ECO 10 & ECO 11)

• 8 to 16 credits in Application-Oriented Courses

• 8 credits in elective courses in another discipline

Please note that the commerce based Application-Oriented courses are AMK 1, AED 1, AOM 1, ASP 1 and BCOA 1.

There is literally nothing that is stopping you from doing a double MBA. Many students are not satisfied with the brand value or outcome of their first MBA degree and might opt for a double MBA from a better B School with clearer goals.

But if you are doing so, make sure you have a credible story up your sleeve to explain why you need a second MBA.

• They might ask what you learned from your former MBA
• Why you need a second MBA
• Are you doing the second MBA merely for the ISB tag

Prepare such questions well and ponder on the real reason why you are found for another MBA. Rather than a hasty decision, you can also wait for a few years and see if a second MBA is really necessary.

Joining JBIMS for MBA without any work experience may have a slight drawback. Whether the overall experience will be worth it or not, depends on the exact purpose with which you have started on this journey.

With all honesty, your lack of experience and academic gaps will have a negative impact on your placements. Getting higher packages will be almost impossible as companies might object to your flaw in the profile. I am not saying that MBA will be a bad choice, but it will benefit you academically and not financially. It will increase your knowledge and skills and add value to your CV thereby improving your initial situation. But as far as placements are concerned, you will be slightly at a disadvantage to others.

You will be eligible for the final placements only and not the lateral ones. Many companies may or may not put filters on age, work experience, and academics. It all depends on the particular company and your luck. With excellent communication skills and content building, you can make your way into the interview and much more. But you have to strive hard for a very long time as the race is a difficult one for you. If you can prepare well with no pressure or expectations, especially during the summer internship process, you should be fine.

Coming to the knowledge and skills that you will acquire during the MBA, it will certainly have a positive impact on you. You will be able to get rid of negativity and focus on acquiring maximum knowledge. 

Still, at the end of the day, I will advise you to get a job and get a level of experience to make your journey a bit easier. 

If you are already earning a salary as high as INR 71 LPA, I don’t think an MBA from MDI Gurgaon will do you any good. If you have decided on going for an MBA nevertheless, target the top B Schools like IIM A, IIM B, IIM C, XLRI, FMS, or IIM L. Choosing MDI for MBA is recommended only if you have offers from average B Schools like new IIMs, SPJIMR, NITIE, etc. 

So first you need to get maximum calls from the top B Schools only then can you make a wise and informed decision.

Comparing JBIMS with IIMs is highly unjustified as IIMs are way ahead of JBIMS or FMS even if we consider the ROI. They are unique in many aspects such as

• IIM ABC and ISB is the only B-schools that offer Investment banking profiles in placement. Even if we look at other profiles, it’s easy to infer that they are much superior in terms of quality than the ones offered at JBIMS. 
• Being a pass out of IIMs or ISB, you have an upper hand in the higher spectrum of one’s career, i.e, leadership roles.
• JBIMS or FMS lack the general ambiance and culture of a typical B School due to a lack of residential and campus facilities.
• The peer quality of IIMS and ISB are much better than JBIMS whose gender ratio, diversity, and competitive exam are very one-dimensional.
• The only significant aspect of JBIMS is the ROI which when negated makes JBIMS as mediocre as SP Jain and MDI.
• The placement statistics of JBIMS are much similar to that of new IIMs or average B Schools like MDI, and SP Jain. They are in no way in comparison to the top IIMs even with batch sizes as small as 120.

So one should choose JBIMS or FMS over IIM only if one wants to spend low fees, take no loans, or pursue MBA in Mumbai or Delhi.

One of my friends got MNIT Jaipur Computer Science in the CSAB round 1 of counseling. He had filled in the following four choices-

1. MNIT Jaipur -CS
2. IIIT Allahabad- IT
3. SVNIT Surat - CS
4. VNIT Nagpur- CS

He knew that if he failed to make it into any of these, he would have to join BITS leaving everything. He however had hoped to get into MNIT Jaipur as it had a vacancy for OS GEN EWS Quota. The Round 7 EWS cutoff was 572 and his rank was 596. Luckily, he was able to make it after a long wait of two days.

This is a pressing question for most freshers. Most of the new students remain curious about the KIIT counseling.

First of all, you will have to report to the venue on the stated date and time. You will be seated at a particular place with the other candidates and over there, verification of all the candidates will be done. Candidates will be called in groups to the Convention Centre, Campus-6 auditorium, based on ranks.

Once there, you will be given a form in which you will fill in the necessary details including the branch that you wish to opt for (Choice 1, 2, and so on). There will be a speech after which you and the other candidates will be called in the front, on the basis of ranks or according to some serial number. In the front, there are counters. 

In these counters, you need to submit the required documents like statement of marks, TC, Migration, Photographs, DD, etc.  After this step, you will be given a receipt of the amount that you have deposited, a provisional admission letter, and some other documents.

With this, your admission process into KIIT will be completed. KIIT also provides buses for a campus tour.