Remarks :
The course is very rich in terms of its purview of core finance knowledge and skills that are imparted. It seeks to make students hardcore finance professionals and the faculty tries to make the students understand the practical application of concepts. The admissions are process is pretty simple where the shortlisting is done based on the student's profile. The course curriculum is regularly updated to match industry requirements. Apart from focussing on academics, there are various co-curricular and extracurricular activities organised by student-driven clubs that enables to focus on the overall development of an individual. Various Guest lectures are conducted regularly that give us deep industry insights.
Course Curriculum Overview :
The course curriculum is very exhaustive that is sufficient enough to get a fair idea about the core finance concepts. The prime focus is upon developing expertise in skills like financial modelling, R, Python, to name a few. Since, it is the first batch of BIFS course, the student: faculty ratio is very good. The faculty is well qualified and focus on effectively delivering the teaching. There is a regular assessment with more focus on practical application.
Internships Opportunities :
The internship opportunity is offered to eligible students. The internship has to be taken under the mentorship of a faculty and an industry mentor. This course is expected to focus on profiles in banking, insurance and financial services domains.
Placement Experience :
Since PGDM BIFS is a new course, the placement statistics are not there. The estimate can be made based on the placement of PGDM Core with is more than 11 lakhs on average and 24 lakhs was the highest placement for 2018-20 batch.
Loan/ Scholarship Provisions :
The academic fees for two years are 17 Lakhs. Other expenses would include hostel and mess charges, etc. Various scholarship opportunities are present that students can grab based on the eligibility criteria.
Campus Life :
The annual cultural fest is Inception that is organised in the month of February. The international business symposium- Samriddhi is conducted in December (every year in July). There are more than 25 clubs and societies that are student-driven. They organised various national competitions, publish blogs and events and activities for all the students for all the domain. The library is very exhaustive with 15000 books and 10000 online journals. The classroom is very spacious and fully air conditioned with wifi. Sports and extracurricular activities are the main things to look forward to while being on the campus.
Hostel Facilities :
The room is of double occupancy with basic furniture of good quality. The meal and menu is something to look forward to by every GIMITE. Both the hostel and mess is quite affordable with good levels of hygiene and safety.
Interview Experience :
The GD topic was moderately easy where the group had to discuss current issues and overall impact on society. The interview was conducted to test both knowledge and personality. There was an opportunity to get a spot offer that can be converted after passing the second interview taken by Dean Academics. After the first merit list was rolled out, sufficient time was given to pay the fees. The waitlist movement was regularly communicated on official platforms. The preparation of for GD and PI was entirely focussed on polishing the prior knowledge and keeping up with current affairs.
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