ALLIANCE BUSINESS ACADEMY, BANGALORE
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR and Systems
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: MAT, ATMA, CET (University Quota), Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 8:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 2.4 lakh domestic; $36,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Shaw Wallace and Company
STAR RECRUITERS: Indiabulls, OfficeTiger
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:4); With work-experience:Fresher (1:10)
STAR ALUMNI: Giridhar Govardhan, Business Analyst, Wipro Technologies; Amit Acharya, Senior Software Consultant, Wipro Technologies; Mridula Venugopal, Staffing Specialist, Hewlett-Packard (India); Rajeev Mahajan, Senior Financial Analyst, Oracle; Madhusudhan C., Executive Sales Coordinator, Krones India
QUOTE: Giridhar Govardhan, BUSINESS ANALYST, WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES: "Our orientation is more practical than theoretical"

AMITY BUSINESS SCHOOL, NOIDA
SPECIALISATION: Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Finance and Accounts, HR, Information Systems, Insurance and Risk Management, International Business, Marketing and Sales, and Operations Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: MAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 150
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 3:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 2.4 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: LG Electronics, Evalueserve, Indiabulls, Lifestyle, HDFC
STAR RECRUITERS: LG Electronics, Evalueserve
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (3:2); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:3); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Dilpreet Sahi, VP (Sales and Equipment Finance), ABN-Amro Bank; Pushp Saurabh Baishakhia, Product Group Head, LG Electronics; Akanksha Bhandari, Senior Consultant (Human Capital Practice), Ernst & Young; Nirupma Jyoti Sivakumar, Corporate Account Manager, Microsoft India; Sandeep Tiwari, Head (Marketing and Advertising), LG Electronics
QUOTE: N.A.

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B.K. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD
SPECIALISATION: Marketing and Finance
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: Own centralised admission test, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 60
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 10:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 2.16 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Torrent Pharma
STAR RECRUITERS: Torrent and TCS
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (30:28); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:3); With work-experience: Fresher (3:7)
STAR ALUMNI: Devendra Kodwani, Director, Tolani Institute of Management; Geet Sethi, Former World Billiards and Snooker Champion; Naishad Parikh, former MD of Amtrex; Samir Mehta, MD, Torrent Group; Chintan Parikh, CMD, Ashima Group; Bhavesh Patel, Ex-Director, Marck Parenterals
QUOTE: N.A.

BADRUKA COLLEGE POST GRADUATE CENTRE, HYDERABAD
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR and Systems
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: Direct through state-level ICET ( Integrated Common Entrance Test ) for Osmania University MBA; CAT followed by Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 59
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 8:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 2.25 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: Yash Technologies, Bank of America
STAR RECRUITERS: Indiabulls, Deloitte Consulting
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (1:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:6); With work-experience: Fresher (1:2)
STAR ALUMNI: Mallela Gopinath, Project Leader (ERP), Satyam Computers, UK; D. Satyanarayana, Assistant Commercial Manager, Indian Railways; Nikhil Shah, Manager, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories; Jagannath Gidugu, Manager (Sales and Distribution), Hutchison Telecom; Senthil Jyothi Prakasham, Senior Business Development Manager, Oracle Software India
QUOTE: Mallela Gopinath PROJECT LEADER (ERP), SATYAM COMPUTERS, UK: "Badruka helped take my managerial, emotional and intelligence quotient to the next level"

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Strategy, Finance, Operation, HR, IT, Rural Business, Insurance and Retailing
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: MAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 113
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 9:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 2.2 lakh domestic; $14,500 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Jobsahead.com (Monsterindia.com)
STAR RECRUITER: Renault, France
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (1:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:2); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
STAR ALUMNI: Kapil Suri, Area Sales Manager, Set Discovery; Alok Gupta, MD, Samtech Infonet; Sandeep Sehgal, Head (AC Division), LG Electronics; Koyalgeet Kaur, Country Manager, IDSA; Ashish Masand, Executive, EMC Inc.
QUOTE: Kapil Suri AREA SALES MANAGER, SET DISCOVERY: "BIMTECH instills the killer instinct that is so essential to survive in today's corporate world"

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CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HYDERABAD
SPECIALISATION: Finance, Marketing, HR and Systems
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: State-level ICET, Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 60
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 12:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 1.8 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: ICICI
STAR RECRUITER: N.A.
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:9); With work-experience: Fresher (1:30)
STAR ALUMNI: M. Bhargavi, Assistant Consultant (Client Relations & Delivery), Ma Foi Management Consultants, Hyderabad; Tautam Srividya, Kanduri Naveen and Cheedella Venkata Ramanand, all Private Label Inspections Coordinators, Capmark Overseas Processing India Ltd. (subsidiary of General Motors)
QUOTE: Tautam Srividya PRIVATE LABEL INSPECTIONS COORDINATOR, CAPMARK OVERSEAS PROCESSING INDIA LTD.: "Studying at CBIT was a great experience. I would rate my level of satisfaction at 90 per cent. The infrastructure, faculty and method of instruction were excellent"

CHRIST COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Retailing, Financial Services, Insurance, IT & ITES
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: MAT, CAT, Group Task and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 60
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 5:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: HCL
STAR RECRUITER: Kennametal Widia India
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:3); With work-experience: Fresher (1:4)
STAR ALUMNI: Shinto Joseph, CEO, Orane Technologies, Bangalore; Alen Joe, Regional Manager (Marketing), MICO; Sanjai Ignatius, Equity Strategist, JM Morgan Stanley; Vinod Pais, Marketing Executive, HP, Singapore; Jose T.K., Director, Naipunya International
QUOTE: Shinto Joseph CEO, ORANE TECHNOLOGIES, BANGALORE: "Christ College Institute promotes an environment of holistic development at its campus and inculcates a global vision among its students"

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DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Systems, Production and Operations
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: ATMA, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 60
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 5:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.2 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: HCL Technologies, GE Capital International Services
STAR RECRUITERS: HCL Technologies, GE Capital International Services
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (5:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (6:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
STAR ALUMNI: Georgy Jacob, Senior Project Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco; S. Khannan, Director (Business Development), Ramco Systems Corp. (California); Sanjai K., Senior Consultant, SAP India; N.E. Subramanium, Product Manager, Saint Gobain Vetrotex India; Ravi Kumar, General Manager, SEBI
QUOTE: Georgy Jacob SENIOR PROJECT CONSULTANT, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, SAN FRANCISCO: "The Department of Management Studies has a remarkable MBA programme with a well-rounded curriculum that has inculcated in me the quintessential skills of a global manager"

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FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, DELHI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, Organisation Behaviour & HR Development, General Management & Small Business, Production and Operations Management, Strategic Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: Written Test, Group Discussion, Extempore and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 90, 10 per cent reserved for foreign students
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 3:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 7.04 lakh domestic; $45,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: Infosys Technologies, JP Morgan Chase
STAR RECRUITERS: Olam International, HSBC
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:3); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Sanjay R. Rishi, Senior VP (Service Network Partners), American Express, US operations; Priti Gulati, VP, DSP Merrill Lynch; Gunender Kapur, ED, Hindustan Lever Limited; Mahendra Swarup, CEO, Times Internet Limited; Sandeep Das, CEO, Hutchison Telecom
QUOTE: Sanjay R. Rishi senior VP (SERVICE NETWORK PARTNERS), AMERICAN EXPRESS, US OPERATIONS: "FMS seems a long way away from New York, where I now work. What I liked most about FMS was an academic culture-open, informal, practical and demanding at the same time. The environment encouraged independent thinking"

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GOA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, GOA
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Systems and General Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: XLRI Admission Test (XAT), Group Discussion, Extempore and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120 (Final year)
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 11:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.11 lakh domestic, N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Satyam Computers
STAR RECRUITER: Satyam Computers
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Bryan D'Aguiar, VP (Research), Batlivala & Karani Securities India; Eugene Valles, Associate VP, Global Electronic Commerce Services; Gagan Banga, Head (National Sales & Marketing), Indiabulls
QUOTE: N.A.

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ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL, HYDERABAD
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HRM, Operations Management, IT & Systems, International Business, Accounting & Control, Banking, Insurance, Investments and Entrepreneurship
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Interview and Presentation
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 620
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 4:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.24 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: TCS, IDBI Bank
STAR RECRUITERS: ICICI Bank, Satyam, E-Serve International
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (3:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:2), With work-experience: Fresher (1:4)
STAR ALUMNI: Nikhil Tatwawadi, Consultant, i-flex Solutions, London; Arun Natarajan, Principal Consultant, SAP AG, Germany; Sunil Khanna, Director, Planomed; Karan Singh Malhi, Resource Manager, Alpha Nat Consulting LLC, USA; Imran Ali Baig, Business Development Manager, HDFC Bank, Dubai
QUOTE: Nikhil Tatwawadi CONSULTANT, I-FLEX SOLUTIONS (LONDON): "The high quality faculty and rigorous curriculum in ICFAI are a source of knowledge and intellectual discipline"

IGNOU, NEW DELHI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR and Operations
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: National level test called OPENMAT
SIZE OF THE CLASS: No regular classes (it is a distance learning programme), 10,000 students across 200 study centres in India
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 30:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: N.A. domestic and international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: N.A.
STAR RECRUITER: N.A.
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (N.A.); Engineer: Non-engineer (N.A.); All students are working execs with over three work-experience
STAR ALUMNI: N.A.
QUOTE: N.A.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD
SPECIALISATION: Business Policy, Communications, Computers and Information Systems, Economics, Finance and Accounting, International Management, Management in Agriculture, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, Personnel and Industrial Relations, Production and Quantitative Methods, Public Systems and RJMCEI
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 250
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 8:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 7.08 lakh domestic; $57,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lehman Brothers
STAR RECRUITER: Deutsche Bank
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (4:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Raghuram Rajan, Chief Economist, IMF; Shikha Sharma, MD, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance; C.K. Prahalad, Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Aministration & Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business, University of Michigan Business School; Gunit Chaddha, Country Head, Deutsche Bank India; Saurav Narain, MD (Asian Debt Capital Markets), Bank of America
QUOTE: Shikha Sharma MD, ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE: "I owe a large part of whatever I have achieved to IIM-A. It did a great job of equipping me with the knowledge and skills required to excel in a finance job, particularly analysis and research. Over the years, I have found that these skills have been invaluable throughout my different responsibilities at ICICI. IIM-A not only gives to its students an armoury of skills, but also develops in them the assurance of being as good as the best anywhere. That is the ultimate confidence-booster"

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE
SPECIALISATION: Choice to study elective courses with any combination of subjects during second year PGP
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT for PGP & PGSM, IIM-B's own test for PGPPM
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 200
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 5:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 7 lakh domestic; $17,400 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Cognizant Technologies
STAR RECRUITER: Lehman Brothers, USA
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (5:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:1); With work-experience: Fresher (2:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Rajiv Bakshi, CEO, PepsiCo India; Shekhar Dasgupta, MD, Oracle (India)
QUOTE: Shekhar Dasgupta, MD, ORACLE (INDIA): "I owe what I know about time-management today to IIM-B. The semester system inculcated a discipline in me that has held me in good stead over the years. The constant juggling of priorities that the B-school forces its students to do makes a big difference. By helping me set my goals straight, it helped me in the later years to maintain a balance in life with my different professional and personal priorities, interests and commitments"

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, CALCUTTA
SPECIALISATION: Finance, Marketing, MIS, Behavioural Science and HR
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 242
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 1:7
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs. 7.05 lakh domestic; $70,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: Procter & Gamble, PricewaterhouseCoopers
STAR RECRUITERS: Capital One, McKinsey & Co.
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (9:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:1); With work-experience: Fresher (11:9)
STAR ALUMNI: Mohanbir Sawhney, McKormick Tribune Foundation Professor of Technology & Director, Centre for Research in Technology & Innovation, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Venky Krishnakumar, Regional Director, Citibank; Ajit Balakrishnan, CEO, Rediff
QUOTE: Venky Krishnakumar REGIONAL DIRECTOR, CITIBANK: "Two years on the IIM-C campus with classmates who are all uniquely talented is a challenging academic environment. In a strange way, you can learn much by hanging around with lots of them. I learnt then, as a popular Joe Cocker refrain of our time went, that you could get by with 'a little help from your friends'"

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, LUCKNOW
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, Systems, HR, Strategy, Operations and Business Environment
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 240: Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management; 20: PGP in Agri-Business Management
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 7:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 6.32 lakh domestic; $29,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: Infosys Technologies, Wipro Ltd.
STAR RECRUITERS: McKinsey & Co., HSBC India
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (5:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (5:2); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Sabita Prakash Mehra, Director,HSBC; Sanjay Thapar, VP, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising; Vandita Pant, VP (South East Asia Credit Risk Hub), ABN-Amro; Shashank Sinha, VP, Sara Lee Asia Pacific; Saurabh Gupta, VP (Operations), PepsiCo
QUOTE: N.A.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, KOLKATA
SPECIALISATION: Finance, Marketing, Personnel and Systems. Also offers dual SPECIALISATION
ADMISSION PROCEDURE:CAT, Group Discussion, Extempore and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 7:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 2.7 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: TCS, ICICI Bank
STAR RECRUITERS: TCS, ICICI Bank
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (5:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: T.K. Srirang, Assistant GM, ICICI Bank; Sumit Kumar Bardhan, Director (Sales & Marketing), SPSS-Keysoft; Ashok Mukherjee, Senior GM (HR & OD), TCS
QUOTE: Ashok Mukherjee SENIOR GM (HR & OD), TCS: "As an alumni of the first batch of the two-year, full-time MBA, I feel privileged to be trained by the institute in the area of human resources management"

INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, HYDERABAD
SPECIALISATION: ISB offers both dual and single specialisation.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: GRE & GMAT scores are valid; CAT scores obtained since 2002 will be considered. Interview. Preferably two years of full-time post qualification work experience.
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 276 this academic year. The ISB started with 126 students in the first year of operations and will increase its class strength every year till the School reaches a figure of 500+ students.
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 4:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 9.05 lakh domestic; $90,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: Wipro, Infosys
STAR RECRUITERS: Wipro, Infosys
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:9); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:2); With work-experience: Fresher (99:1)
STAR ALUMNI: ISB was instituted only in 2001
QUOTE: N.A.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE, DELHI
SPECIALISATION: International Business
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: Written Test, Essay Writing, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: About 100
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 4:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 4.86 lakh domestic; $41,400 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Wipro
STAR RECRUITER: Olam International, Singapore
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (6:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
STAR ALUMNI: Alvin George, VP, Pepsi India Holdings; Siraj A. Chaudhry, Director, Cargill India
QUOTE: N.A.

INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY, GHAZIABAD
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations, Systems, General Management, Dual specialisation offered
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 3:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 4.57 lakh domestic; $100,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: HPCL
STAR RECRUITER: Seagram
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (1:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:2)
STAR ALUMNI: Subhinder Singh Prem, MD, Reebok India; Prasoon Joshi, National Creative Director, McCann Ericsson; Rajeev Karwal, MD & CEO, Electrolux Kelvinator India; Preeti Kohli, Asst. Director (Sales), ABN-Amro; Jacob T. Jacob, Country Manager (Supplies Business), Hewlett-Packard India
QUOTE: Rajeev Karwal MD & CEO, ELECTROLUX KELVINATOR INDIA: "IMT drilled into me the habit of taking on new challenges and prepared me to be the best in my chosen profession. It also taught me that there are no alternatives in life to values such as patience, perseverance and hard work"

INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (IMI), NEW DELHI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, OB & HR, Information Technology and Operations
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 9:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Evalueserve.com
STAR RECRUITER: ITC
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work experience:Fresher: N.A.
STAR ALUMNI: Preeti Dasgupta, HR Manager, GE Capital; Rajiv Dhawan, Director, Magotteaux Industries
QUOTE: Preeti Dasgupta HR MANAGER, GE CAPITAL: "The IMI experience was a truly unique one. It combined the best in teaching aids with an excellent value system"

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JAMNALAL BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Operations and Systems
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CET; CAT/ JMET/XAT for candidates from outside Maharashtra, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 1:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 6.82 lakh domestic; $50,000 (Plus $25,000 variable) international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Infosys Technologies
STAR RECRUITER: McKinsey & Co.
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (5:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:1); All with work experience
STAR ALUMNI: Ajay G. Piramal, Chairman, Nicholas Piramal; Harish Manwani, President, (Home & Personal Care) Unilever, North America; Sam Balsara, Chairman & MD, Madison Communications; Jagdeep Kapoor, Chairman & MD, Samsika Marketing Consultants; S.V. Prasad, CEO, Birla Sunlife Mutual Funds
QUOTE: Ajay G. Piramal CHAIRMAN, NICHOLAS PIRAMAL INDIA: "To my mind, a key learning that I got from this great institution was that the distinguishing factor of a high-performing company from a low-performing one is the level of knowledge and capabilities of the people working in the organisation"

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K.J. SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH, MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, Operations, HR and Systems
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 4:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 4.26 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: TCS
STAR RECRUITER: McKinsey Knowledge Centre
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (2:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Sanjay Rastogi, GM (HR), Wockhardt; Vatsala Misra, Consultant, KSA Technopak; Abhijeet Powdwal, Marketing Manager, IDBI Bank
QUOTE: N.A.

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LOYOLA INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, CHENNAI
SPECIALISATION: Finance, Systems, HR, International Business and General Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: Xavier Aptitude Test, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 60
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 9:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.75 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: e-Serve International
STAR RECRUITER: IBM
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:2); With work-experience: Fresher (1:2)
STAR ALUMNI: H. Srikrishnan, ED, Yes Bank; S.Ravichandran, Senior VP and CFO, Texmaco Engineering Group, Jakarta, Indonesia
QUOTE: H. Srikrishnan ED, YES BANK: "LIBA helped me strike the work-life balance that is so essential to a manager and gave me the business tools that helped me greatly at my stints at Bank of America and at HDFC Bank almost 10 years later. The business management skills learnt at the Institute and developed on-the-job later on have also contributed to my being able to take on another entrepreneurial challenge at Yes Bank"

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MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (MDI), GURGAON
SPECIALISATION: Finance, Marketing, Information Systems, Operations, HR, Organisational Behaviour, Strategic and Policy Management, Business Communications, Economics and Law
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 121
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 4:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 7.25 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Infosys Technologies
STAR RECRUITER: Bharat Shell Limited
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:2); With work experience: Fresher: N.A.
STAR ALUMNI: Anurag Batra, MD and Publisher, exchange4media.com; Amit Kohli, CFO, Aventis, Finland
QUOTE: Anurag Batra MD AND PUBLISHER, EXCHANGE4MEDIA.COM: "MDI has been a big reason for whatever I have achieved professionally. The academic inputs, supplemented by industry exposure, provided me with valuable experiences from the real world of business"

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NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (NMIMS), MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Advertising & Communication, Rural Marketing, Finance, HR & Behavioural Sciences, Information Systems, Operations and International Business
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: MAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 240
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 10:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 5.04 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: TCS
STAR RECRUITER: Hewitt Associates
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (3:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:3); With work-experience: Fresher: 1:2
STAR ALUMNI: R. Krishnan, Director, UK & Benelux Operations, Ramco Systems; Bipin Vengsarkar, VP (Sales), JL Morrison India; K.V. Ramachandra, Executive VP (Sales I&S), Pepsi Foods; Amit Zaveri, CEO, indbazaar.com; Kavita Hurry, MD & CEO, ING-Vysya Mutual Fund
QUOTE: N.A.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING (NITIE), MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Industrial Management, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Safety, and Environmental Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview.
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 100
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 2:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 6.94 lakh domestic; $43,325 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Accenture
STAR RECRUITER: Citibank
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (8:1); Engineer: Non-engineer: All engineers; With work-experience: Fresher (2:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Akhilesh Tuteja, Director (Information Risk Management), KPMG; Ankur Bhagat, National SCM Manager, P&G; Diwakar Singhal, VP (New Ventures), GE Capital; Saurabh Tiwari, Head (Sales), Marico; Ruma Kishore, Sr. Manager, HLL
QUOTE: Akhilesh Tuteja DIRECTOR (INFORMATION RISK MANAGEMENT), KPMG: "The differentiating factor about NITIE is that it does not force you into just one specific stream of specialisation; rather it helps you develop a sound and practical understanding of a variety of business issues"

NIRMA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD
SPECIALISATION: Finance, Marketing, HR Management, Information Technology, International Business and General Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 119
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 5:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 8.40 lakh domestic; $17,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: TCS
STAR RECRUITER: Rajat Industries
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (3:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:2)
STAR ALUMNI: Sachinder Bhinder, Head (Retail Banking), Kotak Mahindra Bank; Chintan Mehta, Assistant Systems Engineer, TCS; Ramvinayak M., Business Manager, Sasken Communication Technologies; Nikhil Taramal, Business Development Specialist, Syntel; Saju Sebastian, Deputy Manager (Sales and Marketing), Ballarpur Industries
QUOTE: N.A.

NIILM-CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NEW DELHI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, International Business, Finance & Accounting, HR and Operations
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Dicussion and Interview.
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 60
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 5:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.75 lakh domestic; $9,400 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Dabur
STAR RECRUITER: Ranbaxy
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (3:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:2); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
STAR ALUMNI: Ankur Jain, Solution Consultant, HCL Infinet
QUOTE: N.A.

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PEOPLE'S EDUCATION SOCIETY OF MANAGEMENT, BANGALORE
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, HR, Finance and Systems
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: MAT, CAT, KMAT, VTU, Group Dicussion and Interviews
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 90
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 6:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: HDFC Bank
STAR RECRUITER: Shaw Wallace and Company
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (1:4); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:8); With work-experience: Fresher (1:6)
STAR ALUMNI: Shome Shankar Ghose, Asst. Sales Manager, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance; Sudeep Kumar Raina, Territory Manager, FedEx; Pradeep Kumar, Team Leader, Oracle; Pramod B.P., HR Executive, Caritor India; Shyam Kumar, Team Leader, HP Global
QUOTE: N.A.

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S.P. JAIN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Operations, Finance and Information Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 148
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 8:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 7.09 lakh domestic; $30,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: HCL Tech, Wipro
STAR RECRUITERS: GE, HLL
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Rajesh Jejurikar, VP (Marketing), Mahindra & Mahindra; Sunil Lulla, Executive VP, Sony Entertainment Television; Indrajit Gupta, Deputy Editor, Businessworld
QUOTE: Sunil Lulla, EXECUTIVE VP, SONY ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION: "The S.P. Jain Institute was a springboard to my life...the way I wanted to lead it, the way I wanted to work. The name that the institute has made for itself is, to my mind, entirely well-deserved. I wouldn't trade my experience at this B-school for anything else"

SHAILESH J. MEHTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, Systems/IT, Operations and International Business
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: National level joint management entrance test (for all the IITs and IISc), Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 52
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 6:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 6.14 lakh domestic; $67,500 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Wipro Technologies
STAR RECRUITER: Accenture
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (10:1); All First Class Engineers; With work
experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Kaustubh Kulkarni, VP (Investment Banking), J.P. Morgan Chase; Rakesh Pundir, Executive Assistant to Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group; Dheeraj Rathi, Logistics Manager, Johnson & Johnson India; Sudarshan Bajoria, VP, ICICI Venture Funds
QUOTE: Kaustubh Kulkarni VP (INVESTMENT BANKING), J.P. MORGAN CHASE: "The general focus of the B-school's programme gave me strong exposure to critical areas in management and forced me into the habit of structured thinking when evaluating any business or real-life problem. The industry projects, on the other hand, gave me tremendous insights into areas such as infrastructure and natural resources"

SIES COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, NAVI MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Systems and Operations
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: MAT, ATMA, AIMCET, state-level CET, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 150 (All together)
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 8:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 2.75 lakh, domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Shoppers' Stop
STAR RECRUITERS: HDFC Group, Kotak Group
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (7:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:3); With work experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Subramaniam Raman, Head (Global Operations), Times Online Money; Sudarshan Seshadri, Regional Manager, Sales, Personal Loans (Western Region), Standard Chartered Bank; Tarak Ghosh, Product Manager, ICICI OneSource; Shailesh Patil, Group Product Manager, Zuventus Healthcare; Hemant Panchanda, Manager (Product Development), Wockhardt
QUOTE: Sudarshan Seshadri REGIONAL MANAGER, SALES, PERSONAL LOANS (WESTERN REGION), STANDARD CHARTERED BANK: "There was a great amount of flexibility and we were given a free run with the faculty and course content...we had the best of faculty and the course content was constantly upgraded"

SYDENHAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION (SIMSREE), MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Systems and Operations
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CET, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: Five full-time posts plus 80 visiting faculty
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 4.2 lakh domestic; $11,800 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Tata Group
STAR RECRUITER: Hindustan Lever Ltd.
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (4:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:2)
STAR ALUMNI: Ashish Bhasin, Director, Lowe; Neeraj Roy, CEO, Hungama.com; Sanjay Behl, Head (Marketing), Nokia; Alka Nishar, Director, Hexaware Ltd.; Akhtar Kamdar, Regional Director, Techspan, New York
QUOTE: Neeraj Roy CEO, HUNGAMA.COM: "I have fond memories of Sydenham's. The location of the institute in the country's business capital helped it attract a great faculty. To add to that, there was a tremendous stress on practical orientation to learning"

SYMBIOSIS, PUNE
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Communications Management and Operations Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: XAT, Group Discussion, Presentation and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 15:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 4.75 lakh domestic; $12,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Infosys Technologies
STAR RECRUITER: Morgan Stanley
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (1:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (9:11)
STAR ALUMNI: Akbar Poonawala, MD & Head (Global Equity Services), Deutsche Bank, New York; Jagdish Kini, CEO, Bharti Mobile Ltd.; Pradeep Gidwani, MD, Fosters India; Ujjwal Sarao, VP (HR) CNBC Asia Pacific, Singapore; Chandrashekhar Mundlay, Country President, Pepsi, Vietnam
QUOTE: Jagdish Kini, CEO, BHARTI MOBILE "Symbiosis has taught me a lot about life. Since the institute is partially run by the students, as president of the students council, my team and I would interact regularly with the Director... When I moved away from a specialised function to being a CEO, I felt the need for an overall perspective. This is where what I was taught about early in life at Symbiosis kicked in"

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T.A. PAI MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE, MANIPAL
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, HR, Systems, Risk and Insurance Management and Services Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT, Group Discussions, Written Test, Extempore and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 140
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 9:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.6 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Infosys Technologies
STAR RECRUITER: GE Countrywide Financial Services
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (21:5); Engineer: Non-engineer (3:2); With work-experience: Fresher (3:2)
STAR ALUMNI: Gurudas Pai, VP (Client Relationships), SBI Capital Markets; Anand Rego, Head (Cash Management Solutions) ANZ Information Technology; Manzoor Ul Ameen, Manager (Revenue Assurance), Tata Communications; Seema R. Pai, GM, Kayvee Sales Corporation; Sunder M.P., Manager (Corporate Brand) Wipro Ltd.
QUOTE: Gurudas Pai VP (CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS), SBI CAPITAL MARKETS: "The students at TAPMI, while having to go through the rigour of course work, are also made to develop soft skills essential for the corporate environment"

TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (Dual)
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: Own centralised admission test, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 30
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 8:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 5.5 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Wipro, Tata Motors
STAR RECRUITER: HLL, P&G
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (2:3); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
STAR ALUMNI: N.A.
QUOTE: N.A.

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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, GGS INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY, DELHI
SPECIALISATION: MBA (International Marketing) and MBA (Computer-Aided Management with specialisation in Systems), Operations, Marketing, Finance and HR
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT for Delhi candidates, MAT for outside candidates, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 70
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 10:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.25 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Evalueserve
STAR RECRUITERS: Scotia Bank, Cholamandalam
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (4:3); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:4); With work-experience: Fresher (1:3)
STAR ALUMNI: Arvind Routhan, Deputy Manager, Reliance Energy; Kapil Gulati, Area Sales Manager, Sony; Harneet Singh, Territory Manager, Eli Lilly; Kunal Jain, Assistant Manager (Marketing), Evalueserve; Mukesh Chowdhry, Senior Analyst, Gerson Lehrman Group
QUOTE: Harneet Singh TERRITORY MANAGER, ELI LILLY: "The school's excellent curriculum helped in my total personality development. And its provision for learning an additional language (German, in my case) proved a definite plus"

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WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH, MUMBAI
SPECIALISATION: Marketing, Finance, Operations, HR, Systems and Retail Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: CAT/ MAT/ ATMA/ CET/ XAT. For the Year 2005-2007 Welingkar will be accepting students only on the basis of CAT. Work experience is preferred.
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 15:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 3.75 lakh domestic; $60,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: ICICI Bank
STAR RECRUITER: Bharti Tele-Ventures
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (1:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:7); All with work experience
STAR ALUMNI: Girish Bapat, Head International Operations, Mahindra & Mahindra; Anant Gadre, GM, Paper Products; George Jiggy, Director, Cartoon Network; Bhagwant Pundalik Pai, Manager (Operations), Balsara Hygiene Products; Ashish Kulkarni, Manager (Controlling and IT Services & Demand), Bayer Crop Science India
QUOTE: N.A.

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XAVIER INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, BHUBANESWAR
SPECIALISATION: Accounting and Finance, HR, Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management and Decision Sciences
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: XAT, Group Discussion and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 120
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 8:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 4.65 lakh domestic; $24,000 international
BIGGEST RECRUITER: Infosys Technologies
STAR RECRUITERS: Insight Asia, Kanbay
STUDENT PROFILE: Male: Female (2:1); Engineer: Non-engineer (1:1); With work-experience: Fresher (1:1)
STAR ALUMNI: Joseph Bosco, Senior VP and Head (Legal Compliance and Secretarial Services), ICICI Securities; Argho Sen, VP (GTA Operations), ABN-AMRO Bank; Vivek Prakash, VP (Quality, Operations & IT), India & South East Asia, GE Commercial Finance; Jerry K. Thomas, Managing Director, Kobil Uganda Limited, Kampala, Uganda; Debasmit Mohanty, Vice President (Risk Management), CitiBank, New York
QUOTE: Vivek Prakash VP (QUALITY, OPERATIONS & IT), INDIA & SOUTH EAST ASIA, GE COMMERCIAL FINANCE: "XIM-B stands for content, not flamboyance... for exceptional professor-student interaction...for progressive facilities...and for building 'character'. It's become a first choice for many corporates and MBA aspirants"

XLRI, JAMSHEDPUR
SPECIALISATION: Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, Finance, Information Systems, Marketing, Operations, Economics and Strategic Management
ADMISSION PROCEDURE: XAT and Interview
SIZE OF THE CLASS: 185
STUDENT FACULTY RATIO: 6:1
AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY: Rs 7.4 lakh domestic; N.A. international
BIGGEST RECRUITERS: HLL, Accenture
STAR RECRUITER: Coca-Cola
STUDENT PROFILE: Male:Female (3:1); Engineer:Non-engineer (2:1); With work-experience:Fresher (1:2)
STAR ALUMNI: B. Muthuraman, MD, Tata Steel; Manet Paes, MD, Alliance Airways; Aquil Busrai, Regional Director (Asia Pacific), Shell, Malaysia; Rajeev Kaul, MD & President, Microsoft India; R.K. Amar Babu, Country Manager, Intel India
QUOTE: N.A.

N.A.: Not available
NOTE: FORE School of Management, New Delhi; IIM, Indore; IIM, Kozhikode; IIPM, Delhi & Mumbai; IRMA, Anand; and Osmania University, Hyderabad, failed to respond to our queries. All information has been collected from the schools before this section went to press on September 16.