This article starts the series of B- school analysis from MBAUniverse.com on the top management institutions based on their placements, ranking and admission criteria
(prHWY.com) January 25, 2013 - Noida, India -- With CAT, XAT & NMAT results out, now is the critical time for all MBA Admission seekers, looking to secure their MBA seats at coveted B-schools. So, if you have CAT scores of 70 percentile and above, and are confident of scoring well in your GDPI & WAT round, you can aspire to get admitted to one of the reputed Top 100 B-schools.
But how do you choose the right B-school? To help MBA aspirants make the right choice, MBAUniverse.com is starting a special series to analyze the USPs of each of the reputed B-schools. This 'B-school SWOT Analysis series' will share with you the crucial factual data regarding placements, rankings and admission criteria for each of the leading B-schools. MBAUniverse.com research team has painstakingly collected and analyzed this data for accuracy, so you can completely rely on it for your MBA admission decision.
We kick off this series with a review of India's premiere management institute - the IIM Ahmedabad. Going forward, everyday, we will review a leading B-school from the likes of the IIMs, XLRI, MDI, NMIMS, IMT, SP Jain, TAPMI, Great Lakes and many more.
What makes IIM A # 1 B-school in India!
Ever since it was set up in 1961, IIM-A has excelled in the field of management education. In last decade or so, IIM-A has evolved from being India's premier management institute to a notable international school of management in just four decades. It has produced notable alumni like:
- Late C K Prahalad, Management Thought Leader-PGP 1966
- K. Vaman Kamath, Non-executive Chairman-Board of Directors, Infosys Limited and ICICI Bank- PGP 1971
- Mallika V Sarabhhai, Director-Darpana Academy, Ahmedabad-PGP 1974
- Shikha Sharma, Managing Director & CEO-Axis Bank Limited - PGP 1980
- Harsha Bhogle, Sports Commentator- PGP 1985
- Roopa Kudva, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer-CRISIL- PGP 1986
- Narendra Murkumbi, Managing Director & CEO, Co-founder of Shree Renuka Sugars Limited - PGP 1994
- And many more.
Performance on B-school Ranking 2013:
Let's see how IIM-A was ranked on various B-school Rankings.
The MBAUniverse.com B School Rankings 2013, the third such ranking carried out by your portal, ranked IIM-A the No 1 B-school in India. As table 1 below states, IIM-A excelled in virtually every important parameter of the ranking. Almost 180,000 students applied to seek admissions for approximately 400 seats. This ensures that IIM-A can virtually handpick the very best candidates! The median domestic salary stood at Rs 14 lacs.
It is worthwhile to note here that MBAUniverse.com ranking is based only on the factual data collected from IIMs and other leading B-schools (more than 150 top B-schools participated) and doesn't give any weightage to subjective perception data like 'brand recall' etc to arrive at the results. Also, all data analyzed is for latest batch (2012-14), ensuring an updated picture of B-school performance.
Refer to table below for the performance of IIM Ahmedabad on some of the specific criterion like number of applications received, number of permanent and visiting faculty, total seats, median domestic salary and cut of percentile
Admissions, faculty & placement Data of IIM-A (2012-13)
Rank: 1
Institute Name: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT - AHMEDABAD
No. of Applications received (2012-13): 173886
Permanent Faculty: 85
Visiting Faculty: 73
Total Seats (2012-13): 381
Median Domestic Salary (Rs. Lakhs): 14**
CAT Cut-off: 99
**According to IIM-A IPRS (
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/iprs/gallery/IIMA_IPRS_PGP_Finals_2012.pdf)
Comparison of IIM-A across 5 key B school Rankings:
The following table will give you the comparative rank of IIM-A according to MBAUniverse.com B School ranking 2012-13 and the ones by Business Today, Business World, The Week and Outlook.
Comparison across different B- school rankings
B School: IIM Ahmedabad
MBAUniverse.com Ranking 2012: 1
Business Today 2012: 1
Business world 2012: 1
The Week 2012: 1
Outlook 2012: 1
So it's settled! IIM-A is indeed the best B-school in India. All five key B-schools rankings put IIM A as the best B-school in India.
Let's now review its admission criteria.
Analysis of admission criteria and selection process of IIM-A (2013-15):
IIM A follows a methodical and complicated system for short listing candidates for the personal interview round.
Criteria & Weightages for short listing for the PI round
CAT Score: 70%
Academic Performance & Work experience*: 30%
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http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/6639/
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