Joel Sam Jacob's Review On Amity Global Business School - [AGBS], Kochi

The good aspects of my college are that it has an easy admission process, well-experienced teaching faculties, and friendly non-teaching staffs, Wi-Fi enabled classrooms, library, good exam pattern, modern computer lab, the campus location is proper with easy access to bus stand, railway station, and metro station, it has lots of parking facilities, the only bad aspect which I feel is the infrastructure of the college. The Admission process is very simple in this college, first, we need to fill the online admission form which is available on the college website and pay the registration fees, then one of the college staff will contact us within a week to appear for the written test and face to face interview which is conducted in the campus and it is very easy and simple to clear it for admissions. The reason for preferring this college is that pass out students from this college has good feedback about this college, there is a good amount of freedom for the students within the campus.

I did my graduation in Mechanical Engineering and I believed in myself that I can reskill up myself in the management sector, which decided me to choose an MBA in this college. There are about 55-60 students in the MBA class, there will be variations in the faculty: student ratio depending upon the specialization of the student. In addition to that, each student gets a faculty mentor to share their concerns about academics and non-academics. The faculties in our campus are highly qualified and have a good amount of industrial experience which helps us to understand better the current business scenario. Usually, their teaching methods are with power-point presentations with the latest examples and case studies. The term exams are conducted after every 4 months with 2 internal assessments in between the semester and it is not that difficult in obtaining good marks for the examination, the examination evaluation is very liberal and majority of the students obtain good percentage of marks.

By the end of the 2nd Semester, students have to do Summer Internships for 2-3 months in well-known companies according to their specializations. The various companies that come with Internship offers are Future Group, Federal Bank, etc. which provides good industrial knowledge and projects in their fields

From the 3rd Semester, students will start getting placement training from the campus, there are a few companies that come by the end of the 3rd Semester. Some companies provide internships to students for 2-3 months by normal placement process and by the end of the 3rd Semester, companies will hire the students from the campus. The various companies that have visited our campus are Amazon, Coco-Cola, Axis Bank, Tata, DHL, HDFC, Reliance, Airtel, Vodafone, etc. which provides attractive offers to the students. I am not sure of the exact percentage of students that get placed but there is a good number of students that get placement from the campus.

The fee structure for the MBA program for 2 years comes around Rs 5,45,000, these fees include tuition fees, examination fees, etc. Students have to pay their fees before the semester begins. Fees can be paid by DD, Bank transfer, Bank cheque, etc. There are scholarships available for students who have scored a good percentage of marks in 10th, 12th, and graduate examinations, I exactly don't know what is the name of that scholarship. During this covid situation, Amity University has provided a facility to pay fees as monthly installments which were helpful for students for financial assistance during these crises.

I am not sure of the management fests that are conducted in our campus, but my campus has hosted TEDxAGBSKochi event in the month of March. On the campus, there is a well-equipped library with textbooks of all the subjects. The various amenities in our classrooms are Wi-Fi enabled classrooms, projector, charging ports, proper air-conditioning, and good quality desks and chairs. There are different sports events for soccer, cricket, basketball, badminton, chess, and athletics. There are cultural events, Fresher's party, and the Farewell party also that take place on the campus. The various clubs present on our campus are the Marketing Club, Finance Club, HR Club, Amity Language Society, Smart Club, and Elysian Club which are run by students with the help of faculties.

Management

I didn't have GD at the time of my admission process, but I had written test and face to face interview. In the written test I had to write an essay on "Future of the MBA, is MBA worth it" on 1 page and I also had simple quantitative questions. After the test, I had a face to face interview with the Dean and the Director of the campus, the questions asked for the interview was my self-introduction, my work experience, my strengths and weakness, my hobbies, future plans, why I choose Amity college, my specializations in MBA, etc. First, we have to fill the admission form online by submitting our certificates and paying registration fees. Then we will get a call from the campus to attend the written test and face to face to interview. Once we have cleared all this process, we will get the offer letter from Amity University, Noida. Frankly speaking, I wasn't prepared enough for the test and interview. In my opinion, no preparation is required as it is easy to get admission over here.