FORE School of Management - An honest review

I chose this course because FORE provides Dual Specialization. My specializations are International Business and Marketing. The world of business is changing rapidly and now it is not confined to national borders which is why International Business was the choice. One of the skills which are important for each individual is the art of selling and in Marketing, we also learn this. FORE has a high standard of academic recruitment. 90% of its faculty have a doctoral degree and 60% of the faculty has industry experience of more than 10 years. The instructional methodology comprises an optimum mix of lectures, classroom discussions, case studies, simulations, role-plays, group discussions, and special sessions from professionals from industry, and industrial visits. In each class/session, there are 50-60 students. Mid-term/End-term exams are held in a cycle of every 45 days. Exams are quite easy to pass as almost all questions are from teachings.

The first-year students have secured summer internships with reputed companies like ITC, Deloitte, Tata Motors & Barclays to name a few. The highest stipend offered in this academic year is INR 2 lacs. Profiles offered include consultant, account manager intern, Intern - Human Capital, Sales, and marketing intern, business intern, Financial research intern, HR intern, etc.

FORE School of Management has maintained a good placement record over the years. FSM have recruiters from various industries like banking, IT, consulting offering different roles. FSM offer equal opportunities to students of all programs. 156 companies participated in the 2022 placements. Some of which include EY, KPMG, DE Shaw & Co, Genpact. Placement for batch 2020-2022 had the highest international CTC of 41 LPA and an average CTC of INR 14.05LPA froom top companies such as HSBC, ITC, Nestle, Gartner, etc. Talking about the ongoing placements of the 2021-2023 batch, the highest domestic CTC offered till now is INR 23LPA and the average CTC offered is INR 14.5 LPA from companies like PwC, GEP, McKinsey & Co, and many more. 39% of the batch secured placement in the IT/ITES sector. 22% of the vatch was placed in the BFSI sector. In MR and Consulting 21% of the batch has been placed. The first year students have secured SIP in reputed companies like, Barclays, Adani, Deloitte to name a few.

The fees for PGDM programs are Rs 16,98,000/- for the self-sponsored category and Rs 21,22,500 for Company sponsored category, 4 equal installments has to be given. FORE School of Management provides around INR 3.5 crore worth of scholarships. FSM provides financial aid in form of a "Means-cum-Merit Scholarship" to eligible students in the first year and the Second year of the PGDM, PGDM(IB), PGDM(FM), and PGDM(BDA) programs. The scholarship includes a waiver of the full tuition fee. A total of 14 students receive this benefit each year, including 6 from PGDM, 4 from PGDM (IB), and 2 from PGDM(FM) and PGDM(BDA). FORE School of Management provides 10% waiver in tution fees to the students who are domiciled in the state of J&K and the 8 Nort-East states namely Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mirozam, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.

There are a total of 25 student-driven committees, Special Interest Groups, and a Centre of Excellence. All the activities at FORE are student-driven. Genesis is the flagship event of our institution showcasing the cultural and corporate wings of the students. It is a 2-day event conducted in the month of November and students from across all states participate. This year we had participation from 15 IIMs. FORE School of Management library is a well-managed library with a rich collection of hybrid information resources. There are around 15,000 titles of books available, 61 offline journals, and more than 500 online journals available. FSM has fully air-conditioned, dust-free, well-furnished adequate classrooms with state-of-the-art audio, and video facilities for presentations and discussions, etc. Team FSCD organizes various sporting events such as cricket, football, basketball, table tennis, badminton, chess, carrom, and pool.

Shortlisting is done on the basis of CAT/XAT/GMAT score, followed by Extempore and Personal Interviews (PI). Final selection is done on the basis of score in CAT/XAT/GMAT, performance in Extempore and Personal Interview, academic performance, and work experience. Application form can be found on the following link admissions.fsm.ac.in Application fees for one program is Rs. 1770/- and for two, three & four programs is Rs. 2360/-, Rs. 2655/- & Rs. 2950/- respectively (including GST) The admission process consists of Extempore, a Business awareness quiz, and PI. It could be improved if there is some other thing like WAT or GD in place of the Quiz.