Overview of IIM Experience

The course is hectic yet manageable, the first term might be a bit hectic and hard to deal with for someone from non-commerce, non-economics, and non-engineering backgrounds as each and every subject would be new for you. But the faculty is great to study from the understand the above factor make sure you understand irrespective of your background also you are allotted a study group with consist of people from various backgrounds who might help you to learn from them.

Multiple companies of various domains visit the company during the summer internship placement process offering various roles such as marketing and sales, prodman, consulting, HR, german, etc. Detailed information can be found on the official website of the institute.

Generally, placements happen in the 5th term or the beginning of the 6th term with 100% of placements occurring every year. Other than that some students get Pre-Placement Offers from the companies where they do their internships from.

The fee structure is fixed but you can get help from student loans which is an easy process. Other than that there are several scholarships that can help you. Though there is no such thing as a campus job yet you can take up a live project that pays well to help you.

Campus life can be defined by the word happening. You get to a part of fests, committees, or clubs which will keep you busy and engaged. You get to interact with different people from various backgrounds. The campus is equipped with all the amenities such as gyms, swimming pool, cricket ground, football ground, badminton courts, etc. Even the classroom has a face recognition process of attendance, mic, projectors, and charging plugs for each and every student.

Minimum eligibility criteria require you to have a bachelor's degree with certain minimum marks obtained, students in their final year can apply for the same. The admission process starts with filling out the CAT application form released in August, the exam is held on the last Sunday of November. Post which results are declared and you start getting calls (generally E-mails) from various IIMs for which you have applied while filling the CAT form. These calls are for the Interview round, wherein you are scheduled for an interview. The time when I appeared for CAT interview was taken online. Then the results are declared starting in April.