Predicament Of Selection Of A Management Course: Pgdm Or Mba

By Author: Manjeet Singh
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Most of the students while selecting a management course most of the students are in a impasse over whether to choose a PGDM or MBA? The solution to the quandary lies in acknowledging one’s credentials. If one has an option of grabbing a PGDM admission in a reputed school and an MBA from not-so-reputed school, then choose former as PGDM from a reputed Management School scores above than an MBA college admission in a less reputed school. In order to choose between MBA and PGDM, one needs to know the difference between the two. The following discussion will further help in understanding the difference between the PGDM and MBA and will further help the aspirants in making the right choice. Although there are many AICTE approved Management Schools who are offering PGDM course equivalent to MBA degree. Earlier, a PGDM course was not recognized for higher studies like Ph.D that require a degree as a pre-requisite. But now PGDM course certificates of some top B-schools are also being considered equivalent to MBA for higher studies. The students get admission in MBA mainly through the respective State Government’s Joint Entrance ...
... Examination. The PGDM programmes are offered to students through the CAT/XAT/MAT /CMAT/GMAT entrance examinations. The curriculum of the PGDM and MBA degrees are not so variable as the MBA degree is examination oriented and concentrates on theoretical aspects of management whereas the PGDM is industry-oriented and mainly focuses on building soft skills. While an MBA curriculum is designed by a university, it essentially follows the university guidelines and changing this curriculum is a very slow and rigid process where as a PGDM course gives freedom to the institute to design its own curriculum. This is sometimes beneficial to the students because institutes can change the curriculum as per the industry requirements and changing business environment. At the end what one learns from a college matters and its application that helps one succeed.
The first and the most important aspect in front of a management course aspiramt is to select a management school with industry driven curriculum and good faculty. In most cases, these two years are the last years of formal education that one undertakes therefore it becomes all the more important to select the best management school with great placement, innovative teaching pedagogy and adequate infrastructure.
Among the top B-schools situated in the nucleus of South Delhi is JIMS Kalkaji, strongly emerging as a pioneer B-school in imparting quality management education through its industry integrated highly popularized courses PGDM and PGDM(IB) which are recognized by AIU as equivalent to any good MBA programme. The institute offers excellent curriculum taught by highly experienced and research oriented faculty and excellent placement opportunities arranged by the dedicated placement cell of the institute. The alumni of JIMS Kalkaji have been placed in in reputed public, private and government organizations in India as well as abroad at very attractive salary packages. Among the alumni, few have taken up entrepreneurship and are running their own business successfully.
Article submitted by Dr. Neeti Saxena, Associate Prof. at JIMS Kalkaji