My overall experience at KJ Somaiya !

The good aspects of the institute include its location-Mumbai, the Industrial Hub of our nation. Another great aspect includes its supremely excellent faculty as well as peers you'll get to interact with. There are many students with International level achievements and also the subject area wise, they are very diverse. We had engineers, doctors, hotel management students, psychology, and foreign language graduates in our class. This leaves ample space for inclusive, outside-the-class learning. The admission process includes GD and a PI round. Other parameters are taken into account past academic records, work experience, outstanding achievements, and obviously the scores of CAT/ XAT/ GMAT/ CMAT.

The exams are timely held however, they got revised thrice. The professors include a pool of PhD scholars, industry experts, guest faculty, and consultants. The student-faculty ratio is 22:1. I chose the course due to my interest my export procedures, international business management, and international marketing. The overall result is finalized on basis of performance in exams, assignments, and presentations.

The internships are offered in Banking & Insurance, FMCG, Retail, IT & Consulting, Manufacturing & FMCG, Financial Services, and e-commerce. 100% of students get placed. 172 recruiters participated in the process. Key recruiters include Accenture, TCS, Design Box, Cummins, Bisleri, Software One, GEP, Nestle, Grofers, Bajaj Alliance, etc. The average stipend is around Rs 14,500 and the highest stipend is around Rs1.43 lakhs.

Students appear for the final placement process from Term 5 onwards. 170 companies visited the campus with an additional 35 new recruiters. The highest offered package was Rs25.89 lakhs in the manufacturing sector. The average placements stand somewhere around Rs10 lakhs. Most of the students are placed in Banking and financial services sector. 99.92% of students got placed. The companies visited included Deutsche Bank, LG, Edelweiss, Ernst & Young, HUL, Accenture, Croda, Airtel, Amazon, Mercedes- Benz, EY, Britannia, Ogilvy & Mather, etc.

The annual fees stand at Rs8.39,494. The cost of study goes up to Rs.17.5 lakhs as Mumbai is a bit expensive to live city. Loans can be obtained for the full amount and even more depending on need. The rate of interest ranges from 8-13% depending on the bank we choose. The moratorium period starts from the end of the two-year course and is usually 2 years. As per my experience, the loans are not difficult to settle as the placements are decent. Scholarships available are- SIMR Scholarships, merit-based, need-based, research fellowship, subject-based, and KISCE scholarship.100% of students get internships.

The students have access to the library, e-books, journals, case studies, and live databases. The classrooms are high-tech supported. There are several committees and clubs- Student Council, Toastmaster Club, Alumni committee, Sports committee, Enactus Somaiya social cell, etc. The fests held Confluence, Elaan-e-Yudh, Stratinova, SGMC, Anveshan, Samavesh, Kurukshetra, Spriha, National Retail Club, etc.

The topic of my GD was 'National anthem in Cinema'. The nature of GD was case-based. There were 12 candidates in my batch. I took my GD-PI round in Delhi. Post an introductory video were called for our process in batches. Each batch consisted of 10 students. The duration of GD was 10 minutes with an additional 1 minute offered to each candidate to summarize. The PI included questions-Why international business, trade wars, the effect of trade wars on firms and export-impost procedures, Why MBA, why not MTech, and GDP of India. It was conversational and the duration was 15-18 minutes.