IIM Kashipur - A review from the hills

As an aspirant an MBA would teach us time management, and other management skills and would help enhance our personality as whole so that we are ready for the real-world. The curriculum under the MBA course at IIM Kashipur covers all the aspects of Business namely Finance, Marketing, Operations, Leadership, HR, Business Analytics and others in the the first year of the course. In the second year of the course we can go with the subjects of our liking and study only those subjects. This curriculum makes you real world ready not only from the business perspective but as a person in whole by teaching you about the real life scenarios and how to act upon them. Only improvement that I feel is required in the curriculum is that we have a lot of subjects in the first year but we do not have much time to have an in depth knowledge of most of them, this should be rectified. At IIM Kashipur we have Mid Term exams in every 1.5 months and End term exams in another 1.5 months, a year has 3 semester

Companies that offered Summer Placements this year for our college include (stipend): GSK(1 lac per month), Puma(50K per month), TATA Capital(45k per month) , TATA Motors (35k per month), KPMG(50k per month), ICICI Bank(85k per month), TVS Credit (50k per month) and a lot more.

For Summer placements the students become eligible from the 1st semester as well, while the Final placements begin from the 4th semester (2nd year) itself. For the Final placements about 160 companies visited the campus including companies such as Swiggy, ICICI, Axis Bank, KPMG, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Capital, Barclays etc. The offers have been made to about 250 students till now. Highest package has gone as high as 37LPA and average package is 18LPA including proflis like Product Manager, Marketing and Sales Head etc. About 75 to 80% of students have been placed till date. I plan to work well with a great organisation and plan to take it to new heights.

The fees at IIM Kashipur increases or decreases according to the average package of the college recorded the previous year. The complete cost including Tuition fees, hostel and mess fess for the whole duration of the course is 18 lakhs. Scholarships at IIM Kashipur include: Need based, Need cum Merit based. Since this is my first year I have been awarded an Internship at Tata Capital.

There are alot of festivals that are celebrated at IIM Kashipur including The Freshers Party, Seniors Vs Juniors Cultural and Sports Events, Diwali celebration, Onam Celebration, Janmashtami celebration, Prom Night, Holi celebration and a lot more. The library includes a vast range of variety books starting from the subject books to a whole new series of different literature, Current affair magazines and General knowledge books. The classes are provided with 1 projector and 2 screens, good pairs of speakers, comfortable wooden benches, Wifi availability and microphone. There are multiple Sports and extra curricular activities that take place including the Seniors Vs Juniors tournament, the Intra and Inter college tournaments. IIM Kashipur has about 42 student run bodies (including 8 student committees) that affect the life of the students in different ways

Currently in the first I live in a double shared room with facilities such as a table and chair, a godrej almirah per person. The room includes an attached bathroom with all the bathroom facilities available. The quality of meal and menu can be considered as the best among all the Business schools all around India. The registration process is quite simple and non confusing, but it is quite expensive.

The entrance exam to study the course of MBA from my college is called CAT, after clearing the written CAT exam, I had to appear for a Personal Interview, under the CAP round of admission. The admission criteria weighed each of the aspects namely CAT score, Interview score, Diversity, Work Experience and Extra Curriculum to a certain degree. Eligibility for this course includes at least a Bachelor's degree. I have not availed any kind of reservation, but there are some caste based reservations. The CAT exam is held every year on the last Sunday of November every year. The admission process should be more robust and bit more clear so that there does lie any sort of confusion among the aspirants as this process is the stepping stone for their future.

Yes, I had to appear for a personal interview for the admission. The questions in the Personal Interview included: Current affairs, General Knowledge, Knowledge about the subjects from one's bachelor's, 12th and 10th grade as well. Each college gives different weightage to different aspects of the process including CAT score, interview score, Diversity, Work Experience and Extra Curriculum. I prepared for the Personal Interview by watching some recorded online interviews on the internet.