IMI New Delhi: Top reasons to apply; Applications closes December 4, no plan to extend: Admission Chair

International Management Institute (IMI) New Delhi, India’s first corporate B school and ranked amongst the Top 10 B-schools in India, is closing its admission process on December 4, 2017. The admission application process for 2018-20 batch has evoked very good response from students community, and there are no plans to extend the last date, shares IMI Admission Chairperson Dr Shailendra Nigam.

As is well known, IMI New Delhi will accept CAT 2017 score for admission to PGDM 2018-20 batch. Let’s review key reasons why you may consider to apply to this B-schools, and then about the Admission Process.

Important Link

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IMI New Delhi Highlights & USPs
MBAUniverse.com interviewed the Director General IMI New Delhi and other top officials to understand its current strengths and future plans. So what could be the key reasons for your to consider application for IMI New Delhi? Here are some facts to consider:

1. Highly Ranked B-school
Government of India MHRD Ranking and other credible B-school Rankings have placed IMI New Delhi among top 10 Business Schools in India.

NIRF 2016 – IMI New Delhi was awarded 7^th position overall among all the B-schools of India in MHRD, Government of India NIRF 2016 Ranking 

Business Today 2017 – The B-school has been placed at 12^th position in the Business Today Ranking 2017.

HINDU Businessline-MBAUniverse.com 2016-17 – IMI New Delhi was placed 10^th in the Hindu Businessline-MBAUniverse.com B-school Ranking 2016-17

2. Strong focus on Academics and Learning
One of the key strengths of IMI New Delhi is its experienced pool of 58 permanent  faculty members, having a rich combination of academic rigour and corporate exposure. Many thought leaders including Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog and Mr Bibek Debroy, Member, NITI Aayog have been associated with and taught at IMI New Delhi. B-school is led by Dr Debashis Chatterjee, the Director General of IMI and former director of IIM Kozhikode and author of 17 books. This makes IMI New Delhi at par with IIMs and other Top 10 B-schools in India in terms of intellectual capital.

3. Good Placements
Placement 2017 at IMI Delhi has scaled new heights with average salary going up to Rs.12.54 lakhs per annum. There were 80 recruiters in placement 2017. Top recruiters at IMI New Delhi include ICICI Bank, HCL, McKinsey, Fair Trade (International), J. P. Morgan Chase, Citibank, HSBC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, GEP, Reckitt Benckiser, Asian Paints, HUL

4. New Initiatives planned to increase industry engagement
IMI New Delhi is taking a lot of new initiatives in the area of industry engagement. The B-school endeavours to enhance its corporate linkages through a structured corporate engagement programme. IMI has a strong network of more than 5500 alumni across various continents.

Dr Debashis Chatterjee, Director General of IMI New Delhi says, “We have strengthened our ‘Business Thought Leadership’ programme through which corporate leaders are invited regularly to the campus.. We have been conducting various alumni and corporate meets in India and in international cities like Dubai Singapore and London.”   

You can know more about IMI New Delhi and apply on this link

Admissions 2018 Highlights & Process
Lets look at Programs offered, application process and CAT exam criteria and GDPI process.

Full time PGDM Programmes offered at IMI
IMI Delhi offers three 2 years full time PGDM programmes:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
• Post-Graduate Diploma in Management - Human Resources (PGDHRM) 
• Post Graduate Diploma in Management - Banking and Financial Services (PGDM - B&FS) 

Students are given the opportunity to avail diverse electives across various domains such as Marketing, Finance, Operations, and Strategy. The Specialized courses of PGDMHR and PGDM-Banking and Financial Services are streamlined from the outset. A basket of electives are also available for these courses in second year.

How to apply
IMI New Delhi accepts CAT 2017 exam for admission in PGDM 2018-20 batch at IMI Delhi. The application are open till December 4, 2017. Applicants should complete the online application form.

GMAT score is also accepted. Indian residents who have appeared for GMAT, not earlier than December 2015 and not later than December 2017 are eligible to apply.

Selection Criteria
According to IMI New Delhi, past academic performance in graduation, class XII & X marks, Extempore speaking, Psychometric Test, Essay Writing, Personal Interview besides other qualitative parameters, will constitute the core components of the final stage of the selection process.

Dr Shailendra Nigam has also offered help to complete the application. Sharing the message for the candidates who have not yet completed/paid for the application, the Admission chairperson at IMI New Delhi said, “If there is any problem in completing the form / discrepancy, please feel free to share with us, so that we can assist you in completing the form.”  

Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on MBA Admissions 2018.

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