Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research

Established in 1977 in the Financial Capital of India-Mumbai, under the aegis of S.P. Mandali Trust, one of the oldest trusts in the space of education,  Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute Of Management Development and Research (WeSchool) has come to be known as one of the torchbearers for progressive higher education today and is one of the top B-schools in India. Welingkar is ranked among top 70 B-schools in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) list of 2022. Currently, Welingkar has campuses at Mumbai and Bengaluru offering good learning experience and strong placements.

 

The institute’s thought process stems from design-thinking approach, thus bridging academia with corporate leaders for an industry relevant management education. At WeSchool, learning, unlearning and relearning is a consistent process. The institute endeavors to nurture its’ students to become mature individuals who can lead self, organisations and society.

 

Welingkar Mumbai: Key Institute Highlights

• 1.1 Top Ranked: Welingkar is ranked #68 among top 125 B-schools in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 conducted by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. It is ranked #27 in MBAUniverse.com B-School Ranking 2022 and ranked # 1 in Private affiliated colleges and 19th in private B-Schools nationally, 5th in West Zone and 1st in Mumbai in the Outlook Magazine Business School Ranking 2022
• 1.2 Accreditations & Approvals: Welingkar Mumbai is Accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for its PGDM, PGDM E-biz,PGDM Business design and MMS programs. All the Welingkar PGDM programs are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Welingkar is an autonomous institute affiliated to university of Mumbai and also offers university affiliated MMS and part time Masters degree programs of  Mumbai University
• 1.3 Welingkar Mumbai Fees: Welingkar Mumbai Fees is Rs.13 lakhs for Two years PGDM programme
• 1.4 Strong Welingkar Placements: The ongoing Welingkar Mumbai Placement 2023 has registered highest salary of Rs.24 LPA and Average salary of Rs.12.25 LPA while the placement 2022 recorded Average salary of Rs.10.41 LPA and Highest salary at Rs15.42 LPA for its PGDM 2020-22 batch
• 1.5 Top Recruiters: Some of the top recruiters in Placement 2022 included Adani Wilmar, Amazon, Axis Bank, Capgemini, Cognizant, Darashaw, Deutsche Bank, EY, Morgan Stanley, Nestle, Reliance Retail, Vedanta
• 1.6 Learning Experience - key Differentiator: “Global Citizen Leader Program (GCL)” of Welingkar Institute is one of the key differentiators of learning experience
• 1.7 Industry Linkage: Recently, WeSchool was conferred the AICTE-CII IndPact Award for Best Industry-Linked Institute for Management (Established) and was honored as the 'Best Performing Institution Innovation Council’ of West Zone (WRO) by the Ministry of Human Resources Development - Innovation Cell (MIC) in coordination with AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education)
• 1.8 International Collaborations for Student Exchange: The International Collaborations of Welingkar include Prominent Partner Universities. Welingkar Mumbai International Partnerships include VHL, Netherlands; University of Western Australia; Uni. Of Haifa, Israel; Tel Aviv Uni, Israel; MalardalenUni, Sweden among others. Welingkar Bengaluru International Partnerships include Sogang University, South Korea; Ben-Gurion Uni of the Negev, Israel; IDC Herzliya, Israel
• 1.9 Centres of Excellence: Welingkar has various centres of excellence for development of students including Development Center, Finance GYM, Finance Lab, organizes industry Roundtables / Alumni Roundtables

Welingkar Programs Offered & Seats: Shared Below are the diverse PGDM programs with intake

WeSchool Mumbai Full Time PGDM Programs	Seats
PGDM	180
PGDM (Research and Business Analytics)	120
PGDM (Business Design)	60
PGDM (E-Business)	120
PGDM (Retail Management)	60
PGDM Research and Business Analytics	120
PGDM (Healthcare Management)	60
PGDM (Media & Entertainment)	60
PGDM (Rural Management)	60

Welingkar Learning Experience: The “Global Citizen Leader Program (GCL)” of the WeSchool Mumbai is one of the key differentiators of learning experience. Integrated into all the PGDM programs, it is a learn by doing experience that every student goes through. Students work on a real-time challenge shared by a corporate and not only research to find the root cause, but also use prototyping to design real-time solutions. The GCL program at WeSchool has got mention in the Stanford Innovation Journal and was awarded as an innovative pedagogy by the National HRD Network.