STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED IN SELECTING THE RIGHT INSTITUTE FOR MBA

How to select a good institute/university for MBA?

Answer: In my 13+ years experience of teaching in MBA program I have seen that many students failed to make a right choice in selection of institute/university to pursue MBA/PGDM program. Therefore I have thought on this matter and try to find out some precautionary steps to be followed before making any final decision about admission which are as follows:

• Check the profile of the organisation in terms of  Trust/Society. If  Trust/Society check out whether the organisation is being registered properly or not and if yes still the validity is there or not.For this ask for the Registration certificate of the organisation.
• If  affiliated institute check the affiliation extension letter from the respective university batchwise. check whether the batch to which you are going to take admission it is extended or not. Alongwith this check the NOC of the state govt in which state it is operating regarding that particular program.Check the status by visiting the website of the university whether it is affiliated or not.
• Check whether the MBA/PGDM program is being approved by AICTE or not. If the institute is claiming as approved check the approval letter for last five years and the batch for which you are going to take admission. Check the status of the institute by visiting the website of the AICTE ( www.aicte-india.org). When you find this o.k then only be convinced.
• Regarding claim of the placement ask for the list of placement of the students from the institute for last five years and  cross verify 4-5 organisation from the list via email or phone regarding the reliability of the list given to you.
• Always check double if the list contains any public sector organisation like SBI,LICI, etc because some institute claims as placement for the student though this are achieved by the student as a result of their personal efforts.
• Check the list of the Faculties and cross verify 3-4 out of them whether it is true or not. As because many institutes show a long list of faculties with big names but when checked it is found that they are working in some other organisations or they do not know even about it.
• Check all amenities physically claimed by the institutes. Donot believe only in papers

Hope if you follow the above mentioned steps would help you to make a right decision about your career.

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Dr Sankar Thappa