An Account of Comparison- Which is the best IIM?

One of the best institution in the list of IIM’s in the country is IIM-B. As far as the ranking is concerned, IIMB is the only Indian Business School to be attributed by the Financial Times Executive Education 2015,which placed the esteemed institution under the Top 50 Rankings. The location of IIMB in the ‘Garden City of Bangalore’ itself adds it to the advantageous position, amongst the other IIM’s in the country. IIMB provides all the five courses of management, namely – the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), the Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM), the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), and a weekend Post Graduate Programme in Enterprise Management (PGPEM).

IIM Calcutta

On the other hand, IIM Calcutta (IIMC) was founded as the first national post graduate institute of management and also offers the advanced research grade studies in the same field. Being the oldest institute, the location of IIMC is also one of the important features for consideration while selecting an institute for your higher education in management. IIMC is located in Calcutta, which is the oldest metro city of the country with the richest historical background and the beauty. For those with festive mood and interest, Calcutta is the best option to adhere for studying management, as the city is known for the DURGA PUJA celebration in the country. In fact, the complete state of West Bengal, drowns in the sea of spirituality at the time of puja.

IIM Bangalore

While comparing the important aspect of placement, which becomes the major criteria at the time of making a choice for admission, IIM Bangalore acquires a better position to IIMC. At IIMC, financial firms account for a majority of hiring,which is actually not a major point of comparison between IIMB and IIMC, considering on a larger perspective. Most of the candidates with high percentiles in CAT are found in IIMC rather in IIMB, but still IIMB always remains prioritized for pursuing MBA.

There is the difference in the fee structure of both the institutes and studying at IIMB will be slightly costlier than studying at IIMC, which is another important aspect of consideration. Although, there is not much difference, but still it gives an advantage to IIMC over IIMB.

Although, the factor of studying environment of the institute is not a very important aspect for most of the candidates, but for a few of the candidates especially females, it becomes one of the important aspects. On comparing the two institutes, the environment at IIMC is better in comparison to the environment at IIMB. IIMC follows the philosophy of giving an autonomy to their students, so as to enable them to grow and excel in all the areas of professionalism and creativity. 

Overall, it is a very difficult task of counting the advantages of one IIM to the other, as all the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are globally renowned and have been recognized internationally by the other prestigious and esteemed institutes across the globe.