IIM Calcutta All Questions

Hello Aspirant!

There are various reasons which make IIM Ahmedabad  and IIM Bombay better than IIM Calcutta. One of the massive advantages IIM-A , IIM-B had was its proximity to Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Bangalore, all three economic powerhouses. Whereas IIM-C, although older and located in Kolkata, had to deal with the distance problem.

There was an alumni reunion in IIM-A just before Christmas, when the batch of ’92 descended upon campus. Out of the 180 in the batch, about 150 turned up for the reunion. Which not happens with full ledge in IIM-C. But all IIM's are great to go and they lead many students to make better future for our nation.

Hello

Some of the alumni of IIM Calcutta are :

Rohit Chadda (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohit_Chadda) , CEO for the digital business at Zee group

Sunil Alagh (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Alagh) , former MD and CEO of Britannia Industries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Industries)

Ajit Balakrishnan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Balakrishnan) , founder and chief executive officer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer) of Rediff.com (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rediff.com)

You can get more names from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IIM_Calcutta_alumni

Hey Aspirant,

Hope you are doing great,

Placements in IIM Calcutta is quite decent. The record of getting placement is 100%. The Average package offer goes around 29 LPA.

I have attached the placement record of IIM Calcutta, with this link you can access it:

https://www.iimcal.ac.in/sites/all/files/pdfs/archives/placement_report_03april_rev2.pdf

I hope this will help you,

Best of Luck :)

Hi Mukesh,

Answering to this question depends on each individual. Everybody has their own preferences of living their life on their own. Also, for some this still is same for them. Studying in top B-schools of india is one of the greatest pleasures an individual can have. Looking for sorted life ahead and enjoying the best possible moments they have live.

See, if you study in IIM Calcutta; you can have all these:

• Decent placement Opportunities
• First class learning among intelligent brains
• Highly qualifies professors
• Reputation
• Better life ahead
• Proud moment for family

You can have all these if you study in IIM Calcutta. Also, you can explore much more with your colleagues. Exploring Calcutta, its history and safe future.

I hope this information helps you a lot!

Check this out: https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-management-calcutta

Thanks!!

Hi Chandni,

See, the best choice is what you can make on your own. Rather than looking for alternatives, it is better to get your preferences over anything else. Both Bangalore and Calcutta are best in terms of everything. Be it placements or academics r anything else, you can opt anyone from them.

But as per my opinion, I would go with Bangalore because there are several advantages as well.

• Good location
• Better standards of living.
• Good environment

You will enjoy your life in IIM Bangalore and for sure you will be free from politics as well.  Although, bangalore will be quite expensive as compared to calcutta due to high standards of living. So, the choice is yours.

I hope this information helps you.

Check out these links: https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-management-bangalore

https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-management-calcutta

Thank you and all the very best:)

Hii

IIM-C was established in November 1961, in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management, the government of West Bengal, the Ford Foundation and Indian industry. During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth and J. K. Sengupta.

IIM-A was also established in 1961 by the Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian Industry. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, a noted scientist and industrialist and other Ahmedabad based industrialists such as Kasturbhai Lalbhai played a major role in the creation of the Institute.

Campus

The highligh of the 100 acre IIM-A campus is the the baked brick style buildings designed by the famous architect Louis Kahn. The highlight of IIM-C's 135 acre campus are the 7 lakes and a mini replica of the Howrah bridge.

Courses Offered

While both institutes offer their flagship 2-year PGDM course as well as a Fellowship Program, there are several other courses that the institutes offer.

IIM Ahmedabad offers:

PGP-ABM (Agri Business)

PGPX for executives

IIM Calcutta offers

PGDCM (focus on Information Systems)

PGPEX for executives

PGPEX-VLMP

IIM Calcutta also offers Distance Education programs as well as courses overseas.

Best of luck.

Hello Hello,

Although every course in IIMs are best but some of them are extraordinary and one can not afford to miss them. Below i have mentioned those course, check those out:

• Advanced analytical skills in communication(AASCOM) - This is one of the best courses an individual can take for their self improvement as well. This course helps in taking the diverse concepts like bottom of the pyramid, determination in the wages and various such on related topics which are very popular nowadays. You will get ample of knowledge in this course and it will open your eyes to various social structures that helps people to understand their behavior within them.
• Strategic Leadership -Opting for this course takes you to another level in every terms of class participation and content discussed for their benefits. If discussing various complex arguments within possibilities. For sure, this course will bring mass class participation.
• International Marketing - In this course, a student will be able to understand the marketing system and their needs with every possible aspects of profit and losses on global level.

Hope this information helps you.

Thank you and good luck:)

Hi Amitabha,

Top institutes offering MBA- HR include IIM Bangalore, IIM Kolkata, MDI Gurgaon, IIM Lucknow, IMT Ghaziabad, XLRI- Jamshedpur, NMIMS, JBIMS, Welingkar etc. 

You can find a list of b-schools here .. Top colleges offering MBA- HR.

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Hi Richie,

First and foremost, for IIMs (A/B/C) you need to score a very good percentile in CAT. Assuming you're a GEM (General category, Engineer and a Male), and have decent academic scores (i.e. 85% and above in your 10th and 12th and 80% and above in your graduation) your percentile should be no less than 99.4 - 99.5.

Now, coming to specific B-Schools. IIM C gives less importance to your past academics and more to CAT and further processes (WAT, PI). So even if you have a poor score in 10th / 12th / graduation (obviously more than 70%), you still stand a chance by acing your CAT paper.

IIM B on the other hand gives a lot of weightage to your past academics. Therefore if you're not someone with 90% and above in both 10th and 12th, you might face serious competitions and if you have a poor score then you might want to drop the dream of IIM B.

But you can still look for IIM A, as it is more balanced than IIM B and doesn't necessarily put that much weight on your past academics.

Hope this helps.

Hey Niha,

Yes you can absolutely get admission in IIM C after your Maters provided you clear your CAT exam with flying colors, that is to say, you having done your Masters won't give you any additional privilege.

Coming to your next question,  No, there is no age limit to pursue the PGDM program from IIM C rather any IIMs as of now.

Hope this helps.