AHMEDABAD in Gujarat, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra together account for  over  70 % of the schools in the region.  In our rankings, IIM-Ahmedabad has constantly managed to occupy the numero-uno slot among the various B-Schools in the country, though it was ped due to lack of data this year (Know more). 

MICA remains the only institute to offer a Communication management course in the country. Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Bharuch are other cities of Gujarat that have been included in the cluster. The cluster also has EDII, the only entrepreneurship school in the nation.

The state of Maharashtra boasts of some of the best colleges in the country like NITIE, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management and Research and Welingkar Institute of Management. These colleges offer unbeatable value proposition with courses ranging from industrial management (NITIE) to management programmes for legal and healthcare professionals (Welingkar). 

As most of the organizations have their headquarters or primary operations in Mumbai, placements become relatively easier as compared to any Tier-2 or Tier-3 cities. An interesting feature of the Mumbai institutions is that most of them offer two programmes from the same premises. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management and other schools in the group remain a formidable choice in the Pune cluster. Balaji,Sadhana, Indira as well as the old war horse PUMBA are the other good choices in the city.
 

Select Schools in Details

ICFAI Business School, Ahmedabad
Flagship Programme: PGPM
Approval/Accreditation: NA
Student’s intake: 180
Fees (full course): Rs. 7.02 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 72, 000
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 60%ile
Full-time faculty: 12
Faculty with PhD: 4
Average placement salary: Rs. 3.9 lakh
Website: www.ibsindia.org/ibs_ahmd.asp

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Balaji Institute of Telecom & Management, Pune
Flagship Programme: PGDM (Telecom/Telecom & Marketing/ Marketing & Finance)
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE
Students’ intake: 120+60+60
Fees (full course): Rs. 6 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 36, 000
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 40%ile
Full-time faculty: 30
Faculty with PhD: 2
Average placement salary: Rs. 5.3 lakh
Website: www.bitmpune.com

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Bharati Vidyapeeth’s IMSR, Navi Mumbai
Flagship Programme: MMS/PGDBM
Approval/Accreditation: NA/AICTE
Students’ intake: 120+120
Fees (full course): Rs. 1.11 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 53, 000
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 65%ile
Full-time faculty: 22
Faculty with PhD: 4
Average placement salary: Rs. 3.5 lakh
Website: www.bharatividyapeeth.edu

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Dr. V.N. Bedekar Institute of Mgmt Studies, Thane
Flagship Programme: MMS/PGDM
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE
Students’ intake: 120+60
Fees (full course): Rs. 2.11 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): NA
Admission test cut-offs:CET:101%(AMMI-MAH CET-129);
CAT: 60%ile
Full-time faculty: 16
Faculty with PhD: 3
Average placement salary: NA
Website: www.vpmthane.org

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ICFAI Business School, Mumbai
Flagship Programme: PGPM
Approval/Accreditation: NA
Students’ intake: 309
Fees (full course): Rs. 4.25 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): NA
Admission test cut-offs: IBSAT: 88.1%ile; CAT: 78%ile  
Full-time faculty: 36
Faculty with PhD: 16
Average placement salary: Rs. 6.15 lakh
Website: www.ibsindia.org/ibs_Mumbai.asp
 
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ICFAI Business School, Pune
Flagship Programme: PGPM
Approval/Accreditation: NA
Students’ intake: NA
Fees (full course): Rs. 5 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 42, 000
Admission test cut-offs: B-School’s own: 68%ile; CAT: 58%ile
Full-time faculty: 17
Faculty with PhD: 5
Average placement salary: Rs. 5.6 lakh
Website: www.ibsindia.org/ibs_pune.asp

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Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Mgmt Studies, Mumbai  
Flagship Programme: MMS(FT)
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE
Students’ intake: 120
Fees (full course): Rs. 1 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 8000
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 99.9%ile
Full-time faculty: 5
Faculty with PhD: 3
Average placement salary: Rs. 15.54 lakh
Website: www.jbims.edu
 
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K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management  Studies & Research, Mumbai
Flagship Programme: PGDM/ PGDM(IB/RM/FS/Exec/MMS)
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE/NBA
Students’ intake: 120+60+60+60+60+120
Fees (full course): Rs. 3.4 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 1. 40 lakh
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 90.29%ile
Full-time faculty: 67
Faculty with PhD: 22
Average placement salary: Rs. 7.24 lakh
Website: simsr.somaiya.edu
 
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MAEER’s MIT School of Business, Pune
Flagship Programme: PGDM/PGDM (Marketing/Finance/HRM)
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE
Students’ intake: 120+60+60+60
Fees (full course): Rs. 5.5 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 60, 000
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 50%ile
Full-time faculty: 34
Faculty with PhD: 5
Average placement salary: Rs. 3.38 lakh
Website: www.mitsob.com

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Prin L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai
Flagship Programme: PGDM/ PGDM(E-Business/Business Design/MMS/Exec/Health Care)
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE/NBA
Students’ intake: 180+60+60+120+60+60
Fees (full course): Rs. 2.5 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 88, 000
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 86%ile
Full-time faculty: 71
Faculty with PhD: 11
Average placement salary: Rs. 7.5 lakh
Website: www.welingkar.org
 
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Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, Mumbai
Flagship Programme: MBA(Multiple specialisation)
Approval/Accreditation: NA
Students’ intake: 60+20+20+20
Fees (full course): Rs. 4.95 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 1.10 lakh (Boys)/Rs. 1.25 lakh(Girls)
Admission test cut-offs: NA
Full-time faculty: 55
Faculty with PhD: 23
Average placement salary: Rs. 6 lakh
Website: pharmacy.nmims.edu
 
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Sterling Institute of Mgmt Studies, Navi Mumbai
Flagship Programme: MMS(Regular Shift)/MMS(2nd Shift)/PGDM
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE
Students’ intake: 120+60+60
Fees (full course): Rs. 1.27 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): NA
Admission test cut-offs: NA
Full-time faculty: 20
Faculty with PhD: 4
Average placement salary: Rs. 2 lakh
Website: www.ncrdsims.org
 
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Sydenham Institute of Mgmt & Research, Mumbai
Flagship Programme: MMS/PGDBM
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE
Students’ intake: 60+60
Fees (full course): Rs. 69, 000
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): NA
Admission test cut-offs: CAT: 98.5%ile
Full-time faculty: 13
Faculty with PhD: 2
Average placement salary: Rs. 9.41 lakh
Website: www.simsree.org

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Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology, Pune
Flagship Programme: MBA (ITBM)
Approval/Accreditation: NAAC
Students’ intake: 209
Fees (full course): Rs. 4.8 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 1.40 lakh
Admission test cut-offs: B-School’s own- 63.75%;CAT: 75%ile
Full-time faculty: 15
Faculty with PhD: 6
Average placement salary: Rs. 6.8 lakh
Website: www.scit.edu
 
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Symbiosis Centre For Management & HRD, Pune
Flagship Programme: MBA/MBA(Infrastructure Management)
Approval/Accreditation: AICTE/NAAC
Students’ intake: 200+30
Fees (full course): Rs. 3.25 lakh
Boarding & lodging (2 yrs): Rs. 35, 000
Admission test cut-offs: SNAP: 98/150 marks; CAT: 85%ile
Full-time faculty: 31
Faculty with PhD: 14
Average placement salary: Rs. 10.06 lakh
Website: www.scmhrd.edu
  

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