Hello aspirant,

Both CA (Chartered Accountant) and MBA (Masters of Business Administration) are great degrees to pursue and are in high demand. Having said this, I would also like to point out that many Chartered Accountants do pursue their MBAs from top universities like IIMs, therefore with respect to demand, scope of better jobs MBA is a better degree.

P.S. IIMs do not offer MBA degree but they offer PGDM (Post Graduate in Diploma Management). Although these are diplomas, their values (due to IIM-Stamp) is immense.

Hope this was helpful.

Hello Aspirant,

Hope you are doing well.

At the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) in Mumbai, the School of Business Management offers all of the MBA programmes as well as other part-time, full-time, and specialised MBA programmes to students.

This college offers all of the necessary facilities and opportunities that a student could ever need. Everything, from the quality of the teaching to the qualifications of the faculty; from clubs and committees to sports and exposure; from festivals to the surrounding environment; is up to par with international standards. All of these amenities are a good value for the money.

ELIGIBILITY

Admission to the NMIMS SBM MBA programme is contingent on receiving a passing score on the NMAT by GMAC exam. Admissions to the courses are a two-step procedure that begins with an admission exam and ends with a Case Discussion and Personal Interview (CDPI) performed by the school after which students are admitted.

• Bachelor's degree in any stream from a recognised university with a minimum of 50 percent in the combined subjects
• Candidates must have a valid score in the NMAT/GMAT/GRE and qualify in the CD and PI rounds conducted by NMIMS in order to be considered for final selection.
• Candidates must have mathematics at the PU or Class 12 or comparable level.
  A minimum TOEFL score of 93 is required; an IELTS score of 7.0 or above is required, with minimum subsections scores.
• However, getting admitted to NMIMS requires at least a 50% score on the NMAT by GMAC, and for postgraduate studies, at least a 50% score on the Graduation exam is required.
• And if one is selected, one must go through the CD (Case Discussion) process before proceeding to the PI process (Personal Interview).
• After that, the third level is determined by academic achievement as well as applicable work experience.

For more details on NMIMS read this article by Careers360:

https://www.careers360.com/university/narsee-monjee-institute-of-management-studies-mumbai

The top college for MBA in India after IIM Indore are:

• IIM Lucknow -NIRF Rank 7
• IIM Raipur,Chhattisgarh- NIRF Rank 15
• IIM Trichy- NIRF Rank 17
• IIM Udaipur- NIRF Rank 18
• IIM Ranchi- NIRF Rank 21

For more info on IIMs and best MBA programmes, read this article by Careers360:

https://www.careers360.com/courses/mba-master-of-business-administration

The Indian Institutes of Management are primarily recognised for their MBA/PGP and Executive MBA programmes.

The top five IIMs — IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, and IIM Kozhikode – are consistently placed among the top B-schools in India in various rankings like as the Times Ranking, the Outlook Ranking, and others.

IIMs are also recognised among the top 100 best MBA colleges in the world on a worldwide scale.

Hope you got the answer to your question. Incase of any queries, feel free to question. Have a great day!

Hi Aspirant,

Hope you are doing great as per the question asked by you, you should work hard and should focus on achieving high and high in entrance exam then you can certainly get a call from I.I.Ms. You should try to achieve more than 96-97 percentile then you can easily get a call from I.I.M.s.

Hope you found this answer useful.Stay motivated stay positive.

All the best!

Hello Anushka,

Hope you are doing well.

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad only provides two courses in MBA degree-

• MBA
• PGP Food and Agribusiness Management

There's no such course as MBA in Pharmaceutical Management provided by this Institute.

Here is the list of colleges having course in MBA in Pharmaceutical Management in Gujarat , kindly have a look:

https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-mba-in-pharmaceutical-management-colleges-in-gujarat

List of colleges providing this course all over India :

https://bschool.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-mba-in-pharmaceutical-management-colleges-in-india

Hope this helps. All the best!

Hello dear,

Hope you're good,

It doesn't matter how much you score in class 10, yes can give cat examination. The cat syllabus consists of the Data Interpretation and logical reasoning (DILR) Quantitative aptitude (QA) of the verbal capacity and the reading comprehension (VARC). It contains not just the mathematics but also logical English thinking, and some of the 12 themes are in the mathematical section. So you have to concentrate.

You need the right guidance for cat or an adequate institute to guide you.

I propose that you select the finest platform to prepare your cat by my personal experience. Because after coaching students miss 3 or 2 score.

Best Of Luck

I hope that I have answered your question and that this information will be useful to you in the future.

CAT exam syllabus is broadly divided into three topics:

1. Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC)- Mainly contains Para-jumbles, Sentence completion , Inferences and q uestions based on reading comprehension

2. Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) - Graphs, Tables , Seating Arrangement , Syllogism , Blood Relation , Data Caselets and etc

3. Quantitative Aptitude (QA) - Time and Work, G eometry, A lgebra, Mensuration , Number System

For top IIMs, you should aim for a percentile above 99.5. Check out the link below to explore more in this regard.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-cutoff/amp

Hi, hope you are doing well!

Chartered Accountancy is a professional course to become Chartered Accountant. The course has 3 levels and it is considered one of the toughest professional courses. It offers a great career path, salary, and respect among people. The profession involves management of finances for an entity. This includes managing financial accounts, budgeting, auditing, business strategy and taxation.

Indian Institute of Management(IIM) is one of the premiere B-School of India. There are a number of IIMs across the country and the best three are IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta. IIM mainly offers post graduation courses, the most popular among them is an MBA degree from IIM. To get to an IIM for MBA one needs to crack CAT examination with a very high percentile.

Career paths should always be chosen based on one's likes, dislikes, skills and long-term life goals. As you are in your 12th standard currently, you still have some time to understand what is best for you.

For these two options, both of them are excellent career choices with higher than average package and utmost amount of respect in the society. You can definitely choose any of the options based on your liking. There are some IIMs that offer integrated Graduation and Post Graduation degrees but unfortunately the 3 best IIMs don't offer integrated courses. For that you have to complete your graduation and side-by-side prepare for the CAT examination. However, you can start CA course right after your 12th Board exams.

You can start CA along with your graduation. In your final year of graduation you can start preparing for CAT then get into one of the IIMs.

Regarding unemployment, it can be in any of the career paths. It totally depends on your effort, hard-work and skills. Recession is a different case but it would definitely not impact these two career paths.

As per past year trends IIMs offer 100% placements.

Hello Vishnu,

Hope you are doing all good. Irrespective of your branch (Food Technology) you will fall under the umbrella of Engineers when you apply for CAT. Now, since you want an admission in IIM Ahmedabad, let me tell you that on IIM Ahmedabad does not offer specialized courses such as  Agri Business and Management at least at the PGDM level.

It provides you with a diploma in general management with which you can enter into any management field be it Agri Business and Management.

So to answer your question straight, Yes you can apply for CAT in order to get admission in IIM Ahmedabad being a Food Engineering student but rest assured you will have to clear the normal cutoff as of any engineer. No benefit will be given due to your background. However, your background and aspiration in Agri Management might be helpful during the PI.

Hope this was helpful.

Hello Aspirant,

First of all it is recommended that you should read this answer in desktop mode in browser for better experience.

See your academic record that you have mentioned in the question is quite good as per your category and along with such academic record you should have at least 95+ percentile in CAT if you belongs to SC category.

To make you more clear about the admission process of the mentioned IIMs, let us discuss about admission criteria of all the IIMs which you have mentioned :-

IIM Ahmedabad

Admission process for IIM A is a two step process. First step is for preliminary screening on the basis of Sectional cut-offs and overall cut-offs along with different rating points for IIM A which are described in the tables below and you need to clear sectional cut-off as well as Overall cut-off :-

Ratings on the basis of class 10th score :-

Rating on the basis of class 12th score :-

Rating scores on the basis of field of graduation and percentage :-

Rating scores on the basis of work experience (if any) :-

After considering all the ratings on the basis of above discussed factors candidates are shortlisted for Step 2 which is Analytical Writing Test and Personal Interview round.

You can check out complete admission process for IIM A from the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-ahmedabad-admission-criteria

IIM Bangalore

In IIM B also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-

For shortlisting of candidates for PI and AWT following weightage is considered by IIM B :-

Note that weightage mentioned is in points and the 40 points of CAT weightage can be bifurcated as follows  :-

• Verbal & Reading Comprehension (VARC) - 14 points
• Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR) - 16 points
• Quantitative Aptitude (QA) - 10 points

You can check out complete admission process for IIM B from the link given below :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-bangalore-admission-criteria

IIM Calcutta

In IIM C also there is a two stage selection process and the cut-offs are given below :-

For IIM C also you need to clear the above cut-offs and your points as mentioned in the above table should be decent enough to get shortlisted for Stage 2 which is of AWT and PI.

Final selection will be made on the basis of following weightage :-

You can check out the link given below for complete admission Process of IIM C :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/iim-calcutta-admission-criteria

You can also use CAT Pathfinder to predict your chances to get call from different IIMs or non-IIMs :-

https://bschool.careers360.com/pathfinder/cat

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello Aspirant,

Hope you are doing well.

Yes, the OBC-NC certificate from state government is valid in IPM IIM Indore. infact you need to submit this certification if you want to get the benefits of being an OBC candidate, and the ranking relaxation that happens.

Hope you got the answer to your question. Incase of any queries, feel free to question. Have a great day!