How does one Select a Business School. This PPT runs you through a few key parameters to keep in mind when making a selection.

1. How to Select a
Business School

2.  Arka Bhattacharya
◦ B.E ( COEP , Pune ) - Metallurgy 2003
◦ IIFT Delhi, MBA (International Business) 2008
◦ Worked with ESAB (India) and was heading West India;
◦ Then with T.I.M.E Mumbai for 2 years;
◦ Also had a stint with leading American medical
Equipment Manufacturer Becton Dickinson
◦ Worked with Olam International in Indonesia & West
Africa heading their FMCG/PFB Business for Three Years
◦ Currently heading Academics & Corporate Relations at
Vanguard Business School

3.  Is it
◦ A Science?
◦ An Art?
◦ A Process?
◦ A War?
 Is it only about
◦ Leadership?
◦ Optimizing Resources?
◦ Motivating People?
◦ Achieving the improbable?
 Can it be learnt/ taught?

4.  What do I need?
 How do I get there?
 What does B-School offer?

5.  Industry Exposure
 Communication Skills & Interpersonal Skills
 Knowledge but coupled with Practical Application
 However, most importantly
Self - Belief

6.  Wharton, HBS, MIT, Stanford, Kellogg's, INSEAD,
IMD, Said & Judge (Oxbridge), GSB Chicago, LSE,
LSB, ESADE
 IIMs – A, B, C , L , I , K
◦ plus 7 others including IIM Shillong
 XLRI/JBIMS/FMS/SPJIMR/IIFT/MDI/NITIE
 XIMB/ SIBM/SCMHRD/ SJMSOM-IIT Bombay
NMIMS / DoMS-IIT Delhi/ VGSOM IIT-Kgp
 TAPMI/ IMI-D/IMT -G /DMS IIT- Kanpur
 TISS/MICA/IRMA
 ISB – Hyderabad/ Great Lakes – Chennai

7.  CAT/XAT/IIFT/SNAP /NMAT /MHCET/MICAT/IRMA
for all the B-schools we’ve mentioned
 GMAT – For ISB / B-Schools Abroad (Typically requires
minimum 3-4 years Work-ex)
 Group discussion /Essay/ Interview Stage
 Final admit
 Typically about 2.5 to 3 Lakh MBA aspirants give
various entrance exams each year (including PGCET &
MAT and similar regional entrance tests)
 Roughly 5000 odd seats in the colleges mentioned in
previous slide

8. • Focus on getting the Basics Right
• Practice smart till you get the time
management absolutely right
Entrance Test
• Know Thy Self
• Know Thy World
GD /
Interviews
• First get admits from as many schools as
you can
• Then, choose the one that you feel fits you
best
Choose the
Right B-School

9. Criteria
Placement
Brand Name
Fees
Faculty
Facility
Location
What Students SHOULD
Evaluate
Return on
Investment/Profile Of Job
Corporate Recognition
Return on Investment
Mix of
Corporate/Educational Exp
Opportunity to interact with
Corporates
No. Of Companies
What Students Evaluate
Salary High/Low
Perception via
Advertisements/Reference
Fees High/Low
Degree/ Years Of Teaching
Buildings/ Infrastructure
Distance from Home Town

10. Asking Smart Questions is the surest way to
becoming smarter. Asking Silly questions is an
even surer way of not remaining silly
He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes but
he who does not is a fool forever

11. WHY EVEN CONSIDER VANGUARD?

12. Mngmnt
Faculty
Exposure
Training

13. All this for a Fee <5L
World Class Management Education
Vanguard Business School

14.  All IIM/ Top 10 B-school
 Over 72 years of Experience
in Education & Industry
 IIM Corporate Network
Spanning over 30 Years
Manage-
ment

15. CorporatesCorporatesVBS
Directors &
Mgmt Team
CEO(IIMs) Country Head
HR Head
Mentors
Directors(IIMs) Function Head

16.  70% IIM/Top10 B-school
Alumni
 Faculty from IIMB, IITK,
MICA, IIM K, TAPMI
 All with Corporate
Experience
Faculty

17.  1 on 1 Industry Mentorship
◦ Internal & External
◦ Mentors from IIMs
 3-4 Months Summer Int.
 “Two Day/Week” Live Project
◦ Runs the Entire 2nd Year
 Industry /Domain reports
Exposure

18.  480 Hours Of Training
Outside Class
 Students Broken Down In
Smaller Groups
 Tracking of Each Student
Training

19. Best Return on Investment : Over 100% Year-on-Year
 Average Salary : INR 4.31 Lacs/Year
Median Salary : INR 4.20 Lacs/Year
 ROI : Average Sal/Fees = 4.31/4 ~108%

21.  ‘Real’ 100% Placement
No forced Entrepreneurs
No student was disqualified from
the placement process on any
grounds
 Process completed before most
Premier B-Schools in the Country

22.  38 Students
And many more……
 30 Companies

24. 2011-2013 2012-2014
 Participating Firms = 30
◦ By March
 Average = 4.2L
 Highest Salary
INR 5.9 L
 Participating Firms = 40
◦ As on 24/3/2014
 Average = 4.5L
 Highest Sal
INR 6.9L

25. 100% of Batch already Placed
Top Firms already hiring in 2nd Year

26.  Colgate Pamolive Placement Process
◦ 5 competing schools Allianz , Chirst, ISBM, Amrita, VBS
 Total 1 Selections 2 on Hold entire Bangalore
 VBS had 1 Selection and 1 Hold
 Naukri.com Placement Process
◦ 4 Campus Drive – St.Josephs, MSRamaih, Acharya ,VBS
 Total 3 Selections – VBS made 2/3
 Airtel hired 11 Students preferringus to SIBM /
Welingkar Bangalore
 PPOs from O&M, Cholamandalam
 PPIs from ITC, Crisil

27.  You didn’t make it top 20
◦ Yet want an absolutely Top Class Exposure
 CAT didn’t Go that Great
◦ You Scored well all through out
 You want to emulate Role Models within reach
 You want to really uplift where you stand

28.  July Intake
 Batch commences on August15th this
year
 CAT/XAT/MAT/VET(Vanguard)
 Class 10+12+Graduation Scores
 Short Essay: 15 mts,
 Extempore: 2 mts,
 Interview: 20-30 mts
Process for Selection

29. All the Best!
arka@vanguardbschool.com
www.vanguardbschool.com
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