KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Review

KJ Somaiya Institute of Management accepts various scores for admission, including CAT, XAT, NMAT, CMAT, and others. I was accepted through NMAT, with a score of 234/360, well over the needed cut-off of 225. The application form, case analysis, and personal interview (CAPI) process went off without a glitch. Their shortlisting procedure was a major roadblock for me because they did not provide a waiting list as other institutes did, and we had no way of knowing whether we would get admitted or not. This caused a state of confusion and anxiety among the students. To avoid this, the admission committee should publish a waiting list so that the students can feel at peace right away. Apart from that, the information about the admission process and the application form can be found here simsr.somaiya.edu/en/admission/mba

My course is Retail Management, it tells about the nitty-gritties of the retail industry and also marketing techniques. The faculty is quite good and have a good grasp on this subject. We have three trimesters in a year and if one has studied properly in the class then exams are not that hard to pass.

Internship opportunities are good in college, companies like GEP, HSBC, Accenture, ICICI, ITC, Zara, Tommy Hilfiger, etc have visited campus and have provided good profiles. With internships, a good amount of Live projects opportunities are also there which gives good exposure of how corporate works and of profiles like business development, market research, etc.

College placements are so far going great for both final and summer internships. For Summer internships almost everyone is placed by now and same is the case for final placements. A good number of companies are visiting college, including GEP, McVities, ICICI, HSBC, Accenture, Salesforce, etc.

The scholarship opportunity in college is on the basis of need, merit, and on some other criteria as well, details of which can be found on their website. Fees are around 16-17 lakhs for two years without a hostel and from this year the fees are hiked up to 18-19 lakhs.

Life at the campus is great, the college has a various number of committees including Dance, Singing Clubs, etc, These committees give us great exposure and help in building the holistic development of an individual.

For the admission, there were two rounds, case analysis followed by personal interview round. There was no GD round as such for the admission process. The process was pretty smooth and for these two rounds I brushed up my general knowledge and undergrad main subjects.