Is MDIM Worth the Hype? A No-Nonsense Review

Before answering this question let me tell one basic thing why people do MBA or PGDM courses like professional career course. A major section of people pursue an MBA or PGDM because of getting a job. Straight and simple. Now whether MDIM's course curriculum is apt for placement and industry standard or not. Answer is YES. Here it is more practical than theory-based learning. The entire course of each term is distributed so well that at the end of term 3 you will ready for your internship journey. Activity-based learning and practical approach are the best thing in the course curriculum in terms of relevance and comprehensiveness.

We had companies for various sectors and industries for our internship starting from Tata AIG, Droom, Tech Mahindra, and Middle Earth to companies like Tata Steel, ICICI bank, etc. The highest Stipend is 40K per month. Every company has its very own project some are like market research whereas some come for finance projects. Depends on the company to company.

MDIM's one of the most important committees is PLACECOM i.e. placement committee of MDIM. They worked a corporate time cycle just to get the batch placed. So from day 1, they will make you know the norms and guidelines about the placement. After some days they will start floating companies nomination forms in the college's mail ID. They will happen till the batch achieves 100% placement. Every year there are some prominent recruiters come to MDIM like ICICI Bank, Dabur, Bandhan Bank, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, Tata AIG, etc. No Ed-tech startup or company form is floated this is the type of a rule here. The highest package offered this year 40LPA and the Average package is around 11 LPA. After getting the degree I like to serve for a well-reputed company and help me in my career growth.

As it is an emerging bschool MDIM's tuition fees increases for each batch and it's for a reason also. The reason is placement, in MDIM, there is a record of 100% placement for each batch whether it was in the time of corona or normal. For batch 2024-26 they revised their fees. Tuition fees 584710/ year, Lodging 67410/year, Boarding charges 59900/year, study material fee 27820(1st year), 28000(2nd year), Student welfare 10000/year, library fees 11770/year, Alumni fees 5000 ( one time), Medical Insurance 1500 (1st), 1600(2nd), Security deposit 20000(onetime). Total 1551500. Special scholarship and freeship scheme for the north east students to pursue PGDM course approved by AICTE at MDIM.

This is my first residential course I am availing. So I was bit nervous in the begining. But it is really awesome. This alchohol & tobacco free campus has great people from different part of India. Whether it is 3 am or 4pm, this campus is always full of life. Angeethi, the cafe is the best place to sit, sing, jam and do gossip. Swimming pool are the best place to get relaxed. It has seperate slots for boys and girls. MDIM has vollyball ground, badminton ground, football, cricket ground, Table tennis table, Pool table, Carrom Board. MDIM had SAMVAAD, CAMXOTICA, FRESHERS and many more annual festivals from different clubs and committes. MDIM's library is gem. It has journals of Harvard Business School. All the case we study in the classroom it mainly from HBR cases. All the classes has two projectors where teachers used to present their material. MDIM has two computer lab having the facility of NVIVO software , SPSS software. It has 4 Bloomberg terminals.

In a room we get one wardrobe, one single bed, one book rack, and one study table along with a chair. The room has an attached balcony. Meal is mainly made by Jana Enterprise Limited. Meal is good. We have hostel and mess committee to take care about our meals. Registration process is seemless. Room is already alloted as per registation number. This is a residential college so there is no facility of rented PG or room like that. For parent we have guest rooms and hotels outside the campus.

The admission process was very smooth. MDI only considers CAT percentile so as per my percentile i.e. 79.45% I got a call from MDIM. My interview was scheduled accordingly. In the interview, they mainly asked about myself, and my interest area ( for me i.e stock market and finance) and they tried to know how much knowledge I had in the same domain then another panelist asked some psychological questions ( like what do you mean by depression, what is anxiety etc.) and some basic questions about my family. Then they added me in the Admission Committee's WhatsApp group. In some days I got a congratulations mail from MDIM along with the joining date. The process was very apt and seamless. In my case, it was online (Zoom) as it was in the time of Corona but I would prefer if the college could take interviews physically to get the nerve of the legacy holders and students also can experience what life is like here at MDIM.

My interview Questions are like introduction, area of interest, hobbies and project work. I mainly prepare from CATKING and IAS interview videos from Youtube. I was well informed about current events and business trends. I had indepth knowledge in my interest area and I prepared my CV properly.