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Expected IIM Calls
IIM Calcutta - Sectionals above 90 percentile each and overall above 95 percentile
IIM Bangalore - QDI above 80 percentile, VLR above 90 percentile and overall above 90 percentile
IIM Lucknow - Sectional above 85 percentile each and overall above 90 percentile
IIM Kozhikode - Overall above 85 percentile
IIM Indore - Sectionals above 85 percentile each and overall above 90 percentile
IIM Shillong - Sectionals above 65 percentile each and overall above 90 percentile
IIM Ranchi Sectionals above 70 percentile each and overall above 90 percentile
IIM Rohtak Sectionals above 80 percentile each and overall above 85 percentile
IIM Raipur Sectionals above 70 percentile each and overall above 90 percentile
IIM Trichy - Sectionals above 70 percentile each and overall above 80 percentile
IIM Kashipur - Sectionals above 70 percentile each and overall above 85 percentile
IIM Udaipur - Sectionals above 70 percentile each and overall above 80 percentile
IIM Bangalore, Kozhikode and Shillong take academics and work-ex in account.
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE): (Sectional Around 75 percentile)
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR): around 85 percentile for profile based calls; around 96 percentile for non-profile based calls.
Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur: (Sectional moderate)
Department of Management Studies (DOMS), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Around 90-94 Percentile Range
Management Development Institute (MDI) (Sectional Around 70 percentile)#
Xavier Institute of Management (XIM-B), Bhubaneswar (Sectional-Around 90 percentile)
Department of Management Studies (DoMS), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM): (Sectional Around 88 Percentile)
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur: (Sectional moderate)
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad
International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi (Sectional moderate)
K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR)
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NITT)

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) or Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) or Masters in Business Administration (MBA) are both management courses at Masters level. Both the courses have a commercial orientation and its difficult to differentiate between the two. MBA and PGDM are both business orientated courses. The main aim of the courses is to equip a person who wants to move up in the hierarchy and enter in to the management field. Degree vs Diploma At the end of PGP and PGDM course, candidates are offered a Diploma. However, at the end of an MBA programmes, candidates receive a degree. Many students tend to think that a Diploma course does not hold the same value as that of a degree. But that is not true. All the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top B-Schools such as XLRI Jamshedpur and SP Jain Mumbai offer PGP or PGDM courses. Most of these institutes are autonomous bodies (not affiliated to any University) and conducts their own management course. Syllabus In most cases, MBA course curriculum is designed by the university. The core syllabus (and sometimes even elective subjects) will be pretty much same in two MBA colleges under the same university. However, PGPM or PGDM courses are determined by the individual institute. This gives a certain flexibility to the course curriculum. Syllabus undergoes a change according to industrial requirements every year. Universities tend to lag behind and change their syllabus after a few years. Cost Factor It has been observed that most MBA courses have lower tuition fees as compared to PGP or PGDM courses. This may be so because mostly government approved universities offer MBA degrees. These universities receive financial aid and grants from the government, making the degree cheaper for the student. In case of a PGP or PGDM degree, students have to bear the cost of the entire programme. However, this is not an ironclad rule. There are MBA degrees which charge high tuition fees (such as IIFT). Finally, PGPBM Means post graduate programme in business manegment & PGDM Means post graduate Diploma in manegement, our syllabus is not design for B.Tech or bbm we have design for corporate world. PGDM and PGBPM is same.

Career as a Merchant Navy could be in 2 fields mainly - Engineer or a Cadet. Other fields could be catering, junior offiecers, etc. Subjects Required :Only PCM students can apply. Entrance Exam
IMU- CET :Indian Maritime University conducts an entrance exam IMUCET for various courses such as B.Sc. Nautical Science, B.Sc. Marine, B.Sc. Marine Catering, etc. You are also required to clear an interview and medical check-up. JEE T. S. Chanakya, Marine Engineering & Research Institute, Kolkata, & National Maritime Academy, Chennai, etc. Accepts JEE score. They are required to fill the forms for IMU as well. Colleges offering B.Sc. Nautical Science/ B.Sc. Marine Science/ Diploma in Nautical Science
HIMT College (Hindustan Institute of Maritime Training)
Tolani Maritime Institute
Anglo Eastern Maritime Academy
Applied Research International School of Maritime Studies
Great Eastern Institute of Maritime Studies
Post Graduate Diploma in Marine Engineering
Coimbatore Marine College
HIMT College Hindustan Institute of Maritime Training
B.Tech (Marine Engineering)
Coimbatore Marine College
Euro Tech Maritime Academy
HIMT College (Hindustan Institute of Maritime Training)
International Maritime Institute
Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies
NOTE :You can also get into Merchant Navy after a regular engineering degree.