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The placements at MITSOB are very good. In my senior batch, almost 85-90% students got placed. The highest salary offered was 6.5 Lacs per annum by Aditya Birla and the lowest salary was 3 Lacs offered by CatenOn. The average salary here is 4.5 Lacs. Last year, companies like Aditya Birla, CatenOn, Eaton, Xebec Communications, Tech Mahindra, Tata Technologies, CCD, Balaji Telefilms had visited the college campus for placements. The role offered to them was more of sales, business development, research associate. Infrastructure:
The college is equipped with all the latest facilities like Wi-Fi, computer labs, projectors in classrooms, seminar hall. It is a 7-floor building equipped with 3 lifts for the convenience of the students and faculty. There are big classrooms so that students are very comfortable.

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Let us help you understand the basic difference between them:
1) Only universities can offer MBA: In India only those management institutes which are affiliated to a university can offer an MBA degree. For this reason institutes like NIMT Institute of Hospital and Pharma Management and NIMT Institute of Management can offer MBA degree, as they are affiliated with Mahamaya Technical University and Rajasthan Technical University respectively. Also IIMs, though being the best of the lot, can't offer MBAs as they are not affiliated with any university. Institutes which are not affiliated to university are autonomous and can offer PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) degree. However, these programmes are approved by regulatory bodies such as AICTE.
2) Difference in focus of curriculum: While there are huge similarities in the curriculum of both MBA and PGDM, there are finer points of difference. While MBA focuses more on theoretical aspects of management and is more exam-oriented, PGDM has a focus on building soft skills and is industry-oriented. It prepares you for the job market.
3) Curriculum of PGDM is flexible: Since an autonomous institute does not have to follow university standards, it is free to change its curriculum according to industry standards and change in business environment. Also a PGDM gives you an industry exposure. Whereas it will take time to change the curriculum for MBAs as it is affiliated with a university and it will essentially follow the university guidelines and changing this curriculum is a very slow process.
4) MBAs are more affordable: In compared to PGDM, generally MBAs are more affordable as the fees is almost similar to university standard.
5) Difference in focus: An MBA will help in developing technical skills and business knowledge whereas a PGDM will prepare graduates for senior level positions in industry and paves the way for a strong corporate career. Hence, if you're looking for a career in the challenging area of management, you should go for PGDM.