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Minimum Eligibility Criteria for UG Courses:-
Candidates need to be Indian nationals to be eligible to apply for admission in UG programmes offered at ICT.
Apart from this, aspirants should have cleared their qualifying examination (having science subjects) with at least 50% aggregate marks if they are from general category. If the applicant belongs to categories like backward classes and persons with a disability then they meet the eligibility criteria if they have secured at least 45% marks. However, this percentage reduction would be offered to candidates belonging to Maharashtra State only.
Minimum Eligibility Criteria for PG Courses:-
Aspirants can apply for admission at ICT Mumbai in Masters programmes only if they are Indian citizens. Further, candidates meet the ICT eligibility criteria for PG course admissions if they have cleared their Bachelor's degree in the science stream with at least 55% aggregate marks from a recognized college/university.

Post Graduate Diploma in Banking & Financial Services (PGDBFS) enables the student to broad base his or her career options in the BFSI sector. Besides covering important foundation and core modules in banking and financial services, it provides an opportunity to specialize in one of these two areas. The Diploma carries professional recognition among the banking and finance community and hence would definitely help you to get opportunities in banks and other financial organization. Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance is very reputed institute. It also provides assistance in placement. You may check the previous year placement records of the institute. You may visit the Institute website (http://www.ifbi.com) for all the relevant details

The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a three year Bachelor's degree in commerce and business administration. Syllabus of BBA degree programme usually includes general courses in all functional aspects of business and electives courses for specific functional specialisation such as finance, marketing, HR, IT, etc. In addition, some universities offer sector specific specialisation in retail, banking, insurance, healthcare, travel and transportation, SCM, etc. BBA is a job oriented program which prepares you for supervisory roles in various kind of industries. If you are planning to study until BBA then you can choose any of the specialisation based on your interest. But if your aim is MBA then it is advised that you do generic BBA. Based on your understanding, then you can choose your specialisation in MBA degree. Most common BBA specialisations are marketing and retail based on market trend and availability of jobs in the market. With 4 to 6 years experience, you can grow and get a managerial role. If you want to start your career as a manager then you may have to do MBA after BBA.

Some tips for civil services preparation:-
1) Start reading newspapers. Not newspapers like Times of India (I would suggest that the first thing you do is throw out that newspaper), but papers like The Hindu and The Indian Express. They are very good and I would suggest you read them religiously.
2) Start reading NCERTs. These are basic textbooks which will give you the gist of the subject and then you can go deeper and deeper into that subject. For example, for history, you should start reading India's Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma, then Medieval India by Satish Chandra and then India's Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra. Then you can read textbooks which go deeper in the subject.
3) As you read the newspapers, make notes of important events. I have made 8 divisions, namely, International Relations (Middle East and Asia), International Relations(Americas and remaining world), Government Policies and schemes, Personalities and Awards and Sports, International Organizations, Social Issues, Economic Policies, Defense. I classify all news in these categories. These will help as a ready reckoner while you are revising for the general studies syllabus.
4) Make use of the internet. Watch documentaries like BBC's Days that shook the world which will increase your knowledge base. Keep in mind that they tend to be a bit biased though.
5) Visit the websites of government ministries whenever a new bill is introduced. It will help you see the government point of view on the bill.
6) Read at least 4 of the following magazines: Front-line, Civil Services Chronicle, Economic and Political Weekly, India Today, The Economist, Yojana, Kurukshetra.
7) Whenever any current issue comes up, look up all the details on the internet, including the history of the issue in question.