What is the difference between MBA and PGDM?

I have got 83% in 12th (commerce) and 55% marks in B.com. I have got 68 in CMAT.

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MEGHA DAS
2014-04-08 18:05:59
Anjani8762 rather than going by MBA/PGDM you should find out best B-school on following parameters like Faculty, Infrastructure, Course content, Location of Institute etc.

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shaban
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2014-04-08 12:59:19
Hi, Please note that MBA is a post graduate degree and is offered by universities, whereas PGDM is post graduate diploma and is offered by AICTE approved institutes. Both these course have almost the same course curriculum, and is equally accepted by corporates for job so you may pursue any of the

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ANKITA PANDEY
2014-04-08 19:16:21
MBA is a degree & a degree can only be awarded by an University. PGDM is a diploma certificate which can only be awarded by AICTE approved Institutes.

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Nikhlesh Mathur
2014-04-08 19:13:35
The main difference between PGDM and MBA is that PGDM is a postgraduate diploma which is given by stand alone / Autonomous Institutes which come under the jurisdiction of AICTE like IIMs, XLRI, SP Jain etc. And MBA is a degree program provided only by Universities and come under the jurisdiction of

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Neeraj Kumar
2014-04-08 17:52:15
The master of business administration (MBA) is a two year postgraduate degree in business administration. Now a days in the corporate sector, there is a huge demand of hard working and talented people and many students dream of joining MBA course after the completion of their graduation as it offers

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WLC Reema
2014-04-08 15:22:26
Hi Anjani, PGDM stands for Post Graduate Diploma in Management and is offered by an institute that is not affiliated under any University. The institute is an autonomous body which has its own course curriculum. Institutes offering MBA or Master in Business Administration on the other hand offer a

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Pinky Arora
2014-04-08 13:01:03
MBA gives you degree and PGDM is a diploma.

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