There is no doubt that choosing the right Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) college for pursuance of this course is quite a difficult task, especially because there is unfortunately no standard parameter or a university acceptable criterion in India. Besides, it is also likely to be one of the biggest investments of time and money that one will ever make to join a PGDM course. Therefore, it becomes quite important for an aspirant to have detailed information about the procedures involved in the PGDM admission process.
To help you in this regard, we present below a few key points that you must keep in mind before choosing the right PGDM college for your study.
The value of ‘Researching’
Since everything has a beginning, here it is researching for best B-Schools. It is advised that the students should do an in-depth research about different colleges and universities that provide the best PGDM course. They should then make the list of their desired colleges for their PGDM course. To achieve this end, the students can do a simple google search on a website according to their requirements. Here, the students should be very clear about their area of study and decide on the specializations to choose in PGDM. This is because the specializations chosen in PGDM course largely decides their career in management in the future.
Getting detailed information about the College
While in the process of research, the students interested in the PGDM course should also understand the admission procedures for the PGDM course. This is because each college has different admission procedures and counselling procedures for selecting the candidates. While some may follow regular counselling sessions, others may have their own counselling and interview sessions.
Undergoing Registration & Application Process
After having shortlisted the colleges, the students have to apply for a PGDM course with desired specializations in their desired colleges. The students have to register themselves to the desired colleges. Once they register to the desired colleges, they will have to pay the application fee and fill the application form.
Appearing for Entrance Exams
Appearing for and clearing of entrance exams is the most important part for the admission to PGDM course. In fact, the students have to apply for a number of entrance exams like CAT, MAT, XAT etc. in order to get admission to the PGDM course. Here, one must know that there are some colleges like Asian Business School (ABS), Noida which conduct their own entrance exams despite the common entrance exams. The students need to apply for such exams separately if they wish to get admission in such colleges. The students have to prepare with full focus irrespective of entrance exams.
Broadly, all the entrance exams have similar patterns of questions like logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude, English language, date analysis, data sufficiency, etc. The students need to do a dedicated preparation for the entrance exams in order to get merit seats.
Going through Shortlisting Process
Normally, the colleges shortlist their candidates based on the rankings and marks scored by the students in the common entrance exams. Thus, the top-ranking students have better opportunities to study in top colleges and can join the merit seats. On the other hand, there are some colleges which conduct their own entrance exams. The students are selected based on the scores that they have secured in these entrance exams.
Cracking Personal Interview (PI) & Group Discussions (GD) Rounds
Personal Interview (PI) and Group Discussions (GD) is the next important procedure. The students may feel that it is difficult to crack these, but in reality, cracking them are very simple. Not all colleges conduct this procedure, only few of them have these procedures. A thorough preparation is the best answer for cracking these sessions for PGDM admissions in colleges.
The principal idea of conducting these rounds is only to gauge the skills and interest of the students. The students appearing for these rounds are required to be aware of some of the important aspects like current affairs, knowledge about the subject, brief knowledge about the chosen specialization, good hold on English language, interpersonal skills, etc.
Submission of Documents
The final part of the procedure in any admission procedure is document submission. The selected students after the Personal Interview and Group Discussions are intimated to submit all the documents in original along with the fees. So, the students have to keep extra copies of all the documents in hand in order to submit them on time.
Conclusion
In the above article we have tried to explain some of the important procedures available for getting admission to a PGDM course. The students are advised to follow these procedures in order to have a flawless admission experience. In case the students fail in any of the above procedures, then admissions may become a difficult affair. So, all the interested students are advised to follow the above procedures duly without any mistakes.
