Athena School of Management Powai Mumbai Answered Questions

The NMAT Cutoff for Athena School of Management is around 145 to 150. However, even if it is slightly less, you can apply on the basis of your Strong Profile. Athena is located in Hiranandani (Powai), which is known to be a hub for many corporates, banking giants and MNCs. This B School attracts good companies for placement and the smaller batch size enables great personal attention to each and every student along with a higher rate of conversion for placements.
It has an innovative course structure which brings out the leader within you. The teaching style tries to develop your personality drastically and by the end of the course you will be ready to face any challenge in the corporate world.
Unlike most other B Schools Athena focuses on practical activities like the HR Live Project, Student Societies like Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Sports and Culture, various Rotaract events and activities, Conferences and Workshops, etc. In the classroom, along with brilliant lectures and case study based learning, the activitie s enable the students to building on their strengths and overcome their weakness like the fear of public speaking, stage fright, lack of confidence, etc.
Also, a rare trait, the school offers multiple Indian and International Internships. Infact, many students even get Pre-Placement Offers during their Internships.

UBS is ranked in the Top 5 B-Schools in Mumbai by Times of India and NIRF (government. Of India) and is the only B-School endorsed by 60 CEOs and run by CEOs who have led multi billion dollar companies in over 100 countries. You learn from CEOs and will meet 100 CEOs and Business Leaders during your programme. UBS has been considered the Top 4 Truly Global B-school in India by Times B-school (2015) UBS is the 1st B-School in India to give a PGDM with foreign collaboration in partnership with Cardiff Met. University, UK which is a 150 years old British University ranked no.1 modern university in UK with 80000 alumni. Overall in India UBS is ranked in the Top 25 B-schools. Athena is not AICTE approved and is not in the top 100 B-schools.

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ISB&M is known for its quality training & placement and career development .All students have equal opportunity to learn and develop aspirations that take their careers abroad including US, UK, Europe & Singapore.All the Placement activities of the students are done through ISB&M Placement Cell. Companies like Asian Paints, Bausch & Lomb, Blue Star, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Allianz, Credit Suisse, ConAgra Foods, DCB, Deloitte, Dun & Bradstreet, Entercoms, Frost & Sullivan, Godrej & Boyce, Gionee, Harman International, Honeywell, Haeir, ITC Infotech, JWT, Kohler, LG Electronics, Lowe Lintas, Mahindra Finance, Metro Cash & Carry, Nuance, Ogilvy & Mather, Philips, Panasonic, PwC, Raymond, Sany, Standard Chartered, TCS, UB Group, Volvo, Wipro, Whirlpool, Yes Bank and man

If you're opting for operations or IB then ITM is a good option. First of all its among the top 15 B-Schools and its a very good college in terms of ROI. For IB it provides a 2 months winter internship which is paid. The programme highlight is the 10 week global study term. The entire cohort of students travels to Europe to be trained by international faculty members and get directly exposed to the realities of business in the European Union. The experience is highlighted by visits to prominent government, industrial and corporate organizations, talks by business and policy experts and cultural immersion activities.

Its a Good B-School. They have been ranked in Top 6 Emerging Business Schools in India, Top 3 in Western India. They have placements which are average of 7 Lacs. Companies visiting include ICICI, HDFC, Vodafone, Edelweiss, Naukri, Capital First, ITC, Tata Group, IndusInd, 99 Acres, Aditya Birla Group, Anand Rathi, Tries Vista, KPMG, Bajaj Group etc. Also heard that faculty are Senior Corporate Execs at CEO/CXO level. International tie ups with Universities in Singapore & Germany. Internship in Every Semester. And the campus is located in the Corporate Hub of Powai in Mumbai. Hope this helps!