IFMR Graduate school of Business KREA University (IFMR GSB) Sricity Andhra Pradesh - Other Answered Questions

IFMR has a track record of 100% placement since its establishment. Current placement scenario at IFMR, average is 9 lac and highest is 18 lac.
Some of the Companies which come for placements:
HSBC Bank, HDFC Bank, Accenture, Infosys, J.P Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, Deloitte,Cognizant, Capgemini, ICICI Bank
The 40 acre campus is located 70 kilometres north of Chennai in SriCity which is a Special Economic Zone. We are surrounded by companies like Mondelez International, Kellogs, PepsiCo, Alstom, Isuzu to name a few.
The cultural diversity at IFMR is one of the pros for the students because students can learn and enjoy different cultures from across India. The management & faculties are very supportive and provide their full support to students.
The college have specialisations in various fields like Finance, Marketing, Human Resource, Operations, BFSI. It is one of the pioneers in the country for Financial Engineering and Data Sciences.

For 2015-17 batch, the lowest is around Rs 6 LPA with an average around Rs 9 LPA and highest is Rs 18 LPA. This information is for the whole batch. Generally, it is observed that students with work experience of 2-3 years get more than a fresher.

IFMR is one of the best colleges that can help you in fulfilling your dreams. Marketing at IFMR is something that can help you to understand, both theory and reality by giving you real time field projects that will help you to analyze, understand and implement your theory learnings in real life. The average salary for marketing at IFMR is Rs.8.8 LPA.

Students with work experience in IT generally got business analyst roles and one student got project lead role. Work experience people get higher packages. This year Accenture offered more than Rs 10 lakhs per annum. Capegmini offered PPO's. TCS and INFY also recruited freshers as well as work-experienced. Apart from IT companies if student (work-experience /fresher) opting for FE got offers in HSBC, Credit Suisse, CRISIL, BOA.

MBA in finance is important from the perspective of today's scenario of India. In our country financial literacy is still lower than normal. Still, a majority of rural and semi-urban areas are devoid of good proper banks. MBA in finance that too from IFMR which is serving towards the purpose of improving financial literacy in India is a good opportunity.

IFMR offers specialization in financial engineering, which is offered by only a few institutes in India. IFMR has a great team of finance professors some are best in India. You will get a good platform to work on finance projects with the help of good databases. You can check it on IFMR's website.

IFMR is a better option. The average packeg offered is Rs.6 LPA to Rs.7 LPA. IFMR has 100% placement record. It is mainly known for finance. Apart from studies, IFMR conducts all kinds of events like cultural, sports, etc.
All the faculty members are from branded B-schools. Every student is given a mentor for any kind of difficulties. The best part is that IFMR is the only B-school to have financial engineering as an elective. IFMR has Bloomberg terminal and mock trading room.

Firstly, prepare a good 1-2 minutes introduction. Most of your questions will be based on your introduction and your CV. Prepare well on each and every point mentioned in your CV along with illustrations. Don't try to beat around the bush when you are not sure of any answer.
For WAT just keep a good know-how about the recent major global activities like Trump's election, demonetization in India, the role of digitization in India.
Good Luck!

IFMR is one of the best colleges that can help you in fulfilling your dreams. Marketing at IFMR is something that can help you to understand, both theory and reality by giving you real time field projects that will help you to analyze, understand and implement your theory learnings in real life. The average salary for marketing at IFMR is Rs.8.8 LPA.
All the best.