K J Somaiya Institute of Management Ghatkopar East Mumbai Answered Questions

KJ Somaiya, also known as SIMSR, is one of the oldest colleges in the country providing an MBA education. The college has a fully autonomous PGDM program, which has 5 branches today: Core, International Business, Retail Management, Communications and Financial Services. The curriculum is set by the college and is highly flexible. It is revised every year, based on feedback from students, faculty and industry. The faculty is some of the best you'll find,most of them having vast industry experience or a PhD. Moreover, the students are also given guest lectures by a host of industry captains, top faculty from other colleges and celebrities. This enhances the holistic development of students, which the college is known for. The placements have been excellent this year, with the average package being 9.4 lakhs. Top brands have come on campus with a variety of profiles, which has enabled the students to get a great start in the field of their choice.
As far as HR goes, I myself intend to take it up as a specialization. For HR, you will need to enroll in the Core program. The HR faculty is very good, and we also have a dedicated HR committee, which is student driven. This helps the students interact with the faculty as well as eminent HR speakers and executives who are invited to speak at events held by the committee.
Ultimately, a lot of activities in the college, including placements are student driven, which gives us a hands-on experience in management and learn experientially.

The fees for your first year will be Rs 4.4 lakh. They may vary slightly in second year. The hostel and mess fees come to around Rs 1.4 lakh per year. You can expect the total fees to come to around 12 lakh for the course.
As far as TAPMI goes, it's on the same level as SIMSR, in terms of placement and batch strength. However, being in Mumbai, SIMSR has a location advantage. Moreover, you can also get a better ROI in SIMSR, owing to lower fees.

In the candidate profile form, you can fill as many specializations as you want depending on how clear you are. For example, if you're clear that you want marketing, you can put only that. Also, please note that the specializations you put now are not at all binding. You will be free to choose a different specialisation in your second year, depending on which course you're in.

The tuition fee for your first year will be Rs. 4.4 lakh. The second year fee may vary slightly. The hostel and mess charges are approximately Rs. 1.5 lakh per year. You can expect the overall expense for two years to come to around Rs. 12 lakh.

Either way is fine with us. If you find it more convenient to edit in Word and then print, do that. If you want to print and then write, we're ok with that too. Just make sure you write everything clearly, since the PI can be based on your form.

SIMSR has a very good marketing program, with 4 courses catering to different sides of marketing: Core, IB, Retail Management and Communications. The teachers are some of the best we have. You will taught through lots of case studies, both real life and fictional to support the concepts taught to you.