Thiagarajar School of Management Madurai Answered Questions

In terms of placement, Marketing Operations jobs are abundant. Only operations jobs are fairly good but you will get only 2-3 companies visiting our campus so you will feel like dejected with 2.5 yrs of experience.
Marketing jobs with operations complement- placements are good.

TSM MBA programme is one of the oldest in this part of the country, is affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University. TSM MBA is approved by AICTE & accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), AICTE.
TSM PGDM programme is approved by AICTE and equivalence with MBA, certified by AIU (Association of Indian Universities). Needless to state, the PGDM programme enjoys the same, if not greater, acceptance by industry and academia alike as the traditional MBA programme.
Certain distinguishing features of the PGDM programme are:
1. PGDM offers more flexibility in curriculum design and autonomy than MBA.
2. Larger number of core and elective courses. Focus on development of soft and communication skills.
3. Three month summer internship to ensure better employability [2 months for MBA] .
4. Higher Usage of Harvard Business School Cases.
5. Outbound leadership and team building programme which costs approximately Rs.15000 per student is free exclusively for PGDM.
6. Capstone Strategy Simulation Workshop.

TSM's MBA in HR is good in terms of staff, library books, events and fests conducted. NAch HR TSM club always is active here. Recently, they conducted ARETE'18 National level HR meet.
In terms of placements, HR jobs are not so good. There are only 1-2 companies visiting our campus this season. But, here you will be molded to face off-campus interviews and secure a job in HR career.

As a student of TSM, I would recommend you to adopt Thiagarajar School OF Management, as fees is lower. You will be learning Mba course in Madurai, a place where you can save most of your pocket money. Placement is comparatively lower than SRM, but if you have a never-give-up spirit, you will extract value from wherever you work.
In terms of cost of studying do in TSM, if you are looking for more expertise and better packages do in SRM.

Eligibility score for CMAT test for male is 70, female is 65. Above 70% in academics is accepted. CMAT score is criteria for shortlisting in GD-PI process for admission at TSM.
You can expect an invitation intimation for GD-PI after you have forwarded the complete application form to TSM office. Having an engineering degree doesn't hinder your management degree studies.

Students graduating in May 2018 can also apply.
GD/PI at Kolkata: 21 January 2018
GD/PI at Chennai: 24 & 25 February 2018
GD/PI at Madurai: 3 & 4 March 2018
Intimation of Selection: Second week of March 2018
Payment of First Installment: First week of April 2018
Orientation Programme and Foundation Classes: June 2018 for PGDM Programme/July 2018 for MBA Programme
Candidates will be shortlisted for GD-PI-WAT on the basis of the admission test scores, prior academic performance and relevant work experience. At the time of personal interview, written, verbal and analytical abilities of the candidates would also be examined. Final selection of candidates for admission will be based on composite factors such as admission test scores, previous academic record, relevant work experience and performance in the personal interview, group discussion and WAT.
Merit based scholarships will be offered to a limited number of candidates with outstanding performance in the entire selection process.