Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay

I couldn’t enter IIT for engineering and therefore decided to do IIT Bombay MBA as SJMSOM is an extended part of IIT-Bombay. There is just one drawback being in the IIT system is that it follows the schedule and pattern of IIT-Bombay. While most of the colleges have started following trimester, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management still has that 18 weeks long semesters and then before the 4th semester where a compulsory summer internship. The only problem was that SJMSOM IIT Bombay was in-between as they followed the internship patterns of B-Schools but had their thought process different when it comes to running the academic year. One good was that Shailesh Mehta School of Management only intake 110 students a year. Hence a small batch size means more opportunities even if not equal. One other thing was there was hardly any variation in terms of student’s backgrounds. All 110 did their graduation in the engineering stream. This is more because of the policy that SJMSOM has. They are happy taking engineers who didn’t like engineering and started making them turn their minds towards finance. Again 4 years compulsory after the 12th was the shittiest intake procedure I have ever heard. This way even a Mumbai University B.Com topper becomes ineligible for admissions in SJMSOM.Read Full Review

Learning after a stage looks boring and the same happened with me until the CAT results of 2013 were declared. I used to stay close to IIT Bombay but never knew that it has a management school inside until I saw the CAT results. I couldn’t make it to the most sought-after ones and that is the IIMs so had to look a little beyond them and I found SJMSOM which are as good an institute you will ever find. IIT was a dream and I lived that dream through SJMSOM. The institute is a part of IIT Bombay and is inside the colony of IIT Bombay. It isn’t officially a colony but is bigger than any other colonies of Mumbai so it’s about time that BMC should declare it as a colony. Most of the programs here are residential and students no matter what even if they are Mumbai had to stay inside the campus and live their life inside the walls of the campus.Read Full Review

SJMSOM was close to my house but that wasn’t the reason I came here as it was anyway a compulsory residential college. I tried for NM, and many colleges which are above or similar ranked colleges but my luck lasted till SJMSOM. SJMSOM too is not easy to get in as the ecosystem here is better than the mentioned colleges. The batch size too is quite small and there’s a start-up program that runs in the campus. It was the best way to develop and learn as being able to give job is better than getting a job. SJMSOM made me extra energetic to work and gave the confidence to interact as the learning is unlimited and you can learn as much as you want from the experience of seniors and teachers. Not just that industry interaction through the mediums of alum sessions, seminars is immense and is safe to say that there is a haul of getting industrial exposure at SJMSOM.Read Full Review