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Business School Fees Tier 1 B school fees range from Rs.11-14 lakhs for two years. Tier 2 B school fees range from Rs.5-10 lakhs for two years Tier 3 B school fees range from Rs.2-6 lakhs for two years. back into the workplace as the knowledge base you have will always be valued. 4. An MBA background will be immensely helpful if you choose to start your own enterprise. Professionally, it will equip you to plan and run your business as well as ensure greater credibility among your peers. Planning your MBA 1. Work out your career choice early on and discuss it with your family. This will help you plan the cost of tutorials and the MBA fee component.
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2. Don’t be disheartened if you don’t get into a top institute. A second tier or a third tier business school is not a bad deal either. While an IIM does give you a stupendous entry point into the industry, your personality, competence and aptitude can ensure that after some time, as Chithra Arun puts it, “life is equal.” The Great Indian Test-CAT 1. The Common Admission Test normally held in November every year is conducted by the IIMs. It largely determines your chances of B-school admission as CAT scores are also accepted by many other leading B-schools across India. XLRI Jamshedpur, BIM Trichy, LIBA Chennai, Goa Institute of Management, Goa base their selection procedure on the XAT (Xavier Admission Test) scores. Many
Top 15 Indian Business Schools (Source: Business Today, 2011) 1. IIM-Bangalore 2. IIM-Kolkota 3. IIM-Ahmedabad 4. IIM-Indore 5. IIM-Lucknow 6. IIM-Kozhikode 7. IIFT-Delhi 8. ISB-Hyderabad 9. IIM-Shillong 10. XLRI-Jamshedpur 11. FMS-Delhi 12. SCMHRD-Pune 13. SIBM-Pune 14.
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