Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) - Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur

Particulars	Value
Course Name	Post Graduate Diploma in Management
Course Level	Postgraduate Diploma
Course Duration	2 years
Eligibility Criteria	Graduation in any UG course from a recognized institution
Age	No age limit
Admission Process	Entrance/Merit Based
Examination Type	Semester based
Entrance Exams	CAT, MAT, GMAT, CMAT, XAT, NMAT, ATMA
Average Annual Fee	INR 1,00,000-20,00,000
Average Annual Fee	INR 12,00,000-15,00,00
Employment Areas	Marketing Agencies, Market Research Companies, Banks, Educational Institutions, Consultancies, Law Firms, Entertainment Portal, Hotels, and Resorts
Job Profiles	Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Finance Manager, Account Manager, Advertising Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Human Resource Manager, Business Consultant, Administrative Officer, Public Relations Officer, Marketing Executive, Project Manager, Data Scientist, Auditor, Tax Specialist
Top Recruiters	McKinsey & Company, The Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Deloitte Consulting, Booz Allen Hamilton, PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, EY LLP Consulting Practice, Accenture, etc.
Top Colleges	ASM IBMR Pune, XLRI Jamshedpur, SPJIMR Mumbai, MDI Gurgaon, IISWBM Kolkata, etc.

Why study PGDM?

PGDM is a very highly demanding course for students who want to pursue their careers in the management field. With the constantly changing world, the requirements of Organizations, Institutions, Companies, etc are also changing. There is a huge demand for Managers, Leaders, functional heads, and Specialized Executives all around the world.

(1). Networking opportunities

PGDM readies future leaders. Nowadays, companies undertake several training programs for their employees to make them better professionals.

(2). High remuneration

This management program is in high demand as it helps in shaping the careers of the freshers and enables them to get a placement at good packages.

(3). Career opportunities

The scope of PGDM students is very bright as this course enables them to enter various industries and find employment with top multinational companies. 

(4). Developing leadership qualities

 The syllabus of this course is designed by industry experts to create future leaders as per the current market needs.

(5). Students of any stream can opt for this course

The PGDM Syllabus is designed to present form to the careers of scholars of any field. Students having a Bachelor's Degree in any area with the specified percentage can move for the PGDM direction for his or her general development.

(6). Interdisciplinary Course

PGDM is an Interdisciplinary path with the fusion of streams together with Management, Accountancy, Economics, and so on to fulfill the necessities of the industries. PGDM route offers scholars a huge spectrum of expertise instead of simply being green in a single subject.

(7). Personality development

The course provides in-depth knowledge to students and upgrades them according to market trends. It also develops their personality and prepares them to enter the industry.

(2). Admission Process

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is a management course with a more practical approach and Industry oriented. The curriculum of the course is quite similar to that of an MBA with an aim to impart Management training programs amongst the students by following up with rigorous case studies and seminars to prepare the students for the Industry.

Types of PGDM Course

There are different types of PGDM courses offered with different options available such that a professional can opt for PGDM online and distance learning courses which will directly help to move fast forward in their professional career.

(1). Distance

Many universities and colleges in India offer Distance PGDM courses. The route is designed to preserve the Distance Education method in mind. This route is designed for college students who can't manage to pay to wait for instructions on-campus or those engaged in a few shapes of employment and cannot take a day trip to pursue a full-time course.

(2). Full-Time

The full-time PGDM is usually for two years, for the duration of which students will need to attend instructions in person, post assignments, and write their tests on campus.  The gain of a full-time PGDM direction is that scholars will gain lots Of greater exposure, experience, and records via direct interaction with their pals and faculty.

(3). Part-Time

The part-time PGDM direction is designed for college kids who cannot attend ordinary classes. Part-time publications both entail weekend or nighttime instructions or online instructions, relying on the kind of course. The benefit of the part-time PGDM route is that college students can pursue this route at the same time as concurrently being engaged in employment, research, etc.

Eligibility Criteria

The admissions standards for a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) program vary from one college to another. Students must secure a minimum of 45 percent in the bachelor's degree program from a recognized university.

(ii). A bachelor's diploma is necessary, with at the very least 45 percent marks. Though the percentage varies from one college to another.

(iii). Candidates have to skip a front examination in addition to a private interview, in addition, to meeting the necessities of the institute.

Admission Process

(ii). PGDM Entrance Exams: CAT, MAT, XAT, GMAT, SNAP, CMAT, ATMA.

(iii). PGDM Entrance Registration Exams are open for ATMA.

(iv). PGDM colleges with applications open are AIIM (Gujarat), Amity University, and FMS Delhi.

(v). PGDM is a professional 2 years degree course in management stream, which is offered by top colleges such as IIM, IIT, FMS (Delhi), and XLRI.

(vi). PGDM Admission fees range between 1,00,000-20,00,000.

(vii). According to academicians, candidates should choose the right B-School that can an edge over the rest even after scoring 99% in CAT.

Accepted Entrance Exams

Some universities and institutions or even states may conduct their entrance examinations for PGDM admissions. The exam includes financial management, Computer Applications for Business, Personal & Professional Skills Programs, and many more subjects, helping them understand the course. The PGDM entrance exams are as follows:

CMAT	ATMA	CAT
GMAT	NMAT	MAT
MAH CET	XAT	IRMASAT
AP ICET	TANCET	KMAT Kerala

Skills Required

In order to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Management program and do well both academically and in each day life, formidable younger folks that need to examine in a PGDM direction need to broaden some of their abilities.

Decision-Making Abilities	Critical Evaluation	Attention To Detail
Leadership Quality	Strategic Thinking	Entrepreneurial Skills
Negotiation Skills	Team Spirit	Networking Ability
Problem-Solving Skills	Communication Skills	Technical Knowledge in the respective field
Soft Skills	Time Management	Analytical Skills

Fee Structure

The PGDM fees may vary based on college. A government-primarily based totally institute fees much less than a non-public institute due to its infrastructure and facilities. The average PGDM course fee in a private institute is about INR 1,00,000-20,00,000 PA. Below are the various fee structures for PGDM from the top B.Schools in India:

Name of College	Average Annual Fee(INR)
NL Dalmia	INR 10,00,000
IIM, Calcutta	INR 13,80,000
XLRI	INR 10,00,000
IIM, Ahmedabad	INR 6,75,000
GLIM	INR 11,91,000
NITIE	INR 9,40,000
Welingkar University	INR 10,00,000
SPJIMR	INR 5,85,000

Selection Criteria

The selection is based on the PGDM eligibility criteria which determine the minimum scores required in the listed exams. Once this is done, there is probably a front to take a look at in colleges. After passing people with a first-rate score, the aspirant is selected. Then, either with or without the loan, the fee has to be paid depending on what the institution quotes.

(3). PGDM Specializations

Students can opt for several specializations such as PGDM Finance, PGDM HR, PGDM Marketing, etc. Given below is information on the top PGDM courses list:

PGDM in International Business	PGDM in Information Technology	PGDM in Business Analytics
PGDM in Marketing	PGDM in Supply Chain Management	PGDM in Digital Marketing
PGDM in Operations Management	PGDM in Pharmaceutical Management	PGDM in Entrepreneurship
PGDM in Sales and Marketing	PGDM in Material Management	PGDM in Finance
PGDM in Banking and Finance Management	PGDM in Human Resource Management	PGDM in Hospitality Management
PGDM in Advertising & Brand Management	PGDM in Foreign Trade and Event Management	PGDM in Information Systems
PGDM in FMCG & Retail	PGDM in Logistics and Supply Chain Management	PGDM in Data Science

(4). Course Comparison

PGDM v/s MBA

The courses of MBA and PGDM are not likely the same but a few core subjects are similar to each other. It seems that AIU accreditation put together an institution PGDM program equivalent to MBA.

Listed below are the difference between MBA and PGDM courses:

Parameter	PGDM	MBA
Course Name	Postgraduate Diploma in Management	Master of Business Administration
Course Overview	PGDM is a 2-year diploma program offered by autonomous B-Schools recognized by AICTE that focuses on providing practical knowledge of management. PGDM's complete shape is Postgraduate Diploma in Management and is equal to MBA if the university is accepted with the aid of using AIU.	A Master of Business Administration, or MBA diploma, is a graduate-stage commercial enterprise and control diploma with a focal point on management and managerial skills.
Course Level	Diploma Course	Degree Course
Duration	1-2 Years	2 years
Eligibility	Graduate from any stream from a recognized board	Graduate from any stream with a minimum of 50% of marks in any UG-recognized university
Admission Process	Entrance Exams/Direct Admission	Entrance Exam
Entrance Exams	MAT, CAT, CMAT, XAT, GMAT	XAT, NMAT, SNAP, ATMA, CAT
Average Annual Fees	INR 4,00,000-24,00,000	INR 2,00,000-20,00,000
Average Annual Salary	INR 12,00,000-15,00,00	INR 7,00,000-10,00,000
Job Profile	Project Manager, Consultant, Data Scientist, Auditor, Tax Specialist, etc.	Marketing Manager, HR Manager, Business Analyst, Finance Advisor, Investment Banker, etc.

(5). Top Colleges

India has a number of schools providing a path to Post Graduate Diploma In Management. Since it is a shape of specialization, it calls for a realistic and theoretical take look which enables them to get in-intensity expertise of the course.

These are the best PGDM colleges in India, according to the updates given below:

Name of College	Average Course Fee(INR)	Location
IMI	INR 16,49,000	New Delhi
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR)	INR 16,00,000	Mumbai
IIM	INR 19,00,000	Calcutta
NMIMS	INR 11,20,000	Mumbai
IIM	INR 14,16,000	Lucknow
IIM	INR 22,00,000	Ahmedabad
XLRI Xavier School of Management	INR 15,00,000	Jamshedpur
MDI	INR 21,34,000	Gurgaon
IIM	INR 23,00,000	Bangalore

Top City-wise PGDM College in India

In India, PGDM guides are very famous and really disturbing guides. All the pinnacle PGDM faculties in India are generally located within the towns in India including Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, etc.

Name of City	Name of College	Average Annual Fee(INR)
Pune	Indira Group of Institute	INR 3,60,000
	Balaji Institute of Modern Management	INR 4,45,000
	MIT College of Management	INR 2,08,500
	Sinhgad Business School	INR 1,35,000
	Symbiosis Institute of Management and Human Resource Management	INR 9,40,000
	Sri Balaji University	INR 4,45,000
	IMED	INR 2,25,000
	FLAME University	INR 5,95,000
	MITCON	INR 2,62,500
Bangalore	Jain University	INR 9,90,000
	BMS College of Engineering	INR 25,300
	NMIMS	INR 9,02,000
	DSU	INR 97,950
	T John College	INR 2,67,700
	PES University	INR 5,00,000
	IIM	INR 23,15,000
	Kristu Jayanti College	INR 3,70,000
	Oxford College of Engineering	INR 70,000
	Alliance University	INR 13,50,000
	DSCMIT	INR 63,750
Delhi	Sharda University	INR 2,60,000
	GD Goenka University	INR 3,72,500
	KR Mangalam University	INR 2,60,000
	Faculty of Management Studies, IIT Delhi	INR 4,80,000
	Delhi school of Business	INR 8,45,000
	International Management Institute	INR 8,70,000
	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	INR 8,85,000
	Asian Business School	INR 7,65,000
	JMI	INR 23,500
	AKGIM	INR 1,27,943
	Amity University	INR 6,72,000
	University of Delhi (FMS)	INR 96,000
Chennai	SSNCE	INR 35,000
	National Institute of Business	INR 14,700
	Anna University	INR 59,080
	Easwari Engineering College	INR 41,000
	XIME	INR 3,50,000
	LIBA	INR 15,26,000
	NICM	INR 49,000
	BIHER	INR 1,00,000
	MOP Vaishnav College for Women	INR 1,24,000
	RSB	INR 6,00,000
Hyderabad	David Memorial	INR 4,51,000
	NMIMS	INR 8,27,000
	Amjad Ali Khan College of Business Administration	INR 27,000
	Institute of Insurance and Risk Management	INR 4,00,000
	ASCI	INR 7,50,000
	CMR College of Engineering and Technology	INR 50,000
	CBIT	INR 43,000
	Woxsen School of Business	INR 6,95,000
	Institute of Public Enterprise	INR 4,55,000
	St Josephs Degree and PG College	INR 54,000
Mumbai	TIMSR	INR 63,790
	Kaizen School of Management	INR 30,900
	NAMS	INR 59,900
	National Institute of Industrial Engineering	INR 5,98,000
	KJ Somaiya Institute of Management	INR 7,81,785
	National Institute of management	INR 40,700
	The Second Wind	INR 12,00,000
	Shailesh J Mehta School of Management	INR 4,88,100
	Amity University	INR 5,15,000
	WESCHOOL	INR 11,00,000
	BITS School of Management	INR 24,50,000
	SP Jain Institute of Management and Research	INR 17,50,000
	NMIMS	INR 10,42,000
Kolkata	MAKAUT	INR 1,00,300
	University of Calcutta	INR 16,508
	Brainware University	INR 3,70,000
	CIMS	14925
	IIM-C	27,00,000
	Adamas University	2,51,400
	BIMS	5,51,000
	Praxis Business School	3,89,000
	Amity University	3,90,000
	SVIMCS	2,20,000

Top PGDM Colleges as per NIRF

Listed below are some of the top institutes offering PGDM courses in the country and the fees charged by them.

Name of College	Average Annual Fee(INR)	NIRF Ranking
Indian Institute of Management	INR 6,75,000	3
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE)	INR 9,40,000	12
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research	INR 5,85,000	18
Indian Institute of Management	INR 13,84,000	20
Great Lakes Institute of Management	INR 11,91,000	23
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)	INR 95,200	24
T.A. Pai Management Institute	INR 14,00,000	27
International Management Institute	INR 7,70,000	28
P.S.G. College of Technology	INR 82,000	46
Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)	INR 15,26,000	50

(6). Job & Placements

After completion of a PGDM course, one can find a number of employment opportunities in both the public and private sectors and earn around INR 5,00,000-10,00,000 PA. Students can move into studies and academic institutes and end up professors and instructors for Management, Accounting Business, and Soft skills wherein their duty will be to impart their knowledge and expertise to the younger students.

Job Profiles

The below table shows some of the PGDM Jobs for freshers and experienced professionals with salary details:

Job Profile	Job Description
Product Manager	They are responsible for the entire lifecycle of a particular product including the idea generation, development, testing, launch, and performance of the product. They have to identify and monitor industry trends to generate ideas for new products for their organization and determine the demand for their current products.
Account Manager	Account managers bridge the distance between a financial institution and its customers. They establish an agency-client connection, gain a thorough understanding of the client's requirements, and ensure that the financial institution fulfills them. Budgets, investments, and income earned from investments need to be monitored by account managers. Account managers provide an explanation for price elements to clients.
Advertising Manager	Advertising managers function as a factor of touch for clients with the commercial or advertising enterprise that generates and locations the ads. They are in charge of creating and managing promotional programs for a variety of businesses. Their major intention is to elevate the focus of the goods and services.
Human Resources Manager	They are responsible for all the HR activities in their department, including recruitment, onboarding, training, firing, etc. They have to ensure that they provide the employees with a productive environment to keep all the operations smooth.
Marketing Manager	An advertising supervisor is a person who manages the advertising of an agency or a product. He or she may be in charge of several programs or products, or of just one. An advertising supervisor is energetic, well-organized, and dedicated to following financial restrictions. Unauthorized feedback is avoided through an advertising and marketing manager, who informs the general public that the corporation is investigating and resolving the issues.
Operations Manager	They oversee operational sports at each degree of an organization. Their obligations encompass hiring and educating personnel and coping with great warranty programs. An operations supervisor additionally strategizes system upgrades to make certain all people complete their duties on schedule.
Supply Chain Manager	Supply chain managers are answerable for a company's machinery, supplies, and logistics. Purchasing raw materials, delivering them to numerous places around the organization, ensuring that the business fulfills client demand, and handing over the goods to the ideal locations are all a part of a logistics and delivery chain control career.
Finance Manager	They are liable for growing and tracking departmental budgets. They also have to make necessary financial forecasts for their organization to plan the finances accordingly. Finance managers work with the managers of other departments to determine the organization’s financial requirements.
Sales Manager	The Sales Manager is the character in the rate of overseeing the income staff. Sales Managers artwork right now with salespeople, assigning profits territory, placing quotas, mentoring salespeople, assigning profits training, and setting together a profits plan. A sales supervisor should multitask even as additionally presenting paths to salespeople so as to assist them to meet their goals.

Top Recruiters

Individuals who have completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Management program have a lot of options. PGDM graduates have plenty of profile possibilities and proper pay packages. They can work in a whole lot of positions. A listing of pinnacle recruiters for PGDM graduates is furnished below:

Infosys	Deutsche Bank	Deloitte
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.	EY (Ernst & Young)	HDFC Bank
Lifestyle	HCL Technologies Ltd.	TCS
Myntra	Accenture	Wipro
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	Cognizant	Amazon
IBM Corp.	Dell	Capgemini
ICICI Bank	Computer Sciences Corporation	Cybage
Tata Motors	Wipro Technologies Ltd.

Employment Areas

Listed below are some of the employment areas in which a PGGDM graduate can work:

Law Firms	Marketing Agencies	Banking Sectors
Entertainment Portal	Consultancies	Market Research Companies
Hospitality Industry Hotels and Resorts	Educational Institutions

Average Salary

Salary for newly graduated Post Graduate Diploma in Management students varies depending on their college, abilities, knowledge, work type, and organization. Salary pay is motivated via way of means of some different things. We have furnished income records for PGDMs relying on the task profiles below:

Job Role	Average Annual Salary(INR)
Account Manager	Rs. 4,00,000
International Sales Manager	Rs. 10,80,000
Marketing Manager	Rs. 7,00,000
Strategic Manager	Rs. 10,84,000
Supply Chain Manager	Rs. 9,00,000
PR Officer	Rs. 3,01,000
Advertising Manager	Rs. 5,00,000
Brand Manager	Rs. 10,55,000
Sales Manager	Rs. 6,00,000
Business Consultant	Rs. 9,86,000
Finance Manager	Rs. 9,99,000
Marketing Manager	Rs. 7,15,000
HR Manager	Rs. 7,15,000

(7). Career/Scope

PGDM course is popular among management aspirants for its lucrative career opportunities and acquisition of skills. The course aims to train students on the practical application of management skills in the real world. With the boom in advertising scope, the massive range of activity possibilities to be had for a postgraduate degree in control college students consists of Bank jobs, enterprise consultancy export companies, economic organizations, enterprise houses, and multinational companies. With this sort of notable scope of jobs, the anticipated common PGDM revenue provided is INR7,40,000 in step with annum primarily based totally on your skills, path type, and the willpower plus enjoyment you have.

Career options after PGDM

After finishing a Post Graduate Diploma in Management course, the aspirant can work in public and personal sectors relying on the form of paintings or the abilities they have. They actually have similar specializations with the aid of using doing a postgraduate diploma like a doctorate or maybe a similar extension with the aid of using doing an indoors MBA or different full-time courses. But even a bachelor's diploma has an excessive task scope due to the call for industrialization and improvement happening.

Some of the best job designations for graduates after the course of Post Graduate Diploma In Management in the government & private sector are as follows:

Type of Job	Job Profile
Government	Finance Manager
	Finance and Admin Manager
	Associate Professor
Private	Brand Manager
	Finance Manager
	International Sales Manager
	Business Development Manager
	Subject Matter Expert

Scope for Higher Education

Having a Post Graduate Diploma In Management opens up a wide range of career options. It is even feasible to examine similarly after finishing the course. The maximum generally accompanied course on this issue is the Doctorate, which may be obtained with unique specialization domain names like Management Studies, Business Administration, Business Management, Human Resource Management, and others. Depending on your desire to stream, there are numerous marketing, finance, or human assets options. When better training and a bachelor's diploma are positioned together, it offers scholars an excessive task scope. A few of the courses are:

(i). DMS
(ii). Doctoral Program in Management
(iii). Ph.D. After PGDM
(iv). DBA

Skills that make you the Best after PGDM Course

The PGDM route improves the abilities and meets the industry's necessities with the aid of using presenting realistic approaches. It is a brilliant preference for operating experts who need to develop their know-how of control and study competencies relevant to their field. Some of the skills required for the Post Graduate Diploma In Management graduates are as follows:

(i). Strong communication
(ii). Project management
(iii). Leadership
(iv). Problem-solving
(v). Critical thinking

(8). FAQs

(1). What is PGDM?

(2). Is PGDM better than MBA?

(3). What is the duration of the PGDM course?

(4). Is a PGDM degree valid for government jobs?

(5). What is the admission process for the PGDM course?

(6). What are PGDM course fees?

(7). Does PGDM have value abroad as well?

(8). What is the average salary after PGDM?

(9). What are the job options after PGDM?

(10). Is PGDM valid for government jobs?

(11). What is PGDM eligibility?

(12). Is PGDM a professional degree?

(13). What is the PGDM syllabus?

(14). Which are the skills required to pursue a PGDM course?

(i). Interpersonal skills
(ii). Strategic thinking
(iii). Entrepreneurial skills
(iv). Communication skills
(v). Negotiation Skills

(15). Does PGDM have value?

(16). Is PGDM a good course for freshers?