IIM Kashipur Reviews on Placements, Faculty, Facilities and Others

Placements & Internships : Students have the luxury of getting internships of their choice of profile. I wanted a role in Operations and has been lucky enough to procure an Operations profile internship in a leading automobile firm. Stipend was Rs. 40,000

Placements & Internships : Students have the luxury of getting internships of their choice of profile. I wanted a role in Operations and has been lucky enough to procure an Operations profile internship in a leading automobile firm. Stipend was Rs. 40,000/-. The internship experience was definitely helpul in gaining an understanding of the actual application of theoretical concepts in the industry. Majority of the students had opted for Marketing profiles. Next most sought after was Operations profiles, followed by Finance, HR and Consulting profiles. The detailed breakup of the same has been included in the institute's official Placement Report, which is available on the institute's website. Average salary was about Rs 10.75 lakhs per annum for the 2013-'15 batch. It is expected to be higher for the 2014-'16 batch. About 90% of the batch had been placed in 2013-'15, while the rest of the students either opted out to try out their own ventures or due to non-availability of preferred profiles. The highest domestic salary offered was about Rs. 16.5. lakhs per annum while the highest international salary was about Rs. 43.3 lakhs. Again, more details are included in the official pleacement reoprt available  IIM Kashipur is a relatively new college as it was incepted only in 2011 with the first batch passing out in 2013. Hence our Alumni strength is very small, but nevertheless, we are no weak when it comes to maintaing our ties with our alumni. The institute frequently conducts City meets at Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai etc. some of which are even attended by the institute's Director himself. This underscores the significance the institute places on its alumni network. The institute also hosts Alumni interactive sessions periodically for the current students.

Fees & Scholarships : The tuition fee for the 2014-'16 batch was Rs 8,00,00/- for 2 years combined together. Additional refundable and non-refundable fee amounted to Rs 29,500/- for 2 years. Refundable caution deposits were approximately Rs 6,500/-. Several scholarship options available to students. IIM Kashiput offers scholarship to 10% of its students based on the family income. This scholarship is applicable to all categories of students. Students with less than 3,00,000/- annual family income in the last financial year are eligible for the above scholarship. The MHRD also offers another scholarship to eligible SC/ST students. Loans are easily available for education purpose at IIM Kashipur. State Bank of India has a branch just opposite to IIM Kashipur's current temporary campus. The Branch Manager and Regional Manager personally visits the campus during the induction day and makes a presentation to the students regarding the terms and conditions of the loan. Once you have applied for loan, the student only needs to drop in an email with the fee amount to the Branch Manager. The student can collect the DD for the required fee amount by the next working day.  

Academics & Faculty : Academics is at the heart of any IIM and particularly so at IIM Kashipur. Academics doesn't only centre around lectures, but also real-life business situations through case studies, role-plays, industry and field visits, live projects etc. Learning opportunity is tremendous and it is upto the individual candidate to make optimum utilisation of the facilities offerred by IIM Kashipur. Lecturers with vast academic experience are at the heart of the faculty fraternity. As mentioned above, teaching pedagogy involves the state-of-the-art methodologies followed at global world class B-schools as well as including methodologies that are unique to IIM Kashipur due to its locational advantage viz. frequent industry visits, live projects etc.