Which Bangalore College is best among three, IBA, ISBR, and ISME for PGDM?

Most of the students in Bangalore recommend ISBR College over other colleges for studying PGDM. It is so because there are better learning opportunities and you will get theoretical as per as practical exposure in the management field. The following points make it more clear for you to choose this college over others: There are good infrastructural facilities and the faculties of this college are qualified and knowledgeable. Most of the alumni have got placed in Dell, CISCO, ITC, ORACLE, IBM etc. The college provides around 90-93% of placements. It organizes pre-placement talks, seminars, workshops, and industrial visits to help you improve your knowledge and skills. The highest package for PGDM goes to INR 12 LPA and lowest is around INR 6 LPA. The best part of this college is that it provides a dual specialization course with three certifications and an international study trip. In terms of extracurricular activities, there are various types of programs that will help you in developing your leadership skills. ISBR college has also been awarded amongst India’s top B-schools for five years by Dalal Street and has also received an exemplary placement award by Discovery Education. You should definitely choose this college. The second choice would be ISME Bangalore. The faculties are good with great infrastructural facilities. The placement opportunities are also excellent. The projects and assignments which will be allocated to you will help you in learning and working in the corporate world. The college also has a very competitive environment.

Which college is best or an MBA in Finance, IFIM or IBA in Bangalore? Are there other colleges for finance?

Between the colleges you mentioned in the question, IFIM is better for an MBA in Finance. I know a few people from the institute and they had good things to say about the program. Here’s a brief highlight of the same which can give you an idea about the course. Average CTC 10.2 LPA Highest CTC 16 LPA Course Fee 12 LPA Apart from the institutes mentioned in the question, there are many other management institutes that can be a better option for an MBA in Finance. If you are looking only for Finance specialization, there are some really great management institutes offering banking and management courses such as Symbiosis, Jain University, Times Pro, ITM, etc.

Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore Scholarship

Indus Business Academy, Bangalore offers following scholarships & Awards worth 5.46 crores for meritorious students Students who meet the below-mentioned criteria (a student will be awarded the best option, if eligible for more than one Criteria).

Scholarship for Meritorious Candidates (Awarded during the Admission Phase)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Scholarship: Students having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 60% or above in Class X, XII and Graduation, would be awarded a Scholarship of INR 40,000.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel Memorial Scholarship: Student/s having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 70% or above in Class X, XII and Graduation, would be awarded a Scholarship of INR 50,000.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Memorial Scholarship Student/s having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 80% or above in Class X, XII and Graduation, would be awarded a Scholarship of INR 60,000.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial Scholarship: Students having aggregate (all subjects) marks of 60% or above in Class X, XII, Graduation and having percentile as mentioned below in the Entrance Tests would be awarded Scholarship as stated below:

CAT 2019/ XAT 2020/ GMAT/ GRE (after July 2019)	MAT 2019 & 2020/ ATMA 2020	CMAT 2020	Scholarship Amount (INR)
85 percentile or above	Composite Score of 750 or above	95 percentile or above	1,00,000
80 to 84.99 percentile	Composite Score of 700 or 749	90 to 94.99 percentile	75,000
70 to 79.99 percentile	Composite Score of 650 or 699	80 to 89.99 percentile	60,000
60.69 percentile	Composite Score of 600 or 649	70 to 79.99 percentile	50,000

Fee waiver for Economically and Need-based Candidates (Offered during the 3rd term of PGDM program)

Name	Amount (INR)	No. of Scholarships
Offered during 1st Academic Year
Mother Teresa Fee Waiver	25,000 – 35,000	10
Offered during 2nd Academic Year
Tirthankara Mahavira Swami Fee Waiver	25,000 – 35,000	10

Special Scholarship

25% fee waiver for the wards of Defence & CRPF Personnel (Offered during the 2nd year of PDGM Program).

Overseas Business Studies Mission (OBSM)

OBSM is provided during the 2^nd year of the PGDM program to the Top 100 performers in Academics are given an opportunity for International Study Program (OBSM). During which the students visit B-Schools and corporations in countries like Malaysia, Singapore, etc.
Total No. of Scholarship: 100

Awards offered during the PGDM Program (INR 12,000 per award)

Name	Criteria
Swami Vivekananda Memorial Award	Awarded to Topper in Academics in 1st Trimester
Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Award	Awarded to 2nd Topper in Academics in 1st Trimester
Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle Memorial Award	Awarded to Topper in Academics in 2nd Trimester
Motilal Nehru Memorial Award	Awarded to 2nd Topper in Academics in 2nd Trimester
Dr. B.R Ambedkar Memorial Award	Awarded to Topper in Academics in 3rd Trimester
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Award	Awarded to 2nd Topper in Academics in 3rd Trimester
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami Memorial Award	Awarded to Topper in Academics in 4th Trimester
Jayaprakash Narayan Memorial Award	Awarded to 2nd Topper in Academics in 4th Trimester
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Memorial Award	Awarded to Topper in Academics in 5th Trimester
Rani Lakshmi Bai Memorial Award	Awarded to 2nd Topper in Academics in 5th Trimester
Rabindra Nath Tagore Memorial Award	Awarded to Topper in Academics in 6th Trimester
Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Award	Awarded to 2nd Topper in Academics in 6th Trimester

Awards offered during the Day of Convocation

Name	Criteria	No. of Scholarships	Amount (INR)
Dr. Anil Agarwal Memorial Award	Best IBA student (who excels in Academics & extracurricular activities in all the 6 Trimesters of the course)	1	51,000
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Memorial Award	Students who have scored more than 8.7 CGPA at the completion of PGDM program	Max. 5	11,000
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Memorial Award	Students who have scored more than 8.3 CGPA at the completion of PGDM Program	Max 5	11,000
Late Smt. Padma Devi Jain Memorial Award	This award is given to a student who consistently maintains excellent attendance from 1st Trimester to 6th Trimester	1	10,000
Late Smt. Gyanmati Devi Jain Memorial Award	This award is given to a student who excels in different/ unique areas like Research initiatives etc. (varies every year)	1	15,000
Late Shri. Vishwa Prakash Gupta Memorial Award	This award is given to Best performer in subject “Management Skills” at the end of 1st year & 2nd year respectively	2	7,000