In Ahmedabad, Shanti Business School is among the reputed B-Schools. It has an excellent management faculty. SBS has a record 100% placement rate. The salary packages offered are in the range of INR 6 LPA - INR 16 LPA. Many major brands such as Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HUL, etc. take part in SBS placements. 

Shanti Business School is a private institute and it is a good option for PGDM. One of my friends has studied and passed from this college and has been placed in a well-reputed firm, Vodafone with a decent package.

There are some of my other acquaintances who had passed from this very college and got placed in reputed companies such as ITC, Nestle, Parle, Milward Brown, Pepsi co., Vivo, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, XL Dynamics, TCS, BMW, and many more with decent packages.

Placement highlights

The college is well known for its beautiful infrastructure. The faculty team is helpful and cooperative. The campus environment is peaceful and very apt for an educational institution.

Shanti Business School is a private management school, established by the Chiripal Group. The points below give a detailed overview of the institute.

• Companies from every sector come to the campus for placement, including FMCG, business analysis, banking and finance, IT, consultancy, healthcare, media, Pharma, retail, manufacturing, automobile, etc.
• The median package and highest package offered to the recent batch were 6.35 LPA and 10.3 LPA respectively.
• The curriculum followed changed rapidly according to the current need of globalized business.
• The institute provides excellent infrastructure inside the campus, with an excellent library called Book Bay.
• The faculty is top-notch. Some of the teachers in the faculty are legends in their own subjects
• The alumni network of the institute is growing with time and is not very big currently.
• 20% of students get jobs with excellent roles and high salary packages. The other 80% get average jobs. But, it is a little disappointing that even after having an excellent quality education, certain good companies don’t visit the campus.
• The student quality in the institute is very good, with a 50-50 gender diversity ratio, which is a dream for corporates. Most students inside the campus have both a creative and analytic mindset. Even students are quite inclined towards the entrepreneurial side.
• The fee is close to 6 Lakhs for the entire program. Considering the placement statistics, it provides an average return on investment.

Shanti Business School is a decent option for students, especially those who are inclined towards marketing or a career in modern education. Although the finance and operations are not that good, the institute mainly focuses on marketing and has developed its base with time.

Among the above two institutes, PIBM Pune is a better choice for students interested in an MBA degree. The points below give a brief overview of PIBM Pune and its advantages, which would justify the choice made between the two.

• Most of the faculties present in the institute are experienced in their respective fields. All of them deliver actual knowledge to the students and support them a lot during their preparation.
• The corporate exposure in PIBM is too good to be sufficient. You will be able to do your winter and summer internships in good companies for experience and pre-placement offer opportunities. You even get to participate in live projects as well. The overall practical experience and knowledge gained in PIBM are high.
• PIBM Pune believes that you need to start your preparation from the very first day of the course, in order to gain utmost success. So, there are separate aptitude training sessions and communication classes for the first year of college.
• The final placements are also excellent in terms of the number of companies visiting the campus for placement. There are over 600+ recruiters who have visited PIBM to date. Some of them include Deloitte, Tata Housing, Google, Amazon, Hero Cycles, Wipro, ITC Limited, HUL, Dabur, etc.

Considering the above points, it is evident that PIBM Pune is an excellent choice for students, providing several opportunities in multiple fields of business.