Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai is a B-School that is ranked 76th in India by the MHRD, Government of India 2020 ranking.

• The AICTE has approved TSM's PGDM and MBA programs.
• It is accredited by the NBA, New Delhi. 
• It has been conferred autonomous status by the UGC and Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu. 
• TSM has also been granted candidacy for accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs i.e ACBSP.
• TSM admissions are based on All-India assessments such as CAT, MAT, or State Government selection based on TANCET.

The table shows a brief overview of the institution:

TSM is one of Tamil Nadu's oldest and most prestigious MBA colleges. It has a great campus, good placement, and highly qualified professors. The culture and atmosphere are also very accepting.

Both Thiagarajar School of Management and PSG Institute of Management are average-rated tier-2 institutes, none of them being up to the mark for an MBA.

The points below give a brief overview of the PSG Institute of Management, which has a sight better reputation than the other.

• Placement in PSGIM is moderate. The average package offered to students in MBA is around 5 LPA, which is considered to be not so decent for MBA graduates.
• For marketing, the placements are somewhat better. For students in finance, only two major companies, BNY Mellon and State Street visit the campus for placement in core finance jobs. So, most students in all branches of MBA go to sales profiles only.
• The highest package offered in the institute to date is close to 9 LPA, which is not very high.
• Academics in PSGIM are is moderate, which is nowhere close to that of IIMs and XLRI.
• The course offered in the institute is not residential and so, there is less focus on summer internships and practical knowledge-based learning.

Both the institutes are not very good options for MBA degrees. But, PSG Institute of Management still manages to offer some decent jobs in Marketing and so it can be considered.

One of my friends is a TSM student pursuing his PGDM and is in his first year of college. The School of Management is one of the best and oldest business schools in South India. It is well-known in the south and has some popularity in northern India.

In comparison to other college’s hostels, the food is really good here. They have a diverse culture here. TSM celebrates almost all festivals with zeal, including Diwali, Onam, Dussehra, Pongal, and many others, so students feel at home.

TSM emphasizes not only academics but also a lot of hands-on learning. There are numerous clubs for chandai (marketing), operations (kaizen), navras (drama), zero gravity (dance), and symphony (singing). Overall, you'll have an amazing experience here.

The hostels at the Thiagarajar School of Management are properly built and offer basic amenities to the students. 

• The rooms are Wi-Fi enabled. For 1st-year students, hostel rooms are either single/double/triple sharing. Only seniors get single occupancy on a first come first serve basis. 
• There is no air-conditioning which would make summers at the hostel a tad bit difficult. But the campus is filled with beautiful trees stretching over vast areas near the hostel. Students are encouraged to live in a natural atmosphere. 
• You will be made to share rooms to enable first-year students to smoothly build relations with their roommates through proper communication. 
• Laundry services are provided on a payment basis.

This should give you an idea about the hostels at Thiagarajar School of Management.

Some of the notable alumni of Thiagarajar School of Management include : 

• A.Sivathanu Pillai : Padma Bhushan recipient, former vice president of International Project Management Association, the present chairman of NIT Kurukshetra.
• Meerah Rajavel : Senior Director, IT Solution Delivery & Cloud Services, McAfee / Intel Security.
• Srinivasan Thiagarajan : Assistant Vice President at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
• Mariappan.M. : President - Marketing for Tyco Sanmar Limited & Xomox Sanmar Limited.
• Sashi Rajamani : Head of Grants Committee at Social Venture Partners, India.
• Gnanapriya.C : Principal architect at Infosys.
• Prabha Ramaraj : Leader - Commercialization & New Product Launches at 3M.