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IIT KGP PGDBA Admission 2024 (Open): Dates, Admission, Fees, Cutoff, Selection Criteria, Placement

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Post Graduate Diploma in Management [PGDM] (Business Analytics)

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Course Duration

2 Years

Total Fees

25 Lakhs

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Total Fees	₹ 25 Lakhs

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Course Details

IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Admission is based on the entrance examination conducted by the participating colleges. The PGDBA course of IIT Kharagpur is offered in collaboration with IISc Bangalore and IIM Calcutta. The program is divided into four semesters with 6 months industry internship. The minimum eligibility for admission to PGDBA with PG or UG degree is 60% or CGPA 6.5 in a relevant stream. The final selection process is based on the PGDBA entrance exam, PI, Work experience, Class XII merit. The fees for the program is INR 25, 00,000. Check IIT Kharagpur

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IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Eligibility Criteria
IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Admission

3.1 How to Apply?

IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Course Details
IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Placements
IIT Kharagpur PGDBA FAQs

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IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility requirement of PGDBA program admission are:

Candidates must have a Graduation or PG degree in 10+2+4/10+2+5/10+2+3+2 pattern with minimum 60% aggregate marks or 6.5 CGPA on 10.0 point scale.
Qualifying degree for the course are B. Tech., B.E., M.Sc., M.Com. or equivalent.
However, One Year MBA is not considered equivalent to M.Sc or M.Com.
For ST/SC and PWD candidates, the minimum eligibility marks is 55% or CGPA 6.0 on 10.0 point scale.
Candidates in the final year of UG or PG course can apply.

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IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Admission 2024

IIT Kharagpur Admission in PGDBA will be granted on the basis of entrance exams, after which the shortlisted candidates will be called for a Personal Interview. Due consideration will also be given to work experience and academic standing.

Criteria and weights for final selection to PGDBA:

Criterion	Weights
PGDBA Entrance exam	45
Personal Interview	40
Points for Class XII Marks	08
Work Experience	07
Total	100

For the purpose of selection, the following method is adopted to assign points to the marks scored in Class XII:

Class XII Marks (in %)	Points
x > 95	8
90 < x<=95	7
85 < x<=90	6
80 < x <= 85	5
75 < x <= 80	4
70 < x <= 75	3
65 < x < =70	2
60 <= x < = 65	1
x < 60	0

For work experience, a maximum of six points will be awarded depending on the length of service. Only formal work experience after graduation will be considered.

Points for work experience in completed months

Months	Points
x > 60	1
48< x <= 60	3
36< x <= 48	6
24<= x <= 36	7
12 <= x <=24	5
1 <= x <= 12	3
x =0	0

IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Entrance Test Pattern:

The PGDBA Entrance exam details are as follows:

Duration	3 Hours
Total Questions	50
Question Type	MCQ
Mode	Computer Based Test
Total Marks	150
Negative Marking	Yes (-1)

Key Notes:

3 Marks will be awarded for each correct answer
-1 will be deducted for each incorrect answer.

Syllabus

The written test will comprise of the following sections:

Section A:
- Verbal Ability (Reading & Comprehension; Grammar/correction of sentences)
- Logical Reasoning
Section B:
- Data Interpretation: Data-driven questions (pie charts, graphs, trends)
- Quantitative Aptitude: Sets, Combinatorics, Algebra, Euclidean Geometry, Coordinate Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus

Questions Weightage

Topic	Questions
Verbal Ability	15
Logical Reasoning	5
DIDV	5
Quant	25

IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Entrance Test Centres

Ahmedabad	Agra	Aligarh	Allahabad	Amritsar	Bengaluru	Bhopal
Bhubaneswar	Chandigarh	Chennai	Cochin	Coimbatore	Dehradun	Dhanbad
Durgapur	Guwahati	Gwalior	Hyderabad	Indore	Jaipur	Jammu
Jamshedpur	Kolkata	Lucknow	Mumbai	Nagpur	Navi Mumbai	Nashik
New Delhi	Noida	Patna	Pune	Raipur	Ranchi	Roorkee
Shillong	Siliguri	Tezpur	Trivandrum	Visakhapatnam	Jodhpur	Vadodara

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How to Apply for PGDBA at IIT Kharagpur?

Step 1: Visit IIT Kharagpur Official website and check for the eligibility criteria (or confirm from the eligibility section of this Article).

Step 2: Select if you are new Registration or already registered candidate. For a new registration, fill in the details in the given format.

Step 3: Fill in the mandatory details.

Step 4: Upload the self-attested documents of all the necessary documents.

Step 5: Pay the requisite application fee and submit the form.

The fee required will be as follows:

Category	Fees (INR)
SC/ ST/ PwD Category	1250
Others	2500

Application Fee: INR. 2000/- (1000/- for reserved category candidates)

IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Course Details (Syllabus & Exam)

Students need to visit three institutes during 2 years full time residential courses. This course is focused on training students about business problems with a data driven approach.

It is divided into four semesters with the last 6 months for industry internship experience. The course modules hours are divided in the following sections:

Area	Hours
Computer Science & ML	264 Hours
Management Education	255 Hours
Statistics & Mathematics	225 Hours
Industry internship	6 Months

IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Course Details

Semester	Syllabus
Pre-semester module	Contemporary Business Analytics Financial Reporting & Analysis Marketing Management Organizational Behaviour Managerial Communications
Semester I	Stochastic Processes and Applications Statistical Structures in Data Inference Computing for Data Sciences Fundamentals of Database Systems
Semester II	Regression and Time Series Models Foundations of Algorithm Design and Machine Learning Modeling in operations management Data Science Laboratory Elective (any two) Optimization and business decision analysis Venture analytics Product analytics Business accounting and banking analytics Basics of marketing analytics Business model analytics Healthcare analytics Supply chain analytics Conversational analysis Ethical and legal considerations in business analytics
Semester III	Categorical data analysis Business data mining Business economics Project Management Strategic Management Human Resource Management Corporate Finance Elective (any one) Analytics in Business Forecasting Selected Aspects of Advanced Predictive Modeling Econometric Methods with Applications in Business and Economics Networks Analytics
Semester IV	Industry Internship

IIT Kharagpur PGDBA Placements

The recent batch of PGDBA has secured 100% placement record with a rise in the highest CTC and Average CTC offered to the students as compared to 2019.The PGDBA batch consists of 70% students from institutes IIT, BITS and NIT. The batch demographic detailed as follows for Batch 2021-2022:

Batch Strength	57
Gender Diversity	50 Male and 7 Female
Average Work experience	29 Months
Total offers made	60
PPO rate	70%
Number of recruiters	23

IIT Kharagpur Placement Packages details for PGDBA course is given below:

CTC	Domestic
Average	INR 26.31 LPA
Median	INR 24.59 LPA
Highest	INR 41.29 LPA

Sector Wise placement record details of 2020:

Sector	Placement (%)
BFSI	57
IT/Software	9
E-Commerce	9
Consulting	20
Others	5

The top recruiters of the Placement drive 2020 for PGDBA batch are:

PwC	McKinsey & Company	Amazon
ZS	Airtel	Mahindra
American Express	MasterCard	UGRO Capital
Optum	Adani	Bounce
JPMorgan Chase & Co	Johnson & Johnson	EXL

FAQs

Ques. Does IIT KGP provide scholarships to PGDBA students?

Ans. There is liberal provision for merit-cum-means scholarships for deserving candidates. PGDBA program is recognized by Banks for the purpose of an educational loans.

Ques. What are the sections included in the PGDBA exam?

Ans. The sections included in the IIT Kharagpur PGDBA exam are:

Verbal Ability
Logical Reasoning
Data Interpretation & Data Visualization
Quantitative Aptitude

Ques. What is the reservation policy for the IIT KGP PGDBA?

Ans. As per Government of India stipulations for SC/ST/OBC (NCL) and Person with Disabilities (PwD) candidates. In case of OBC-NCL, the certificate must be issued on or after 01 April 2018.

Ques. What is the curriculum of IIT Kharagpur PGDBA?

Ans. PGDBA participants will visit the three institutions – Indian Statistical Institute, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta – spending about six months at each institute. Each of the three institutes will focus on a separate area of business analytics, in accordance with its expertise and competence. While coursework at IIM Calcutta will focus on the application of analytics in functional areas of management, ISI will bring to the table its expertise in statistical and machine learning theories for analytics, and faculty at IIT Kharagpur will engage with the technology aspects of analytics.

Ques. How many seats are there in PGDBA in 2024?

Ans.There are a maximum of 60 seats in PGDBA in 2024.

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IIT Kharagpur - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITKGP]: 186 answered questions

Why is IIT Kharagpur a bad institute?

Aditya Trivedi

21 Mar 23

Let’s decide if IIT Kharagpur is a bad Institute after going through some things

Ranking: IIT Kharagpur Overall ranking by NIRF is 6 out of 200 colleges in India in 2022 and it was 6 out of 200 colleges in India in 2021. IIT Kharagpur Architecture ranking by NIRF is 3 out of 30 colleges in India in 2022 and it was 3 out of 25 colleges in India in 2021.

Placements: Nearly 98% of students are able to get placed with good roles and packages provided they have maintained their CGPAs and performances. IIT Kharagpur placements statistics are tabulated below

Particulars	Statistics
Number of Recruiters	300
Number of Offers	1600
Highest Package	INR 2.68 CPA
Top Recruiters	Microsoft, Google, EXL Services

Faculty: Most of the faculty are PhD holders from globally renowned and have amazing research achievements. The IIT has won two Bhatnagar Prizes in the last 3 years and 38 Academy Fellows. The faculty members have published more than 1000 research papers collectively within close to 800 conference papers published in proceedings of national and international conferences.

Extracurricular activities: IIT Kharagpur has a rich extracurricular culture and has amazing facilities to promote the same. Some of these include Aquatic Center, Basketball Courts, Tennis Courts, Volleyball Courts, Indoor Squash Court, Indoor Badminton Courts, and a very well equipped Gymnasium.

Clubs: IIT Kharagpur has many societies to promote diverse cultures like

Dramatics Societies namely, Technology Dramatics Society- Pravah (Hindi), Encore (English), Prasthanam (Telugu), Druheen (Bengali)

Technology Robotix Society, etc.

Which one should I choose: MBA at IIT Kharagpur (operations) or IMT Ghaziabad (finance)?

Vedashruti Mukharjee

06 Apr 22

If you aren’t sure about specialization, choosing IIT Kharagpur MBA is better. The institute has a great management faculty base. The institute offers good placement opportunities in the Operations domain. During VGSoM IIT Kharagpur placements 2021, the Operations sector had the second-highest placement rate, i.e. 20%. The average CTC for the batch was INR 18.44 LPA.

My daughter has a JEE Advanced rank of 6048 (General). What are the branches she can get in IIT Kharagpur?

Aditya Trivedi

21 Mar 23

Tabulated below are the JEE Advanced Cutoff 2023 for IIT Kharagpur:

Branch	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
Civil Engineering	4479	6556
Computer Science and Engineering	112	303
Electrical Engineering	1288	1805
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering	434	1145
Mechanical Engineering	2042	3350
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	5448	6920
Mining Engineering	7169	8739
Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture	6846	8355
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering	6407	7751

From the above table we can infer that with a Rank of 6048 one can get the following branches

Civil Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Mining Engineering
Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering

Is IIT Kharagpur better than IIT Kanpur?

Saugata Nayak

30 Mar 23

Almost all IITs are excellent engineering colleges providing the best education and amenities. Yet there might be some comparisons that can be drawn based on common aspects like choice, infrastructure, and geographical location. Eventually, it’s a matter of your preferences and not the institute's worth.

For example, if you are someone who considers Academics the most important factor to determine the credibility of an institute, then IIT Kanpur is the best choice for you. It has the toughest grading system and the entire focus is on studies. So if you are excellent in academics, you will remain at the top here.

Both institutes face a certain level of locational disadvantage but IIT Kanpur is still slightly better in this aspect.

Is 6.7 CGPA good for 1st semester at IIT Kharagpur?

Aditi Banerjee

21 Mar 23

I suggest you not to score below 6.5 as CGPA 7 is a must to get admission in a good foreign university. However with a CGPA of 6.5 you can go for Government jobs. I know a friend who did not focus on CGPA and played football and today is struggling to get a good job.

It is all the more difficult to get a good CGPA after low marks in the first semester because the professors evaluate you on the basis of previous grades sometimes. However, you will get placement into a decent private company so you don’t have to worry much.

Basically, even after getting admission at a good institute like IIT KGP, you have to keep struggling to score high marks.

How much does the Work experience, test score, other factors matter for admission in PGDBA course hosted by universities IIT Kgp, IIM C , ISI Kolkata?

Senjuti Gupta

08 Jul 22

These colleges don’t reveal the separate weightage break-up for work experience, test scores, and other such factors. For the final shortlist, institutes such as IIT KGP, IIM C, and ISI Kolkata take these factors into consideration along with your performance in the interview. These institutes assign a good volume of weightage to the entrance examination score. So, try to improve your test score as much as possible.

How do toppers at IIT, especially IIT-Kharagpur study?

Aditya Trivedi

21 Mar 23

A few of my friends were Institute toppers and I asked them about their study method. Most of my topper friends study just 2 days before exams in the library and then teach their friends and clear their doubts.

Another topper friend solved all the previous year question papers of the subject and uploads the solutions on the Facebook group a day before the exam. She never missed any class, had great handwriting and prepared great notes.

So basically, toppers , prepare for the exams way before most of us even begin. They are kind, selfless and are ready to help anyone who is unable to cope up.

Ultimately, every student has his unique way of studying.

How is college life in IIT kharagpur?

Anumita Chatterjee

22 Mar 23

There are a number of things that distinguish IIT Kharagpur from other IITs. My answer entails such attributes only.

Movies at subsidized rates: There are only 2 cinemas in the whole of Kharagpur, the better one obviously being inside the campus. As a result, many district people come and the fee is INR 100/- semester irrespective of how many movies you watch. This crazy deal attracts many.
Fastest and unlimited DC++: This is a software that allows sharing of files over LAN. This amazing software makes it possible for you to download a file faster than copying it from someone. A variety of things can be downloaded like books, question papers, software, games, movies, TV Series, etc. There are no download limits too unlike some other IITs.
Illumination: This is a unique phenomenon one can witness in IIT KGP during Diwali. Each of the 20 hostels participates in a competition wherein the students of that hostel have to portray a scene/message using Diyas. Rangoli was also made in this competition.

Bond with seniors: IIT KGP has a harmonious ambiance and seniors are extremely friendly and approachable. There is this trend wherein seniors write to their juniors about how they feel, and any advice on scrapbooks, chart sheets, etc.
Night routine: The students have crazy sleeping habits with some of them only sleeping for an hour or two at around 7 am only to wake up at 8:5O to rush to classes.
Mess Food. The food, especially North Indian food is decent and not like that served in IIT MG or IITM. The quality of the food has seen a steady improvement with a 4 meal plan per day. The mess serves Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, and Dinner.
Canteen: IIT KGP has 20 hostels (14 boys, 6 girls) and every hostel has its own canteen which runs from 3-4 AM every day. Some halls even serve their own specialty.
College Fests: A number of cultural and technical fests are held at IIT KGP. Spring Fest is the Cultural Fest of IIT Kharagpur which is the biggest festival in eastern India whereas Kshitij is the Technical Fest of IIT Kharagpur, Asia’s Largest Technological-Management Fest.
Eateries: Inside IIT KGP you can find Subway, CCD, Rooster, and Baskin Robbins offering food at affordable prices whereas outside you can find Dominos Pizza and a restaurant Flavors.

Life at IIT KGP is filled with fun and exciting activities.

How was your IIM C/IIT Kharagpur/ISI Kolkata PGDBA interview experience?

Aditi Roy

30 Mar 23

One of my friends had the absolute delight to appear for the PGDBA interview conducted by a multifaceted panel. He shared his interview experience which might help you a bit.

Before the interview began, he was taken for a Verification Round wherein, every detail of academics scores or other profile-related information was cross-checked on the IIMs format. Once they received an IIM-verified document they were escorted to the interview venue.

The interview room had 3 panels; one from each institute obviously.

They asked for his brief introduction first. On hearing about his interest in Data Analytics, panelists probed him further with questions like

What is Data Analytics
Difference between analytics and analysis
Contemporary Data analytics and ML

They further asked him why he chose Analytics. He told them that the increasing demand for the same in Europe and China made him realize how much India lacks in this aspect and thus he wanted to invest his efforts in Data Analytics.

Next, he was tested on his knowledge of Statistics and Mathematics with questions like

Difference between mean, mode, Media
Skewness
Relationship of mean, mode, and median in a positive Skew graph
Hypothesis Testing
What is Anova

The next panelist took the reins and gave him a problem from SPC quality control. He asked him how do you know that his process in electric bulb making is as per customer Norma and is statistically controlled. My friend was able to answer most of the questions confidently and even solved this problem through charts.

Lastly, he was asked about his extracurricular activities and hobbies. The discussion ended with him asking about GST and the difference between GST and previous tax. Even though he gave a common answer, he managed to convert the interview.

Which one will be a better choice for an MSc in maths, IISc, ISI Kolkata, or IIT KGP?

Deepesh Sinha

01 Aug 22

ISI Kolkata is the best option for MSc in Maths, followed by IISc. IIT KGP is reputed in the technology domain, but for core science subjects, it’s not a good option. If you are interested to pursue pure Mathematics, choosing ISI is the best option among these. It specializes in the field. You will get better career opportunities and exposure in the field.