A visitor in my blog put a question:
"does an istitution really matter in taking up a mba...i know the cream of faculties and the var exposures that comes on the way; other than that wat are the advtages of getting in to an IIM ..... a local institute providing mba......is it enough?.......or the international exposure ...does it really matter in business degree. I think that mba from a local institute and work experience in India wud do wonders....then why take up a heavy one from IIM and go abroad?"

My Response:
Well, hardly 15% students from IIMA go abroad, rest stay in India and work in Indian companies. In a way, apart from IIMs which MBA degree will give you a starting salary of 8 lakh plus per annum? Moreover, the training given in IIMA enables one to face better the situations in life. I have worked in Industry, but never I faced the kind of pressure I had to face in my first year at IIMA. For nine long months I slept less than 5 hours a day - skipped hundreds of meals, fought hard against the best brains in the country, participated in social and cultural activities - and survived first year in flying colours. The kind of prestige and status associated with IIMs can't be obtained from any MBA degree college.
Cheers!