Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur

About College

VGSoM (Vinod Gupta School of Management) is a part of IIT Kharagpur and is the first school of management of its kind set up within the IIT system. It is a public business school ranked 9^th best management school in India as per NIRF 2021. VGSOM offers a fully residential flagship MBA program. The B-school also offers an Executive MBA course for working executives over weekends in Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. Moreover, the VGSoM (IIT KGP) also offers PGDBA Program jointly with IIM Calcutta and ISI. The college also offers a PhD program of 3 years duration.

For MBA/ EMBA / PGDBA admissions, the College accepts CAT Score followed by a Personal Interview. International candidates seeking admission in the MBA program must possess a valid score in the GMAT exam. For PhD The eligible candidates with Post-graduation in required discipline with a good academic record are shortlisted through a written/ Computer test followed by a personal interview. The school has scaled a new height in terms of its placement statistics. During the final placement season of VGSOM 2022, the average CTC recorded by the students of VGSOM was INR 19.36 LPA.

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Ranking

The Business School is reckoned as 5th in the management category by NIRF and 2nd among the Best among Business Today ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2020.

Ranking Body	Year	Ranking
Time B School	2022	10
NIRF	2021	9
The Week	2020	17
The Times	2021	8
Business Today	2020	23

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Scholarship

There is good financial support for financially weak students at Vinod Gupta School of Management. The bank loans are also easily given to the students. Nearly 30% of the batch receives a scholarship facility. The scholarship is available in the below-mentioned verticals.

Inspire scholarship
Alumni scholarship & Awards
SGR international travel grant
Inspire scholarship
My Imprint special assistance

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Placement

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Ranking

The Business School is reckoned as 5th in the management category by NIRF and 2nd among the Best among Business Today ranked colleges in West Bengal in 2020.

Ranking Body	Year	Ranking
Time B School	2022	10
NIRF	2021	9
The Week	2020	17
The Times	2021	8
Business Today	2020	23

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Scholarship

There is good financial support for financially weak students at Vinod Gupta School of Management. The bank loans are also easily given to the students. Nearly 30% of the batch receives a scholarship facility. The scholarship is available in the below-mentioned verticals.

Inspire scholarship
Alumni scholarship & Awards
SGR international travel grant
Inspire scholarship
My Imprint special assistance

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Placements

The institute has been maintaining a good placement record over years & students also receive lucrative salary packages during its placement drives. The final report of VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Placements 2022 has been released. According to the report, the highest salary offered was INR 31.89 LPA which is nearly 20.3% higher as compared to the previous year. Average salary also increased by around 5% & stood at INR 19.36 LPA.

During the placement drive, recruiters came from various sectors. The highest number of offers were made from the Consulting sector (28) followed by the Operations sector (26). The highest salary of more than INR 30 LPA was made from the Operation sector. Students received job roles like Analyst, Consultant, Program Manager, Management Trainee etc.

Particulars	Placements Statistics (2019-21)	Placements Statistics (2020-22)
Number of recruiters	72	20+
Batch strength	116	97
Number of students placed	116	97
Number of PPOs	30	34
Highest salary	INR 26.5 LPA	INR 31.98 LPA
Average salary	INR 18.44 LPA	INR 19.36 LPA
Median salary	INR 17.12 LPA	INR 18.08 LPA
Top 10 percentile average salary	-	INR 28.75 LPA
Top 25 percentile average salary	-	INR 27.05 LPA
Top 50 percentile average salary	INR 22.32 LPA	INR 23.37 LPA
Lowest salary	-	INR 10 LPA

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Alumni

The Founder of VGSoM, Vinod Gupta is himself an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur (KGP). The VGSoM has a vast alumni network and a managing alumni committee that is responsible for maintaining and creating a close relationship with the Alumni of the college. Some of the notable alumni of VGSoM are as follows:

Mr. Sourav Niyogi: MD at Accenture, UK
Mr. Soumitra Poddar: Delivery Project Executive at IBM
Shreya Singh: Vice President (GPCM) at HSBC
Shibashish Roy: Associate Vice President at TATA Capital, Singapore
Gopal Aggarwal: Chief Investment Officer at MIRAE Asset
Rabin Roy: Managing Director & CEO at Suncraft Energy Private Ltd.
Krishna Kumar V: Vice President at IL&FS Transportation Limited
Devarsh Vakil: Head Advisory at HDFC Securities
Shouvik Bhattacharya: Senior Associate at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, New York
Deepak Semwal: Chief Manager at Spencer's Retail
Deepak Vadehra: Area Manager at Mercedes Benz Trucks
Pranab Sharma: Sr. Consultant at Simon-Kucher & Partners
Sumeet Ladsaongikar: Senior Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur FAQs

Q. What do I need to qualify? CAT or WAT-PI for VGSOM IIT Kharagpur Admission?

Ans. Applicants are shortlisted for admission on the basis of the CAT score and the overall application rating (AR). Application rating comprises various parameters like prior work experience and past academic performances are important for VGSOM IIT Kharagpur Admission.

Q. What is the proposed intake for VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA?

Ans. The total number of seats for MBA at VGSoM IIT Kharagpur year is 170.

Q. How is the faculty, student ratio at VGSOM IIT Kharagpur?

Ans. There are 23 members of "Core Faculty" for about 230 students which works out to a faculty: student ratio of about 1:10. If one includes the visiting faculty, the student, faculty ratio is better at VGSOM IIT Kharagpur.

Q. Does VGSOM IIT Kharagpur help in getting loans for fees?

Ans. No, VGSOM IIT Kharagpur does not as such help in getting a loan for fee payment. Students can choose to avail loan from any bank that they deem suitable. The campus has branches of SBI, PNB, and Syndicate Bank.

Q. How are the accommodation facilities for VGSOM IIT Kharagpur?

Ans. VGSOM IIT Kharagpur provides accommodation facilities individually to their students including study table and chair, bed, mattress, almirah/wardrobe, and racks, and common facilities provided include washrooms, laundry, and mess, which are quite satisfactory. The mess food is very healthy & tasty. The fee is not expensive, it is affordable. The total fee for hostel & mess is around 1.14 lakhs for 2 years.

Q. What courses are offered in VGSOM IIT Kharagpur?

Ans. VGSOM IIT Kharagpur offered postgraduate & research programs on the basis of merit in the entrance exam. The college offers MBA & Executive MBA under the Postgraduate level, PG Diploma in Business Administration, and Ph.D. under the research level in the field of Management.

Q. How are the placements at VGSOM IIT Kharagpur?

Ans. The placement record in VGSOM IIT Kharagpur is excellent. The highest CTC is around INR 26.5 LPA and the average CTC is around INR 18.44 LPA for the batch 2019-21. The institute has also maintained a record for the highest CTC ranging above INR 24 LPA for the last 3 years.

Q. How are the summer internships of VGSOM IIT Kharagpur?

Ans. The summer internship is really very good. 100% students are offered summer internships with a very decent package. 96 students are registered for the internship program out of 98 students. The highest stipend was offered around INR 3 lakh, the average was 1.28 lakh, and the median stipend was around 1.15 lakh for the batch 2020-22. Some of the top recruiters are Juspay, Google, Saavn, Microsoft, DE Shaw, Accenture, Amazon, Titan, and many more.

Q. Is it worthwhile to join VGSOM IIT Kharagpur?

Ans. Yes, it is. VGSOM is one of the top institutes under the IIT system. It is approved by AICTE and also holds recognition in various educational magazines. The institute is ranked 5th by NIRF 2020 in top management institutes of the country.

Q. Is VGSoM IIT Kharagpur good?

Ans. Undoubtedly, VGSoM is one of the best and prestigious management institutions in India and is well known for its excellent education quality and great infrastructure and placement opportunities. VGSoM has been ranked by several prominent ranking organizations such as NIRF, The Times, The Week, Business Today etc.

Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur Admissions

VGSOM IIT Kharagpur Admission 2022

VGSOM Admission is concluded. VGSOM offers MBA as its flagship program. VGSOM accepts MBA Admission based on CAT scores & Academic Profile of the candidates. Candidates who are shortlisted will be called for a Personal Interview. Based on the performance score of Application rating & Personal Interview candidates are selected for the MBA program.

Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) also known as IIT Kharagpur established in 1993. VGSOM is a public business school which is ranked 9th by NIRF 2021 in the Management category. VGSOM has maintained a good track record in their placement drive. As per the latest placement record, the highest CTC was recorded at INR 31.98 LPA while the average CTC stood at INR 19.36 LPA.

VGSOM (IIT Kharagpur) Admission 2022: MBA

MBA is a 2-year fully residential flagship postgraduate program of VGSOM. Candidates are selected for the MBA program based on CAT entrance exam scores. The total fee of the program is INR 11,67,336.

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Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur Placements

VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Placements 2022

Vinod Gupta School of Management IIT Kharagpur is popularly known as VGSoM IIT KgP is one of the first management establishments within the IIT. The institute has been maintaining a good placement record over years & students also receive lucrative salary packages during its placement drives. The final report of VGSoM IIT Kharagpur Placements 2022 has been released. According to the report, the highest salary offered was INR 31.89 LPA which is nearly 20.3% higher as compared to the previous year. Average salary also increased by around 5% & stood at INR 19.36 LPA.

During the placement drive, recruiters came from various sectors. The highest number of offers were made from the Consulting sector (28) followed by the Operations sector (26). The highest salary of more than INR 30 LPA was made from the Operation sector. Students received job roles like Analyst, Consultant, Program Manager, Management Trainee etc.

The final report of the 2023 summer internship placement drive has also been released. According to the report, 96 students registered to participate in the placement drive & all of them received internship opportunities. The highest & average stipend stood at INR 3 Lakhs per month & INR 1.36 Lakhs per month respectively. There was a participation of 30 recruiters during the summer internship placement drive.

Accenture, Amazon, Deloitte, ITC, Wipro, ZS Associates & many more reputed recruiters participated in the placement drive.

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Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur Cutoff

VGSOM IIT Kharagpur Cut-off 2022

VGSOM (Vinod Gupta School of Management) IIT Kharagpur has released its the MBA Admission Policy 2022. For first MBA admission shortlisting, VGSOM IIT Kharagpur require a minimum cutoff of 90 percentile in case of general candidates. For final selection, the weightage of various components is as follows:

Selection Criteria	Weightage
CAT Score	20 %
Application Rating	20 %
WAT and PI	60 % ( 40 % + 60 % )
Total	100 %

Additional 2 marks shall be awarded to the women candidates who appear for the Gender Diversity Factor and these marks will be added to the marks of Personal Interview.

VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur Cut-off

VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur offers an MBA programme of two years. The college accepts admission for MBA program based on CAT percentile which differs every year.

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