SOIL Institute of Management Opens 2 Years PGDM Admission 2024: Check Key USPs, Fees, Placements, Selection Process; Last Date

SOIL Institute of Management, Gurgaon has emerged as a leading Business School in Delhi NCR in its more than 12 years journey with many firsts.  SOIL has two campuses at Gurgaon and Manesar. SOIL Institute of Management Gurgaon has created Manesar campus known as SOIL School of Business Design. At Gurgaon campus, SOIL school of Management offers 1 year PGPM, while the 2 years PGDM is offered at SOIL School of Business Design at Manesar.  SOIL will accept score of NMAT, CAT, XAT, MAT, GMAT, CMAT exams for PGDM admission 2024.

SOIL Legacy: Co Created by Corporates
Co-created with 32 Indian and International partner companies like Infosys, ABB, Aditya Birla, Asian Paints, J&J, GSK, L&T, Maruti Suzuki among other prominent Corporates, the institute has a legacy of more than 1000 alumni. SOIL offers 2 years PGDM as well as 1 year PGPM at its different campuses located in Gurgaon and Manesar and admission process for both the programs is open through a common application form.

SOIL PGDM: Offers Multidisciplinary Approach
Soil’s 2 Year Post Graduate Diploma in Management is India’s first Government & AICTE Approved PGDM program that provides students with a multidisciplinary approach to traditional management using Design thinking and Liberal Arts.  The PGDM program is designed as an innovation journey with unique curriculum and pedagogic approach leading to strong placements. In the previous PGDM placement season, the B-school achieved 140% RoI.

Read this exclusive MBAUniverse.com article to be the first to know the key SOIL USPs, Fee, Placements, PGDM admission criteria and Key changes in selection process and more.

Table of Contents
In this article we shall cover

1. SOIL Key Highlights and USPs
2. SOIL PGDM Program Highlights
3. SOIL PGDM Fees & Seats
4. SOIL PGDM Curriculum
5. SOIL Placements for PGDM program
6. SOIL PGDM Admission Eligibility Criteria 2024
7. SOIL Admission 2024 cut offs
8. SOIL PGDM Application Process: How to Apply for SOIL MBA Admission?
9. SOIL Two Year MBA Admission Dates
10. SOIL PGDM Admission Criteria 2024

So, let us start with why you should consider and apply for SOIL PGDM admission 2024 alongwith other top B-schools.

1. SOIL: Key Highlights and USPs

• 1.1 Co-created by 32 Corporates: SOIL is co-created by a group of 32 Multinational and Indian companies from across industry verticals including Mahindra, Taj Hotels, Grant Thornton, HUL, GSK, Birla Group, Dabur, ABB, ACC, Dr Reddy’s, J&J, L&T, Tata Steel, Birla Group, Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum, Asian Paints, SAP, TVS, Schneider among others
• 1.2 Top Academicians & CXOs in Governing Board: SOIL has highly accomplished Governing Board comprising Anil Sachdev, Founder & CEO - Grow Talent Company and Founder of SOIL; Dr. Pradip Khandwalla, Former Director IIM Ahmedabad; KK Nohria, Former Chairman, Crompton Greaves; Dr. Swaminathan, Former CEO & MD, Infosys BPO and Former Executive Chairman, Manipal Health Enterprises and other distinguished academicians and corporate heads.
• 1.3 Diverse Academic Advisory Board with Industry Connect: To facilitate students to learn and self-discover themselves, and to make them capable of handling challenging situations SOIL Academic Advisory council not only comprises top academicians but also has top industrialists and corporate heads on board. Some of the members include Analjit Singh, Chairman, Max India; Dr. Karl Erik Sveiby, Author and Global Expert, Knowledge Management; Dr Vijay Kelkar, Ex. Chairman Finance Commission, Government of India; Prasad Kaipa, Executive Director, CLIC, ISB Founder, Kaipa Group; Shashank Vira, MD, Synergy Corporate Advisors; Shyam Viswanathan, Former Dean Executive Education, ISB; Dr. Tom Keelin, Founder, SDG | Adjunct, Stanford University; K Balasubramaniam, Member Holding Group, GMR; Suresh Shetty, Ex CFO, Hero Honda | Director, Enam Securities
• 1.4 Strong SOIL PGDM Placements 2023: SOIL has recorded average salary of Rs.10.30 LPA and highest salary of Rs.19.30 LPA in Placement 2023
• 1.5: Top Recruiters: 49 companies participated in placement process at SOIL. Some of the top recruiters include Accenture, Aditya Birla Capital, Aditya Birla Sunlife Insurance, ANZ Axis Bank, Cognizant, Exide Industries, Gartner, HDFC Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, Mahindra & Mahindra, Narayana Health, Schneider Electric, S&P Global, Tata Communications, Wipro among others
• 1.6: International Immersion: SOIL has partnered with global business schools with a specific focus on design thinking, technology, innovation, sustainability and research. Some of the partner institutions for international exchange are MIP Milano, Italy; Shizenkan, Tokyo Japan; UNB Canada; JBS Johannesburg, Africa among others 
• 1.7 Industry Relevant Curriculum & Pedagogic Approach: SOIL curriculum is designed to prepare ‘mangers of future’ who can solve cross-functional and multidimensional problems of the corporate world. SOIL unique curriculum integrates management disciplines with liberal Arts and Design thinking.

2. SOIL PGDM Program Highlights

2.1 First PGDM Program with Design Thinking: First AICTE Approved PGDM program in India using Design thinking and Liberal Arts

2.2 Unique Learning Methodology: Uses Harvard Publishing, Global Curriculum templates, Case-based study methodology to teach traditional business subjects using innovative design thinking practices and liberal arts immersions during the 2 years on campus.

2.3 Inculcating Problem Solving Skills: The 2 year Post-graduate Diploma Program in Business Design offered at SOIL Manesar campus, challenge students to tackle problems that are happening now.

2.4 Project Development: SOIL PGDM students work with non-profit, corporate, and public entities to develop projects that address real-world challenges. While some projects last just hours, others last weeks – and in some cases, projects span years as student teams turn them into organizations that help people around the world. 

2.5 Experiential Immersions: SOIL offers experiential learning through different immersion programs like Rural Immersion, Global Immersion, Himalayan Retreat, Discover India Journey. Brief glimpses of these immersion programs are:

2.5.1 Global Immersion: Students undergo 2 week international study tour in one of the leading business capitals of the world. It helps to understand how businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs undertake business across the world.

2.5.2 Journey by Train in India: A 10 day long trip, to understand various business capitals of country and their historic relevance. Students would also learn about various business practices across different part of India

2.5.3 Himalayan Retreat: Students spend one week time at the foothills of the Himalayas learning to appreciate their own distinctive strengths through an understanding of the self and through the perception of other people

2.5.4 Social Innovation: Students need to work closely with a non-for-profit organization working towards community development. The projects will be chosen depending on the most critical need areas of the organization.

2.6 PGDM Program Specializations: SOIL PGDM offers specializations in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Analytics

2.7 PGDM offers Good Career Opportunities: The PGDM at SOIL School of Business Design prepares you to create and access professional opportunities that are emerging at leading organizations.  As an exclusive group of the first ever graduates in the country with a specialization in Business Design, the candidates are much sought after by all companies that value design and innovation as a key driver for their growth and sustained success.

​2.8 SOIL PGDM Grooms for Important Roles: SOIL PGDM graduates are groomed and prepared to take on the following range of responsibilities​

• Product management roles at top design-led firms
• Business designers/product architects at start-ups
• Experience and service design managers at large service companies
• Strategy planning and execution management at established firms to identify and/or create new business opportunities
• Roles in traditional domains of business management like finance, HR, marketing etc.
• Consulting at design research and product development firms
• Entrepreneurship

​3. SOIL PGDM Fees & Seats

SOIL PGDM Fees and SOIL PGDM Seats at the SOIL School of Business Design Manesar for the PGDM 2024-26 batch are detailed below

SOIL Program Name	SOIL PGDM Fees	SOIL PGDM Seats
2 Years Full Time Post Graduate Diploma Program (PGDM) in Business Design	Rs.14,80,000	300

4. SOIL PGDM Curriculum
SOIL PGDM program will blend Design Thinking and Liberal Arts with Management in a unique experiential curriculum that will provide a rich portfolio of exposure and skills spanning traditional as well as emerging areas of business management.

SOIL unique curriculum integrates management disciplines with liberal Arts and Design thinking. Sharing about the consistent updation in curriculum, Dr Vidya Iyer,  said, “We have made changes in our curriculum design that is developmental, personalized, and evolving; pedagogy that is student-centered, inquiry-based, authentic, and purposeful. Blended learning will is new norm, which has also been envisaged in our Curriculum” and has added, “SOIL has only invested a large amount of capital into an online LMS system for students and faculty to adapt to.”

SOIL curriculum includes case studies and simulation as well as experiential learning modules. The curriculum focuses not just on “knowing” or “doing”, but more on “being”. Learning outside the classroom through leadership events, clubs, competitions, rituals, celebrations, is given equal importance. The evaluation system is more a learning and developmental tool. The curriculum and pedagogy is as per emerging trends and requirements of industry & global landscape with the flexibility to quickly redesign it to respond to these needs to improve the employability skills.

SOIL Gurgaon PGDM Admission 2024 Open: Apply Now

5. SOIL Placements for PGDM program
SOIL Placements 2023 for 2 Year PGDM programme have registered high salary packages. The PGDM program at SOIL attracted large number of recruiters. SOIL has a dedicated Career Management Services (CMS) to bring out the best in you as a professional and a leader. CMS is dedicated to assisting students in achieving long-term professional success by providing appropriate resources and guidance.

The placement 2023 at SOIL for PGDM has recorded average salary at Rs.10.30 LPA and highest salary at Rs.19.50 LPA. Key highlights of SOIL PGDM Placements 2023 are:

5.1 SOIL PGDM Placements 2023: Key Highlights

PGDM Placements 2023 Particulars	Placement data
Batch Size	94 Students
Highest Package	Rs. 19.3 LPA
Average Package	Rs. 10.3 LPA
Median Package	Rs. 10 LPA
Top 10% Average Package	Rs. 16.8 LPA
Top 25% Average Package	Rs. 13.5 LPA
Top 50% Average Package	Rs. 11.8 LPA
Top 75% Average Package	Rs. 11 LPA
No. of Companies	49

5.2 Top Recruiters
Some of the top Companies that participated in placement 2023 were:

Accenture, Aditya Birla Capital, Aditya Birla Sunlife Insurance, ANZ Axis Bank, Cognizant, Exide Industries, Gartner, HDFC Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, Mahindra & Mahindra, Narayana Health, Schneider Electric, S&P Global, Tata Communications, Wipro among others

6. SOIL PGDM Admission Eligibility Criteria 2024
SOIL PGDM eligibility criteria for admission 2024 can be divided into 3 parts as under:

6.1 SOIL PGDM Academic Eligibility Criteria

• A candidate with bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized university/institution with 50% marks is eligible
• A candidate appearing in final year of graduation is eligible

6.2 Entrance Exam Accepted for SOIL PGDM Admission 2024

SOIL will accept score of following MBA entrance exams for PGDM admission 2023

Entrance Exams	Year of Taking the Exam
CAT	2022/2023
XAT	2023/2024
GMAT	Taken after January 1, 2022
MAT	2023/2024
NMAT by GMAC	2022/2023

6.3 Work Experience for SOIL PGDM Admission 2024
Fresh Graduates as well as candidates with less than 5 years of work experience are eligible to apply.

6.4 SOIL PGDM Eligibility Criteria: Key Points

• Applicants may submit multiple examination scores; Institute will consider the best score provided by an applicant while shortlisting applications
• Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized institution
• Graduation type: 3 years / 4 years or 5 years integrated program
• Stream: Arts/Commerce/Science/ Engg. (B. Tech / B.E) etc.
• Candidates should have a full-time undergraduate degree completion certificate before 15th June 2024

7. SOIL PGPM Admission 2024: Cut offs
Following are the expected cut offs for SOIL Admission 2024:

MBA Entrance Exam	Expected Cut offs
CAT 2023	75 %ile
XAT 2024	70 %ile
CMAT 2024	95 %ile
MAT 2023 & 2024	95 %ile
NMAT 2023	205 Score

Source: SOIL Institute of Management

8. SOIL PGDM Application Process 2024
SOIL PGDM Application Process is detailed below:

• Fill the SOIL Online Application form.
• Create an account by filling in the details. You will receive a unique account ID and password. Using it re-login into your account and complete the registration process. 
• Enter all the details; academic, personal, work experience related.
• Enter the CAT/XAT/GMAT registration details and upload the score card (if applicable).
• Upload scanned photograph. 
• Select the date for “Design Thinking Workshop” round while filling the application.
• SOIL PGDM application fee is INR 2000. Pay the application fee online.
• Submit the application form with application fee of Rs.2000/-
• Print the application form and acknowledgment slip for future correspondence. 

9. SOIL Two Year MBA Admission Dates
SOIL application process for admission 2024 is open. Due to limited number of seats, SOIL encourages applicants to apply early. The important SOIL 2 Year PGDM admission dates are as below

SOIL PGDM Admission 2024 Activity	Important Dates
Last Date to Apply	January 20, 2024

10. SOIL PGDM Admission Criteria 2024
SOIL PGDM Admission process has 4 stages

• Stage-1: SOIL PGDM Application Submission
• Stage-2: Performance in Entrance Exam
• Stage-3: SOIL PGDM Shortlist Criteria
• Stage-4: SOIL PGDM Selection Criteria and Final Admission Offer

Let us know each stage of SOIL PGDM Admission Process:

Stage-1: SOIL PGDM Application Submission
The Candidates should submit an online application by paying the requisite application fee of Rs.2000 for SOIL PGDM Admission 2024 as detailed above

Stage-2: Performance in Entrance Exam
Candidates should apply and appear in at least one of the MBA entrance exams the scores of which are acceptable by SOIL like CAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT among others.

Stage-3: SOIL PGDM Shortlist Criteria
The Shortlisting of candidates will be done on the basis of past academic performance, admission test scores (CAT/XAT/MAT/GMAT), and relevant work experience. Candidates will be intimated regarding their shortlisting through email / SMS to their registered phone number with every detail.

• Check GEPI Shortilisting

Stage-4: SOIL PGDM Selection Criteria and Final Admission Offer

• Participate in GEPI Round comprising SOIL Talent Appreciation Test, Leadership Exercise, Life Map Exercise, Personal Interview Round
• Personal Interview will be conducted by a panel of Industry experts and SOIL faculty
• Candidates will be finally selected on the basis of past academic scores, extra co-curricular achievements, relevant work experience, test scores, performance in the workshop and Personal Interview.
• Selected Candidates will be intimated regarding their selection over email with information regarding their admission and payment of admission fees. 

SOIL started its journey more than 12 years ago and is based out of the start-up & innovation hub of India – Gurgaon and Manesar. SOIL provides a solid grounding in the major business disciplines and core business skills with a strong focus on practice, experience and industry based learning projects. The institute has 40% female ratio in class rooms. The learning methodology at SOIL inculcates inspired-thinking and consequently inspired-actions in the business leaders of the future and as a result 1000 Alumni from its full time programme are working all over the world.

We hope you found this article on SOIL PGDM Admission 2024 helpful while looking for admission and deciding on one of the best B-schools. As SOIL will give weightage to your overall profile in shortlisting for interview, the candidates with a moderate entrance exam score but very good profile stand a good chance. Application process for SOIL PGDM Admission 2024 is open. Apply Now

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