The Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC), one of the pioneer institutes, is located on the doorsteps of the city beautiful Chandigarh, in the vicinity of Rajiv Gandhi IT Park, Quark City, Software technology park of India and giants like Dell, Infosys, Godrej, Philips, Punjab Communication Ltd., Punjab Tractors Ltd., Semi Conductor Ltd., Ranbaxy, HFCL, Taj Hotel, etc. In fact, CGC is located in the heart of Punjab, Haryana & Himachal Pradesh. The strategic location of CGC provides us an opportunity to make full use of the technocrats and computer experts possessing latest knowledge.

Today, we are the most preferred college in Punjab, with 100% occupancy of seats, and attract meritorious students. Being the right platform for students to embark on a career in these fields, which rule the future, we are the First choice of students.

4. Is PGDM is approved by the AICTE?

The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Government of India and awarded equivalence to MBA degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The course shall be run under the blanket guidance and dispensation of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).

5. Who award PGDM?

The Chandigarh Business School (CBS) would award the PG Diploma in Management, which is an arm of Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC).

6. How Many seats are there in this course?

PGDM (Full-Time) programme has 60 seats

7. What type of specialization offered in PGDM?

In the second year, students have the flexibility to take a specialization route where they will try to strive for excellence in their chosen field of specialisation such as marketing, finance, human resources with special consideration on retail management, banking and insurance, PR in industrial Scenario and IT, as school is providing dual specialisation.

8. What is the Admission Procedure?

Direct Admission , contact Our Admission Helpline No. for more information

9. What is eligibility Criteria?

A candidate is eligible for admission in PGDM Course if he/she fulfills the following conditions:[1]

A candidate who have the minimum qualification of Bachelor’s Degree recognized by association of Indian Universities.
The eligibility for admission shall be as per the notification of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) from time to time.
He/ She should bear a good moral character.
He/ She must be in a good mental and physical health. Each candidate before admission will have to undergo a medical fitness examination and shall have to produce a medical fitness certificate, as prescribed by the University.

10. Where will the Personal Interview be held? Can preferences be specified for PI? Whom to refer regarding this?

Personal Interview will be held at CBS, Conference hall. The candidate can contact the Head of Department for this purpose.

11. Is there preference given to students with work-experience?

The admissions criteria do include weightages for relevant work experience.

12. How are the placements in CBS, Landran, Mohali?

Chandigarh Group of Colleges has a record of 100 % placement since its inception 7 years back.

13. What is the average and median salary? What was the highest salary? Are there international placements as well?

CBS follows a policy of 'One student-one offer'. However, looking at the demand from corporate, multiple offers were allowed for the lateral candidates for the first time this year. 15 offers were made for 6 lateral candidates, making it to 2.5 offers per candidate, who opted for multiple offers.

This year the North, South and West zones of India gave almost equal number of job offers, re-establishing the nation-wide reputation that CBS enjoys among recruiters.

14. How is the infrastructure at CBS?

The infrastructure is world-class and the details are available on the website. Students are encouraged to visit campus to see the facilities for themselves and interact with the students and faculty.

15. Are the faculty members from the industry or have an academic background?

Faculty members are of international repute and have a rich background both from industry and academia.

16. What are the co-curricular activities that can be done by a student?

Placement Committee Member
Alumni Relationship Committee Member
Students Affairs Committee Member
Media Committee Member
International Linkages Committee Member
Mess Committee Member
The Cultural Club
The Dramatics Club
The Marketing Club
The Finance Club
The Operations and IT Club
The Human Resource Club
The International Business Club
Sports
- Badminton
- Cricket, Football
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Table Tennis

17. What is the teaching methodology followed by CBS?

A wide variety of teaching strategies are deployed to make the classroom an interesting place so that students are motivated to attend the classes. Apart from delivering regular lectures, the School intends to use modern methods of teaching, which include case studies, seminars, presentations, work group assignments and visits to the industry. The emphasis in teaching is more on self- learning rather than instruction –oriented. The students would be expected to undertake some industry-based projects in subjects of their interest which will give them deeper insights in to the ground realities of the business world. The course has been developed with inputs from top management and in consultation with eminent experts and practicing professional managers ensuring it to reflect the contemporary corporate requirements.

18. What is the difference between PGDM and MBA?

First of all professionally there is no difference between post graduatation in business management [pgbm], post graudutation diploma in business management[pgdbm], and mba degree.

There is a wide variety of nomenclature of degrees in management education. There are mainly two categories - postgraduate diploma and master's degree.

Postgraduate diplomas include Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA), Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) and Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM). Most of these diploma courses are having two-year duration and graduation is the entry qualification.

Master's programmes include Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Business Management (MBM), Master of Business Studies (MBS), Master of Finance and Control (MFC) and Master of Management Studies (MMS).

Technically an institute affiliated with an university gives an mba degree like fms,jbims and autonomous institutes give diploma in management [pgbm,pgdbm] like iims,iift,mdi xlri etc.

[1] Admission will be cancelled at any stage in case the candidate is not found eligibl