Which college to prefer? I am waitlisted in both IIM Udaipur as well as IIM Trichy. I want to opt for Finance. which one should I go for?

As far as the field of finance is concerned, IIM Trichy is your best bet among all the other IIMs. You can expect to get placed in some of the top finance domain companies like SBI, ICICI, Yes Bank, IFMR, HDFC Life, and many others. One of my friends graduated from IIM Trichy. Here are some facts about the college I gathered from him.

• The college is also known to participate in various competitions like Yes Bank transformation series and CFA Institute Research Challenge.
• In the former, the college was the first runner up wherein in the latter, represented India for the 2nd year running.
• IIM Trichy is also the only college to be recognized by CFA. To receive this recognition, the college needs to meet specific requirements.
• Since the institute covers 70% of CBOK topics in the curriculum, many students have now received scholarships for CFA levels 1, 2, and 3.
• You will also see that the faculty from the college is very experienced. Most of them are graduates from IIM A, B, C and hold PhDs too.
• Some of them have also graduated from international institutes like NUS.

You should think of going to IIM Trichy as you will be in good company particularly in the field of finance.