MDI Gurgaon is lagging behind baby IIMs due to frequent director changes, toxic culture, and batch size expansion per the ranker. At MDI Gurgaon (Rs 28.2L fees, Rs 22 LPA avg, 95%+ CAT cutoff), the placement story has deteriorated since
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- Frequent director turnover (5+ changes in 10 years) disrupts institutional stability, (
- Toxic culture complaints from students, (
- Batch size increased from ~280 to 400+ without proportional placement growth, (
- Profile-based admissions replaced by CAT-centric, leading to quality drop. The ranker: "MDI has had a lot of controversy of late with frequent director change and a toxic culture. Hence it is now lagging behind the likes of BLACKI and others." The "Baby IIMs" here refer to IIM Ranchi, Rohtak, Kashipur etc (Rs 14-16L fees, Rs 17-18 LPA avg, 92-93%+ cutoff) - these have IIM tag advantage that MDI cannot match. A recent note: MDI got a new director from IIM A in 2023, possibly signalling recovery. The AMA commenter said "they recently have a new director from IIM A and I've heard good things about him but time will tell." Decision: at 96-97 percentile, prefer IIM K (Rs 24L fees, Rs 28 LPA avg) or IIM I over MDI. At 95 percentile, prefer IIM Rohtak/Ranchi (Rs 14-16L fees) over MDI purely for ROI. Don't pay Rs 28L for MDI in 2024-25 unless Gurgaon location is specifically required. Check your eligibility at collvera.com/eligibility