National Insurance Academy (NIA), Pune

The National Insurance Academy (NIA) located in Pune offers a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) full time which consists of 180 seats in total. The entire program costs ₹14.5 lakhs and the admission eligibility criteria require candidates to have 50 % marks in Graduation. Admission to the program is based on score obtained in one of the national level entrance exams such as CAT, XAT or CMAT. Due to a strong focus on insurance and also risk commensurate management, the students will also be exposed to wider business concepts which will prepare students for corporate leadership roles both in the in insurance sector and corporate world more broadly. A highly affordable institution in terms of fees and other costs and has developed strong links with industry and uses a more practical approach which would appeal to anyone wanting to develop their specialised management capability.