Bachelor of business administration (BBA) has been an extremely underrated degree during the past years. It has been compared to other degrees like BCom and BA. Only a few know that BBA has proven to of greater benefit than many other undergraduate courses. With the increase in the number of B-schools all over the world, this fallacy of people is gradually fading away.

BBA is a comparatively easy gateway for all the students aspiring to pursue MBA as a post graduate degree. Institutions like IIM Indore have been accredited by the Association of MBA’s London to provide the Five Year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM).

 This programme is aimed at students who have passed out of XII/Higher Secondary or equivalent education from schools across India. This course has successfully delivered knowledge in the field of administration and management. It prepares a student in other areas too like Banking, General Management, Accountancy, Management Ethics and Consultancy.

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Skills acquired from BBA Course:

1. Students understand the relevance of context in business
2. Develop social consciousness
3. Develop critical thinking skills
4. Inculcate integrative thinking ability
5. Develop interpersonal awareness and ability to work in a group
6. Enable students to learn how to apply the basic principles of communication in order to write effective business messages, case analysis and reports
7. Enhances physical well-being
8. Awareness of ethical understanding
9. Knowledge of foundational subjects for management studies
10. Oral communication skills
11. Effective language skills

The top 10 BBA colleges along with their universities are listed below:    

1. Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore
2. Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi University, Delhi
3. Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Delhi University, Delhi
4. Deen Dayal Upadhyay College, Delhi University, Delhi
5. Gargi College, Delhi University, Delhi
6. Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Delhi University, Delhi
7. HR College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai University, Mumbai
8. Jai Hind College, Mumbai University, Mumbai
9. Mithibhai College, Mumbai University, Mumbai
10. KC College, Mumbai University, Mumbai

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The admission in most of the Top BBA Colleges in India takes place through an entrance exam. In Mumbai University, however, it takes place on the basis of merit. Till last year, Delhi University conducted its own entrance exam. This year, the conduct of the exam might stand cancelled. The University has set up a committee to work on the admission plan of the Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) programme.

Students who wish to study abroad also have an option to study from internationally affiliated universities like the University of Fraser Valley (UFV). This University offers a unique program in which the students study the basics of the course in one year in their respective home country and then shift to Canada and complete the course there.

The university arranges for the Permanent Resident (PR) card of the student and also looks after the hostel and other facilities. Such Universities have given a push in promoting this course in India.

Career scope in BBA and Job Prospects

A BBA degree would give a candidate entry into factory and corporations. They may also seek employments in share trading, business corporations and industries, print media and so on.

The work, however, is primarily associated with providing assistance to the top executives. The backend work is usually handled by them. Since the BBA degree provides a student with the basic knowledge about corporate management and skills, he/she can look for jobs in the sales and marketing department of companies as members of sales teams or as management trainees.

A BBA graduate would exhaust all his options of promotion in a company very fast. Therefore, he should consider of pursuing a higher degree after this. The average pay scale of a BBA graduate varies from 7000-23000 INR.

Therefore, a career-oriented student who wants to enter the corporate world with honor and pride and of course a good pay scale should aim to pursue a Master of Business Administration
(MBA) degree too.

There are many colleges all across the world who offers good MBA programs and excellent placement packages. The top MBA Colleges in the country attract recruiters like Microsoft, Google, Apple, etc. Sky may be the limit for an MBA graduate. A BBA graduate, however, has to pass the entrance exam as any other candidate to enter into any MBA institute. There is no exception for them.

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The top 10 MBA Colleges in India include the following:

1. Indian Institute Of Management, Bangalore
2. Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad
3. Indian Institute Of Management, Kolkata
4. Indian Institute Of Management, Lucknow
5. Indian Institute Of Management, Udaipur
6. Indian Institute Of Management, Kozhikode
7. International Management Institute, New Delhi
8. Indian Institute Of Forest Management, Bhopal
9. Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur
10. Indian Institute Of Management, Indore

Students pursuing MBA can choose from among the five specialisations which are Finance, Marketing, Human Resource, Information Technology, and Operations.

All in all, all the BBA aspirants should think about pursuing a higher degree too as it will broaden their perspective, develop their skills and of course enhance their pay scale.

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