Ramachandran International Institute of Management (RIIM), Pune

Programme described on the about page:

• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), aligned with AICTE guidelines.
• Training and certification named alongside the PGDM: Business Analytics, Advanced Excel, Digital Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, communication, and leadership.
• The about page also says RIIM has designed a management development programme with IIM Indore for PGDM students.

The admission page says the minimum is 50% in a bachelor’s degree in any discipline, plus CAT, XAT, MAT, CMAT, ATMA, GMAT, or another competitive exam approved by AICTE.

The application fee printed there is Rs 1,000, non-refundable. Registration after an offer is Rs 50,000. The page says shortlisting is from candidates qualified in CAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA, MAT, GMAT, or a common entrance examination conducted by a state government.

Entrance-exam scholarship printed on the admission page:

• Above the 80th percentile in CAT or XAT: Rs 1,50,000.
• Above the 70th percentile in CAT or XAT: Rs 1,00,000.
• Above the 60th percentile in CAT or XAT: Rs 75,000.
• Above the 50th percentile in CAT or XAT: Rs 50,000.
• Above the 90th percentile in MAT, ATMA, or CET: Rs 25,000.
• Special amounts: armed or police forces children Rs 25,000; domicile in the North East, Kerala, or Jammu and Kashmir Rs 25,000; IIT graduates Rs 50,000; siblings Rs 25,000; state, national, or international sport Rs 25,000 off tuition; meritorious girls Rs 30,000.
• The page says 80% attendance is mandatory, and that the scholarship amount is adjusted against the second-year fee.

No highest package, average package, or placement percentage was printed on the pages read. The about page says the institute runs guest lectures, mentoring, and employability training.

No closing rank or percentile for admission is printed. The eligibility line is 50% in a bachelor’s degree. Scholarship bands start at the 50th percentile in CAT or XAT and are not admission cutoffs.

The ranking field is blank. The about page lists awards without a numbered rank: Times Group Femina Achievers 2026, Times Education Icons 2025, Times Education Icons 2024, Times Power Brand 2024, Times Power Brand 2022, an Edu Excellence Award, an Iconic Punekar Award, Lokmat Education Awards, and a Global Business Leadership Award.

A student team result is not an institute rank: on 31 January 2020, team Hatched finished 3rd in an international business-plan competition at IIM Bangalore, with a cash prize of Rs 10,000.

31 January 2020: the ranking page says team Hatched finished 3rd in an international business-plan competition at IIM Bangalore and received a cash prize of Rs 10,000.

PGDM fee structure 2026-28. The column headed Fee Year Wise prints Rs 6,80,000 for year one. That is the annual field. Year two is Rs 1,80,000. TOTAL PROGRAMME FEE Rs 8,60,000.

• Year one tuition Rs 3,65,000 and development fee Rs 3,15,000, which add up to the year-wise figure of Rs 6,80,000. Year two tuition Rs 1,80,000. Development fee in year two is printed as a dash.
• Payment schedule: registration Rs 50,000 on the offer letter; first instalment Rs 1,50,000 within 30 days of registration; first-year balance Rs 4,80,000 at reporting; second-year balance Rs 1,80,000 before the third semester.
• Application fee Rs 1,000, non-refundable.
• A hostel fee amount is not printed. The refund notes mention a hostel fee and an administrative charge of Rs 1,000.