Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon was established in 1973. It is accredited by the NBA, AACSB, and AMBA. MDI Gurgaon secured the 2nd position in the Outlook rankings for 2025. In 2024, it also ranked 5th among business schools in the world.
MDI Gurgaon offers PGDM in 8 specializations as its flagship program. The total course fee is INR 25 Lakhs. Admission to PGDM is based on the CAT scores, WAT, GD & PI. MDI Gurgaon also offers Online PGDM and Executive PGDM courses.
According to the MDI Gurgaon Placement Report 2024, the students have bagged the highest & average CTC of INR 35 LPA and INR 24.21 LPA, respectively. Major recruiters are Accenture, TCS, Deloitte, Cognizant, Incedo, Hero, Infosys, Urban Company, and many more.
MDI Gurgaon provides the following AICTE Tuition Fee Wavier Scheme and Merit cum Means Scholarship to the students. The scholarships are provided to the students based on their ranking.
MDI Gurgaon Highlights
Given below are the highlights of MDI Gurgaon.
| Name | Management Development Institute, Gurgaon |
| Short Form | MDI Gurgaon |
| Establishment Year | 1973 |
| Approved By | AICTE |
| Accreditation | AACSB, AMBA and NBA |
| Ranking 2025 | 3rd by IIRF |
| Courses Offered | PGDM, PGDM- HRM, PGDM-IB, PGDM- Business Analytics |
| Exam Accepted | CAT |
| Highest Package | INR 35 LPA |
| Average Package | INR 24.21 LPA |
| Top Recruiters | Deloitte, Accenture, Citi Bank, Barclays, Cognizant, Hero, Infosys, HSBC etc. |
| Official Website | https://www.mdi.ac.in |
| Contact Information | +91-124-4560000 mdiwebsite@mdi.ac.in |
MDI Gurgaon Ranking 2025
MDI Gurgaon has secured the 2nd rank by the Outlook for three consecutive years. The institute has received rankings from various agencies over the years. MDI Gurgaon Rankings 2025 & 2024 are mentioned in the table below:-
| Agencies | Category | Ranking |
| IIRF 2025 | MBA | 3 out of 122 |
| Outlook 2025 | MBA | 2 out of 200 |
| India Today 2024 | MBA | 6 out of 275 |
| The WEEK 2024 | MBA | 7 out of 235 |
| NIRF 2024 | MBA | 11 out of 125 |
MDI Gurgaon Courses & Eligibility
MDI offers PGDM in 8 specializations, ie. Accounting & Finance, Operations, Management, Economics & Public Policy, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management, Information Management, Strategy & General Management. Below are MDI Gurgaon Course Fees along with the duration, eligibility, and selection criteria.
| Course | Fees (INR) | Eligibility & Selection Criteria |
| PGDM, PGDM-HRM, PGDM-BA | 24,99,400 | 50% in class 10th, 12th and Graduation CAT/ GMAT scores WAT, GD-PI, Academic diversity, Work experience, and Social diversity |
| PGDM-IB | 29,58,200 | 4 years of bachelor's degree WAT, GD-PI, Academic diversity, 1 year work experience (mandatory), and Social diversity |
| Executive PGDM-BM | 16,70,000 | 50% in class 10th, 12th and Graduation 3-years of post-qualification executive work experience CAT/ XAT or GMAT scores |
| Executive PGDM-PPM | 12,48,884 | 50% in class 10th, 12th and Graduation 3-years of post-qualification executive work experience CAT/ XAT/ MAT/ ATMA/ CMAT or GMAT scores |
| Executive PGDM-BA | 10,70,300 | 50% in class 10th, 12th and Graduation 3-years of post-qualification executive work experience CAT/ XAT/ MAT/ ATMA/ CMAT or GMAT scores |
| Online PGDM | 8,95,000 | 50% in class 10th, 12th and Graduation 2 year work experience Proficiency in English |
MDI Gurgaon Fees Bifurcation
MDI Gurgaon fee for PGDM, PGDM HRM, PGDM BA & PGDM-IB is mentioned in the table below:-
| Nomenclature of Fees | 1st Year (INR) | 2nd Year (INR) | PGDM-IB* |
| Tuition Fees | 9,33,500 | 9,33,500 | 26,00,000 |
| Learning Material Fees | 59,450 | 59,450 | 67,000 |
| Students Activities | 30,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 |
| Library Fee | 35,750 | 35,750 | 45,300 |
| Alumni Fee | 14,300 | - | 14,300 |
| Security Deposit (Refundable) | 27,500 | - | 27,500 |
| Total Fee without Boarding & Lodging Charges | 11,00,500 | 10,58,700 | 27,88,100 |
| Boarding Charges | 76,125 | 76,125 | 76,125 |
| Lodging Charges | 93,975 | 93,975 | 93,975 |
| Grand Total of Two Years | 24,99,400 | 29,58,200 | |
*Combined fee for 1st & 2nd year.
MDI Gurgaon Cutoff 2024
Candidates need to appear for the CAT examination to get into MDI Gurgaon. Given below is the MDI Gurgaon Cut off 2024.
| Exams | Cutoff 2024 |
| CAT | 995 % |
MDI Gurgaon Admission 2026
MDI Gurgaon Admission in the PGDM program based on CAT or XAT scores. NRI candidates are enrolled based on GMAT scores, followed by a personal interview. The institute does not offer admission under any quota. MDI Gurgaon selection criteria for the PGDM course is a two-stage process.
Stage 1: The first stage is shortlisting applicants for WAT, GD & PI. MDI Gurgaon selection criteria for stage-1 is as follow:-
| Component | Weightage |
| CAT score | 70% |
| Clas 10th percentage | 5% |
| Class 12th percentage | 5% |
| Graduation percentage | 5% |
| Academic Diversity (Engineer / Non-Engineer) | 2.5% |
| Gender Diversity | 2.5% |
| Work Experience | 10% |
Stage 2: Final selection
| Component | Weightage |
| CAT score | 35% |
| Written Analysis Test (WAT) | 5% |
| Group Discussion | 10% |
| Personal Interview | 20% |
| Clas 10th percentage | 2.5% |
| Class 12th percentage | 2.5% |
| Graduation percentage | 5% |
| Academic Diversity (Engineer / Non-Engineer) | 2.5% |
| Gender Diversity | 2.5% |
| Work Experience | 10% |
| Sports | 2.5% (Candidates from North-East & Jammu & Kashmir) |
| Regional Diversity | 2.5% (Only for National and International level competitions) |
How to Apply?
Given below are the steps to apply for MDI Gurgaon Admission 2026.
- Go to the official website of MDI Gurgaon.
- Fill out the application form.
- Then, pay an application fee of INR 3,000 for national students and INR 8,496 for International Students.
- The institution releases the shortlisted candidate's name.
- After that the institution conducts Group Discussion, Written Analysis Test, and Personal Interview.
- Then the institution releases the final selected candidate's name.
MDI Gurgaon Placements 2024
MDI Gurgaon Placements 2024 vs 2023 is shown in the table below:-
| Particulars | Placement Statistics (2024) | Placement Statistics (2023) |
| Number of recruiters | 155 | 102 |
| Number of new recruiters | 89 | 21 |
| Number of PPOs | 202 | 154 |
| Total Students Placed | 556 | 472 |
| Maximum Offers by a Single Company | 56 | 55 |
| Highest Package | INR 63.3 LPA | INR 60 LPA |
| Average Package | INR 25.5 LPA | INR 27.67 LPA |
| Median Package | INR 24.2 LPA | INR 26.13 LPA |
| Top 10% Average Package | INR 42.5 LPA | NA |
| Top 25% Average Package | INR 35.5 LPA | NA |
| Top 50% Average Package | INR 31 LPA | NA |
| Major Sector | Telecom & Media, Consulting | Consulting & BFSI |
| Top Recruiters | ICICI Bank, Cognizant, Virtusa, Wipro | Adidas, Trident Group, Accenture Strategy, Aditya Birla Group, Deloitte |
MDI Gurgaon Scholarships
Management Development Institute Gurgaon provides the following AICTE Tuition Fee Wavier (TFW) Scheme and Merit cum Means Scholarship to the students. Given below are details of MDI Gurgaon Scholarships.
AICTE Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW)
As per AICTE guidelines, a maximum of 15 PGDM first-year students and 7 PGDM HRM students are given this scholarship. A Scholarship of 100% tuition fee is offered based on the student's merit in the admission rank.
- Eligibility: Family income should be up to INR 8 LPA.
- Documents Required:
- Family income certificate issued by the government revenue authority.
- EWS certificate.
- Non-creamy layer certificate issued by a government body.
Merit cum Means Scholarship
MDI Gurgaon offers a total of 10 merit cum means scholarship of 50% tuition fee waiver to PGDM, PGDM HRM and PGDM IB students. Scholarship is linked with students' performance throughout the course.
- Eligibility: Family income should not exceed INR 8 LPA.
- Students should score CGPA of 6.0 or above in Terms 1 & 2.
- In case of a tie, absolute scores of terms 1 & 2 will be considered.
- If failed to score less than 6 CGPA, a student will not get a scholarship in the subsequent year.
- The scholarship is limited to 10 students as
- PGDM - 4
- PGDM HRM - 2
- PGDM IB - 2
- PGDM/PGDM-HRM/PGDM-IB - 2 Female students
- Documents Required:
- Family income certificate issued by the government revenue authority.
- EWS certificate.
Other Scholarships
Apart from the above two scholarships, MDI Gurgaon offers:-
- One merit scholarship of INR 10,000 to a meritorious student of PGDM-BA.
- Five merit scholarships of INR 10,00 to each of the top 5 PGDM students.
- 2 merit scholarships of INR 10,000 to the top two PGDM-HRM students.
- O.P. Jindal scholarship of INR 1.5 Lakhs for second-year PGDM students.
MDI Gurgaon Alumni
MDI Gurgaon Alumni network has over 10,000 members from postgraduate programs. More than 700 members join the alumni group every year. Some of the Illustrious MDI Gurgaon Alumni are tabulated below:-
| Name | Designation | Organisation |
| Vikas Bajaj | Joint Managing Director | Bajaj Motors Limited |
| S B Khare | Deputy Director General | BSNL |
| Harsh Kumar | Executive Director (Finance Expenditure) | Indian Railways |
| Girish Aivalli | Country Head - Food & Agri Business Consultancy & Research | Yes Bank |
| Yatin Pahwa | Head of Strategy | Nokia |
| Sanjay Verma | CEO – Asia Pacific | Cushman & Wakefield |
| Saurabh Ray | Director Business Development | Oracle India |
| Rohit Mittal | Financial Analyst | The World Bank |
| Gaurav Sabharwal | AVP (International Brands) | Pernod Ricard India |
| Kunal Chadha | Associate Director Marketing (Toothbrushes) | Colgate Palmolive India Ltd |
| Lakshmikant Goenka | Owner | Dolcera |
| Mani S G | General Manager (Operations) | Maruti Suzuki India |
| Mayank K Agrawal | CFO, Software Business, India/South Asia | IBM |
| Mohit Agarwal | Head of Whiskey | Diageo WestLAC |
| Munish Malhotra | Associate Director | Eli Lilly & Co. India Pvt. Ltd |
| Murgesh B. Pawar | Executive Director | Krishna Goldfinch Power Distribution Company |
| Neeraj Biyani | Co-founder | Hector Beverages Pvt Ltd |
| Parameswaran Iyer | Former Secretary | Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India |
| Durjoy Datta | Author and Entrepreneur | |
| K. S. Sabarinadhan | Politician | Member of Legislative Assembly, Kerala |
| Sachin Garg | Author and Entrepreneur | |
| Anil Sardana | CEO | Tata Power |
| Prateek Aggarwal | Co-Founder | Stylofie |
| Saurabh Dey | Co-Founder | Stylofie |
| S. Ganesh Mani | VP, Production | Hyundai Motor India Ltd. |
| Aditya Vikram Jain | Experienced Research/Knowledge Services Professional | BCG |
| Ajay Atreya | Vice President | TCS E-Serve Ltd. |
| Amit Boni | GM India | Motorola |
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