January intake is ideal for management courses, medical courses and dentistry courses.
If student is ready with all documents and is looking for management courses, January intake gives him a better chance of selection.
For Medical / Dentistry courses, the admission tests would be conducted mostly by September by many universities and students can join by January in that case.
The uniqueness of May intake is that the focus will entirely be on management courses. Ideal intake for applicants with lesser grades, good experience, or if it is a challenging profile.