Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow has successfully completed the summer placements of its 33rd batch of 459 students irrespective of demonetization and GST blues. The business school, IIM Lucknow have witnessed the participation of over 150 domestic and international recruiters from diverse sectors.
Institute saw a 50 percent increase in the finance profiles offered during its summer placement process this year. The top segments based on roles offered were sales & marketing (35 percent), finance (25 percent), consulting (20 percent), e-commerce (10 percent), systems/IT (5 percent), and general management (5 percent).
Institute said in a statement “The strong economic situation supported IIM Lucknow in attracting diverse new roles in the finance domain. Rest of the offers came from domains such as market research, analytics, business development, social media marketing and HR among others”.
The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) has bucked the current slowdown blip to clock 100 per cent summer placements even as the domestic economy battles demonetization and Goods and Services Tax (GST) blues.
The institute had not only created history by placing the largest IIM batch in record time but also raised the placements bar for other Indian Business schools, the institute underlined.
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In this season, finance domain roles such as investment banking and capital markets were offered from reputed international firms like Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi Markets and JPMorgan Chase recruiting from the campus.
Some of the top recruiters across sectors were Accenture Strategy, Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, AT Kearney, Cipla, Deutsche Bank, EY, Hindustan Unilever Limited, ITC Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, McKinsey & Co, P&G, TAS, Boston Consulting Group, Uber, and Vodafone.
Meanwhile, first-time recruiters at IIM Lucknow for placements included Allergan, Bajaj Auto, Capgemini, Diageo, Exide Industries Limited, Mytrah, Puma, Sanofi, Shell and United Phosphorous Limited among others.
Some companies like AB InBev, Deutsche Bank, and Hindustan Unilever Limited also offered international profiles to students.
In FMCG/consumer goods/telecom/digital media sector, 150 offers were made by top firms such as AB InBev, Allergan, Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, Bharti Airtel, Capgemini, Colgate Palmolive, Dabur, Exide, Hindustan Unilever Limited, ITC Limited, Marico, Mars, Mondelez International Limited, Nestle, P&G, and Sanofi.
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BFSI sector saw the participation of companies like American Express, Altisource, Avendus Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citibank, DBS Bank, Deutsche Bank, Duff & Phelps, HSBC, ICICI Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Nomura, Piramal Fund, and RBL Bank among others.
In consulting, Accenture Strategy, Alvarez & Marsal, AT Kearney, Auctus Advisors, Deloitte, EY, McKinsey & Co., MasterCard advisors and The Boston Consulting Group were major recruiters. The General Management domain saw participation from companies such as Aditya Birla Group, Bharti Airtel, Mahindra & Mahindra, RIL, RPG, Star India, TAS, and Vodafone.
Some of the firms representing IT/e-Commerce/Technology sectors were Amazon, Capgemini, Cognizant, Flipkart, Microsoft, Uber, and Wipro.
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Cipla, Allerga, and Sanofi were the first time recruiters at the campus from the pharmaceuticals/healthcare industry domain. Other recruiters included Novartis and Dr. Reddy’s. The roles offered pertained to sales and marketing, finance, operations, market research and general management.
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