IIM Ahmedabad commenced their Final Placement Process on February 13th, 2017 for the class of 2017. IIM A follows a cluster cohort placement process wherein companies offering similar profiles are grouped into cohorts, and several cohorts are invited to the campus in a particular cluster. The schedule for placements this year is as follows:
Cluster 1: 13th February 2017
Cluster 2: 16th February 2017
Cluster 3: 19th February 2017
The institute will follow a rolling process post-Cluster 3 if necessary.
Look out for this section with more updates on the above mentioned dates.
3rd March 2017
IIM Ahmedabad conducted Cluster 3 of the Final Placement Process for the PGP Class of 2017 on 19th February 2017. The third cluster comprised 6 cohorts, which included Advisory & Auditory Consulting, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance, Edutech, Internet & Ecommerce, Infrastructure & Core Manufacturing, and Technology.
The key recruiter in the Advisory & Auditory Consulting cohort was PwC. Among the Banking, Financial Services & Insurance recruiters, American Express, RBL, FinIQ and Fullerton were some of the recruiters who extended offers. The Technology cohort included firms like Rivigo, Sprinklr and MobiKwik. EXL extended the highest number of offers in this cluster, with a total of 6 offers.
Team Rivigo commented on the recruitment experience at IIM Ahmedabad, “It was a great experience interviewing the best talent in the country, who are equally passionate to transform the Indian logistics industry.”
IIM Ahmedabad successfully concluded the Final Placement Process 2017 within 3 clusters. The press release for the entire placement process will be released soon. It will have further details on the placement process.
16th February 2017
IIM Ahmedabad conducted Cluster 2 of the Finals placement process for the PGP batch of 2017 on 16th February 2017. The second cluster consisted of five cohorts:
Consumer Goods and Services, General Management, Niche Consulting, Pharmaceuticals and Technology.
The Consumer Goods and Services and Technology cohorts included regular partners like Airtel, Asian Paints, HUL, ITC, Nestlé, P&G, Reckitt Benckiser and Samsung. The General Management and Leadership cohort comprised of recruiters such as the C K Birla Group, Mahindra and Tata Administrative Services, while the Niche Consulting cohort comprised of firms like Feedback Infra and others.
The third cluster is scheduled to be conducted on 19th February 2017.
13th February 2017
The first cluster of the Final Placement process for the PGP class of 2017 was held today at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The firms that participated in Cluster 1 comprised three cohorts –
investment banking and markets; management consulting and private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.
The list of Cluster 1 recruiters included regular partners such as Accenture Strategy, A. T. Kearney, Bain & Co., Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, McKinsey & Company, Oliver Wyman and others.
IIM-A has always had an extremely rich mix of firms from diverse sectors. Consulting firms, offering management consulting roles across geographies, continued to hire in large numbers. This reinforces the strength of the general management program at IIM-A. McKinsey & Company made the highest number of offers – 15 (including pre-placement offers) in Cluster 1. Finance firms offered roles in investment banking, private equity, venture capital and capital markets across functions and geographies.
The second cluster will be held on 16th February 2017