Unlike many top b-school campuses, where slowdown effect has been felt in the placements due to demonetization, the placement scenario at Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad, looks to be good. Strong corporate connect is seen as the major differentiator. IMT Hyderabad engages with members of the corporate world through several initiatives. Practitioners and business leaders play an integral part in course development and delivery and 15% sessions in regular courses are taken by business leaders from industry to familiarise the students with the real-time business scenario. It also brings together corporate executives to compete in various sports like Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Basketball etc. in the 30-acre campus situated near the International Airport in Hyderabad. “We also have a leadership series and one ‘mentor-mentee’ program where each student has to successfully complete internship under the mentorship of a business manager.The Industry-centric approach has paid well. Around 35 organisations have come to the campus and more than 82% students of the current batch have already been placed with the highest offer of INR 22.5 lakhs. The average remuneration for top 50 offers has been 8.16 lakhs and top 100 students have been close to INR 7 lakhs so far, despite the slowdown in placements”, says, Dr. Satish Ailawadi, Director at IMT Hyderabad.IMT Hyderabad, established in the year 2011 completed the placement for the 2014-16 batches with the highest package offered being INR 21 Lacs per annum and the average salary of INR 6.97 lac per annum by 80 plus recruiters. Recruiters like Arcesium, a division of D.E.Shaw, which provides tech support and software solutions to asset managers, KPMG, Deloitte, Amazon, HDFC Bank, ICICI, SBI Life, Syska, Blue Star, CCD, Khmimji Ramdas, Nephro plus, Fact Set, Care Ratings, S&P Global, iNautix visiting the campus with multiple offers during the initial phase of the placement session.IMT Hyderabad which has been awarded – ‘Best Upcoming B-School in South India’ by Assocham has its applications open for 2017-19 batch. Students with valid CAT/GMAT/CMAT/XAT score can apply online http://www.imthyderabad.edu.in/pgdm/ till Feb 20th 2017. For more information, one may contact 040-30461500 or pgdm@imthyderabad.edu.in.