Highlights as per the placement report
- IIM Indore, with the largest batch size among all IIMs, consisting of
543 participants in the Class of 2017-19, has completed a phenomenally successful
Summer Internship Placements 2017, that saw participation from over
150 companies, including
60 first-time recruiters, rolling out offers to
447 PGP and
96 IPM candidates, which included
10 offers based out of
international locations as well.
- The average stipend offered saw an increase of around
20% from previous year to as high as
INR 1.24 lakhs, while the average stipend for the
top 100 offers was
INR 2.18 lakhs, thereby soundly standing testament to the fact that a colossal batch size is no impediment to quality offers and opportunities. The highest stipend offered was
INR 3 lakhs.
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Boston Consulting Group continued to recruit in ever-increasing numbers while new recruiters in the Consulting domain included
IMS Consulting Group and
Synergy Consulting. Other legacy recruiters like
Avalon Consulting, Cognizant Business Consulting, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers continued to engage with us.
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Finance continued to be the leading domain with
front-end Investment Banking roles being opened by
5 firms, including regular recruiters like
Deutsche Bank which also opened its coveted Global Markets role after a brief hiatus, as well as new recruiters like
EY,
Langham Capital,
Macquarie Group, and
Singhi Advisors.
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Goldman Sachs and
JP Morgan Chase continued to recruit for a multitude of roles that included, among others, Investment Banking, Investment Research, Asset Management, Risk Management, Securities, Corporate Treasury, etc. while
Bank of America Merrill Lynch retuned to participate after a break.
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General Electric opened its coveted Corporate Finance intern program for the first time while other leading multinational finance recruiters like
American Express,
CIMB Malaysia,
Credit Suisse,
Fidelity,
HSBC,
Nomura,
Royal Bank of Scotland continued to recruit.
Some more highlights as per the placement report -
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Aditya Birla Group continued recruiting through multiple channels for its coveted Group Internship Program, as did other regular General Management domain recruiters
Airtel (YLP), JSW Group, Mahindra & Mahindra GMC,
Reliance Industries,
Robert Bosch, and
Shell.
Cipla and
Raymond opened their General Management profiles for the first time.
- Marketing also continued to be among the top domains with leading FMCG brands like
Nestlé,
Procter & Gamble, and
United Breweries returning back to recruit after a brief hiatus while the usual FMCG recruiters,
AkzoNobel, Asian Paints, Britannia, ConAgra Foods, Dabur, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, L'Oréal, Marico, Pidilite, Prataap Snacks continuing to recruit in large numbers
.
- The auto sector increased their hiring with
Bajaj Auto,
Bentley Motors, Royal Enfield all recruiting for the first-time while the pharma sector remained strong as usual with firms like
Cipla,
Eli Lilly,
GSK Pharma,
Piramal Enterprises,
Sun Pharma,
UnitedHealth Group continuing to recruit.
- Toy-maker
Mattel visited the campus for the first time, as did well-known sports goods retailers
Decathlon and
Puma. The media & telecom sector saw
HT Media re-establish relationship after a gap while existing relationships with
Airtel,
DishTV,
GroupM,
Times OOH,
Vodafone continued to flourish.
- The fourth batch of the 5-year
Integrated Programme in Management (IPM), that appeared for summer internship placements along with the PGP batch, received high levels of enthusiasm and interest from all the recruiters. Some of the leading recruiters which recruited IPM students in large numbers included
Aditya Birla Group,
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, ICICI Bank, Nomura, Piramal Enterprises, L'Oréal, etc. Firms like
Mattel,
Royal Enfield, and
United Breweries recruited IPM students exclusively.