Summary of Final Placements 2014

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1 Summary of Final Placements 2014 The Placement process at IIM Lucknow for its Post Graduate Program in Management (PGP) and Agribusiness Management (PGP-ABM) was conducted in two stages. The lateral placement process, conducted between December 2013 and January 2014, was meant for candidates with work experience for various mid-level manager roles. This stage of the process saw participation in biggest numbers from technology companies. The second stage was the final placement process, which was conducted in the first week of February. IIM Lucknow concluded the placement season in 5 days of final placements with a total of 440 offers.this was another big success after placing the largest batch of 475 students (batch of 2015) during summer placements The placements finished with a total of 440 offers being made by 207 recruiters including 49 new recruiters for a batch of 436 students. The offers included 92 Pre-Placement Offers (PPO), 132 lateral offers from the higher entry placement process (HEPP) and 216 offers from the final placements. The number of PPOs this year was the highest ever and increased by 28% compared with last year. Some of the companies that recruited in high numbers were Flipkart, Deloitte, IBM, Accenture, Cipla, ICICI bank, P&G, Amazon, Reliance Industries, Cognizant, McKinsey, HUL, HSBC, BCG, ABG and American Express. 1

2 Sector-Wise Summary The top segments based on roles offered were sales & marketing (24%), consulting (21%), finance (18%), systems/it (10%), general management (10%) and operations/supply chain (10%). In spite of the current economic situation, IIM Lucknow attracted diverse roles in the finance domain. The rest of the offers came from domains such as market research, analytics, business development, social media marketing and HR among others. FMCG/consumer goods/telecom sector Some of the top firms from the FMCG/consumer goods/telecom sector were Asian Paints, Airtel, Coke, Colgate Palmolive, GSK Consumer, HUL, ITC, Kraft-Cadbury, L Oreal, Marico, Mars, Nestle, P&G, Pepsi, Reckitt Benckiser and Vodafone. In addition to the traditional sales & marketing roles, these firms offered roles in supply chain management, information technology, finance, HR, analytics with some of them being exclusive roles for IIM Lucknow. The world s top FMCG firms such as P&G, HUL and Kraft- Cadbury were also the top 3 recruiters from this sector. BFSI sector BFSI sector was represented by firms such as American Express, Avendus Capital, Axis Bank, Citibank, CRISIL, Development Bank of Singapore, Edelweiss, Futures First, Goldman Sachs, Headstrong, HSBC, ICICI bank, IndusInd Bank, L&T Finance, Magma Fin Corp, Nomura, Standard Chartered and Yes Bank among others. The major roles were offered in front end investment banking, global markets, corporate and wholesale banking, market research, trading and operations. One of the Indian VC fund recruited from the institute for its investment team. ICICI bank, American Express, HSBC, Axis bank, Goldman Sachs recruited in big numbers. Consulting and General Management The consulting domain had active participation from premier recruiters such as McKinsey, BCG, A.T. Kearney, Deloitte, Accenture, KPMG, PwC, E&Y. The institute attracted 4 new consulting firms for this year s placements. The General Management domain saw participation from companies such as Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Cipla, JSPL, Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance Industries and TAS among others. IT/e-Commerce/Technology sector 2

3 Some of the firms from this sector were Amazon, Bharat Matrimony, Capgemini, Capillary Technologies, Cognizant, ebay, Flipkart, Google, HCL, Infosys, IBM, MAQ Software, Microsoft, Mindtree, TCS and Wipro. These firms opened not only IT/Systems profiles but also roles such as business development, supply chain management, product marketing, program manager and analytics among others. Pharma/Healthcare/Others A few of the Pharma/healthcare firms were Bristol Myers Squibb, Cipla, GSK Pharma, J&J Pharma and Ranbaxy. The roles were primarily in sales and marketing, finance, operations, and general management. New Recruiters and profiles 49 companies hired for the first time from IIM Lucknow with over 60% coming from the IT/e- Commerce/Technology and the BFSI sector. Some of the other sectors that were represented by these firms were consulting, pharma/healthcare, education, media, automotive, textile and energy. The roles were primarily in sales and marketing, finance and systems/it. 3

4 Offers Made: Sector Wise Profile Sector Percentage of offers (%) Consulting 21 Banking & Finance 18 Sales, Marketing & Market Research 24 General Management/Operations 12 IT/ITES 19 Others 6 19% 6% 18% 12% 24% 21% 4

5 . Recruiters 207 Recruiters Participated in our Final Placements 49 New Recruiters were added to the list this year

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