IIM KOLKATTA

IIM KOLKATTA

Introduction

Over the past four decades, IIM–Calcutta has blossomed into one of Asia's finest business schools. Its vision to emerge as an international centre of excellence in all facets of management education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values. Today, IIM–Calcutta attracts the best talent in India — a melting pot of academia, industry and research. The best and brightest young men and women pursue its academic programmes. A growing community of students, faculties, alumni and other target audience interact online over the web everyday at IIM–Calcutta. The Internet has redefined the way IIM–Cians communicate with each other.

IIM–Calcutta was a bricks and mortar institute till February 2000. Today it is a ‘quasi-click and mortar’ institute — a wired campus. IIM–Calcutta is one of the few business schools in the world to enjoy the benefits of an extranet.


Programs

PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management)
The course enjoys a two-tier structure. The first year is committed to developing business fundamentals through compulsory courses spanning the areas of economics, finance, marketing, operations, systems and behavioral sciences. The second year offers more number of electives than any other B-School in India. The flexibility in the system ensures that a student at no point makes a compromise with his desired area of pursuit.

PGDCM (Post Graduate Diploma in Computer – Aided Management)
Managers today, therefore, are faced with the challenge to rapidly absorb the changes in information technology and leverage them within their functional role. This program equips students with tools to solve management problems with a strategic outlook. The integrated nature of this program trains the students to inculcate the abilities of solving complex business problems as well as an e-touch.
The electives and the core courses will ground you to be ready to take on challenges in the area of information technology along with the business fundamentals in the areas of economics, finance, marketing, operations and behavioral sciences. The second year offers more number of electives than any other B-School in India.

STEP
S.T.E.P. - the Student Exchange Program of I.I.M. Calcutta - consistently ranked India's No 2 b- schoool and one Asia's top b-schools, welcomes all. In India, it doesn’t get any bigger than IIM Calcutta.. Consistently ranked as among the best schools in the Asia Pacific region, IIMC (as the institute is popularly known) attracts the cream of talent in India. Approximately 140,000 students aspire every year for admission to the institute and only about 250 make the cut, making it, statistically, among the toughest institutes in the world to gain entry into. By virtue of its location in the eastern port city of Calcutta (which is regarded by most as the cultural capital of India), IIMC offers a blend of the ultimate Indian cultural experience along with the best opportunities to learn about business in Asia’s fourth largest economy, which is projected to be among the world’s largest in the coming decades.

Seats:

Total number of seats: 247
Students with work experience (in per cent): 48
Students with no work experience (in per cent): 52
Average work experience (in months): 24
Students with engineering background (in per cent ): 58
Students from IIT (in per cent): 24
Students with non-engineering background (in per cent): 18


Eligibility & Admission Process

The Eligibility criteria and the Admission process for the above-mentioned two programs are same as for all IIMs.


Placements

Top companies such as McKinsey and Co., The Boston Consulting Group, AT Kearney, Deutsche Bank, HSBC (IBA), UBS Investment Banking, Dresdner Investment Banking, IFC (World Bank), SUN Group, Temasek Holdings, Citibank, Standard Chartered, Morgan Stanley India, Mittal Steel, British Gas, ICICI Bank, ICICI Securities, Rabo Bank, PwC and many others made the highest number of offers across all business schools in India at IIM Calcutta, reaffirming its status as the most preferred campus for recruiters.
An astonishing 139 companies confirmed participation in Final Placements 2005 out of which only 78 companies could come and recruit with the other firms unable to recruit as the entire batch had already been placed.

Significant Facts :

- The number of Slot 0 offers saw a staggering increase to 51 from 25 last year with 42 acceptances compared to 19 last year.

- 16 companies participated in slot 0 compared to 6 last year.

- 151 offers in Slot 1 compared to 117 last year.

- Total Offers: 391 offers were made this year compared to 312 last year with 1.70 offers made/student compared to 1.32 last year

- Number of students with Foreign Placements increased to 59 from 23 last year


Compensation Offered

Highest Foreign: US $ 123,500 (Bank of America)
Highest Domestic: INR 1,600,000 (SUN Group)
Average Foreign: US $ 93,826
Average Domestic: INR 832,000

- A number of firms recruited for middle management positions during Final Placements 2005.

- Students were recruited for locations across the globe. In addition to regular places like New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore, companies also recruited for locations in Paris, Dalian, Moscow and Dubai.

- IIM Calcutta hosted the largest number of Investment Banks during Final Placements 2005.

- McKinsey and Co., The Boston Consulting Group, AT Kearney, Deutsche Bank, HSBC (IBA), UBS Investment Banking, Dresdner Investment Banking, IFC (World Bank), SUN Group, Temasek Holdings, Citibank, Standard Chartered, Morgan Stanley India, PwC, Mittal Steel, British Gas, ICICI Bank, ICICI Securities and Rabo Bank made the highest number of offers across all business schools in India at IIM Calcutta

- Among Slot 0 firms, UBS, Dresdner Investment Banking and SUN Group Private Equity recruited students exclusively from IIM Calcutta

Correspondence

Web address: www.iimcal.ac.in
Contact address: Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Diamond Harbour Road, Joka, Kolkata (Calcutta)–700104
West Bengal, India
Phone numbers: 91–80–282 4598


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