NMIMS Reaffirms Faith of Corporate World with Successful 2011 MBA Batch Placements Overview:

NMIMS Reaffirms Faith of Corporate World with Successful 2011 MBA Batch Placements
Overview:

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (NMIMS) completes 2011 batch placements. NMIMS, a leading B-school across the country has underlined its dominance and authority after successfully placing the entire 2011 batch. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies continued its legacy of successful placements with participation of top companies from diverse sectors, new and loyal recruiters offering excellent profiles to the students and large number of offers being extended to the students.
This year NMIMS was required to place a substantial number of students from 4 diverse MBA Programs. MBA Core Program consisted of total 300 students whereas the MBA Focus Program in Capital Markets, Banking and Actuarial Science consisted of 30 students each. The MBA Core has existed for quite some time and is quite renowned now. The new Focus MBA programs have also created a strong position in their own particular areas.

Placement Statistics:

NMIMS 2011
Total Companies at NMIMS 112
Final Placement Batch (Students) 372
No. of Companies Extending offers 96
Average Salary
13.1 Lakhs p.a.
Percentage of New Recruiters 34%

Sectoral Division of NMIMS

The students of NMIMS have been placed in different sectors of the industry in 2011. The various sectors with percentage of students recruited in every sector is mentioned below in the graph:




Banking & Financial Services

Banking and Financial Services Sector recruited 19% of the MBA Core Batch of 2011. JP Morgan Chase and ICICI Bank were the leading recruiters from the finance sector. Major financial players such as Barclays Bank, Citibank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Nomura Holdings and Goldman Sachs extended offers to the students. Financial services firms such as Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Angel Broking, Darashaw, ICICI Lombard, HSBC Global Resourcing, Kotak BANK, India Infoline SBI Capital Markets and Tata Capital participated in this placement season of NMIMS. Some of the profiles that were offered to the students were Asset Management, Product Management, Retail Banking, Branding, Strategy, Transaction Banking, International Banking, Treasury and Investment Banking.

FMCG/Consumer Durables

FMCG Sector recruited about 9% of the students from core MBA Batch. The FMCG companies that were present in the placement process were Wipro CCL, Marico, L’Oreal, ITC and Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB). The novel FMCG players who participated in the process were Wrigley’s., Nutrela, Reckitt Benckiser and VVF Ltd. The consumer durables sector accounted for 2% placement of the core MBA Batch. The important players who participated from the sector were Videocon, Whirlpool, Godrej & Boyce. The profiles that were offered were Marketing and Distribution, Sales and Branding.

Consulting

The consulting sector recruited 9% of the students from the core MBA Batch. The companies that participated from the consulting sector in the placement process were i3 Consulting, Cognizant Business Consulting, Capgemini, Avalon Consulting, Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG. The profile range offered was Infrastructure Consulting, IT Consulting, Operations Consulting, Marketing and Strategy Consulting, Financial Advisory and Risk Advisory.

Information Technology

Nearly 23% of the students joined Information Technology sector. Some of the permanent IT recruiters who participated in the placement process were Mindtree, Hewlett Packard, Genpact, KPIT Cummins, Accenture, Mphasis, IBM, HCL Technologies, Wipro and Infosys. The novel IT companies that participated in the placement process are Virtusa, Tally Solutions, Polaris, Indus Valley Partners and IGate. The profiles that were offered to the students were Business Analysis, Pre-Sales, Project Management, Business Development, Consulting and Account Management.

Conglomerates

9% students of the batch were absorbed by the group companies or conglomerates such as Triton Group, Welspun, Manipal Group, Larsen & Toubro, GE and RIL. The profiles offered were Sales & Marketing, Strategy, GE, Financial Services and Power and Sales & Distribution.

Others

The manufacturing firms that participated in the placement process were Titan, Cummins and Asian Paints. The telecom sector’s leading players such as Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Airtel extended substantial number of offers. DHL, a global logistics player offered roles in Marketing and Supply Chain.

Conclusion

This placement season students chose their own profiles, which reflects the optimism of the growing economy and reaffirms the faith of the recruiters in NMIMS and their quality students. NMIMS through creating synergy with the corporate sector wants to achieve greater heights in the field of management education.