BANGALORE, NOV 12:
Technology giants such as Google, Microsoft and Juniper Networks took part at IIM Bangalore (IIMB) Summer Placement programme.
Technology
companies offered unique roles to students selected. Big players from
the e-commerce segment included Amazon (12 offers) and Flipkart (10
offers) for different profiles including operations.
Tata
Steel and Maersk Line also extended offers for operations roles. Media
houses like Bennett Coleman and HT Media visited the campus adding
diversity to the range of profiles offered.
Students
also showed interest in start-ups like TaxiforSure and FreeCharge,
choosing companies offering hands-on experience of working in a start-up
environment over regular recruiters.
“These
students will gain exposure to entrepreneurial ventures during their
stint working with start-ups which aligns well with IIMB’s philosophy of
promoting the entrepreneurial spirit among students,” Professor
Sankarshan Basu, Chairperson, Career Development Services, IIMB.
With 106 women in the batch, students received offers from regular as well as new recruiters across sectors.
IIM
Bangalore played host to an increasing number of MNCs and banks who
hired for international career programs and more than 50 students are
expected to intern at international destinations.
The placement programme saw new recruiters on campus
which included Roland Berger, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Juniper Networks,
Maersk Line, Feedback Infra, C.K. Birla Group, Landmark Group and
iNautix.
Management Consulting
Around
23 per cent of the batch will intern in the consulting sector. Big
recruiters this year were The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) with 15
offers, McKinsey & Co. with 11 offers, and Accenture Management
Consulting making 10 offers.
Other
prominent recruiters included Alvarez & Marsal, A.T. Kearney, Bain
& Co., Booz & Co., Deloitte, Roland Berger and Siemens
Management Consulting.
Sales & Marketing
Around
29 per cent of the batch received offers for sales and marketing
internships. Procter & Gamble and Hindustan Unilever hired 11 and 8
interns respectively for domestic and international locations. Top FMCG
companies who continued showing keen interest in talent from IIMB
included Nestle, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, GlaxoSmithKline and
Reckitt Benckiser. Johnson & Johnson and DuPont participated in the
process offering international marketing leadership programme. Other
major recruiters in marketing space included Airtel, Abbott, Asian
Paints, Philips and Vodafone.
General Management
Around
12 per cent of the batch has chosen to intern in this sector. Aditya
Birla Group with 11 offers was the top recruiter this year.
Conglomerates offering general management and leadership programs such
as TAS, Mahindra & Mahindra, GE, Shell, Reliance and Cairn also
recruited in higher numbers. Firms such as C.K. Birla Group and Syngenta
participated for the first time selecting students for general
management roles.
The
Summer Placement process for the Class of 2015 at IIM Bangalore (IIMB)
concluded in a record time of three days, placing the largest ever batch
of IIMB. The Summer Internship Placement process was completed in six
slots spread over three days. A total of 135 recruiters visited the
campus resulting in 398 internship offers for students of PGP program,
the flagship program of IIM Bangalore. Five students with more than 34
months of work experience opted out of summer internship process.
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