<p>India's premiere B-School IMT Ghaziabad has started its summer placment with the bang by placing 42 per cent students in top MNCs. With highest stipend of Rs 75, 000 per month, close to 62 per cent of the PGDM 2015 batch received record internships with average stipend witnessed a whopping 26 per cent increase.<br><br>Summer placements for the year have found representation from all large consulting firms including Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young, along with corporate from the pharma companies which came in for placements in the current academic session.<br><br>Vishal Goyal, Group Head - Corporate relations, IMT Ghaziabad and Dubai said "At IMT, summer internships are an integral part of our PGDM academic program. Understanding importance of trainings and internships in a students' career, IMT seeks to offer cutting-edge placements, which are in harmony with the emergent demands of today's highly competitive corporate world. IMT intends to provide nothing but the best campus summer placements to its students and our recruiters play an important role in grooming our students into future managers and leaders through their internship programme."<br><br>"Top recruiters are increasingly looking at IMT to offer internships and jobs, which stands testimony to the strong talent pool of the institute. IMT will continue to maintain the high standards in the coming placement seasons as well", he added.<br><br>The average pay package for IMT summer placements is increasing year on year basis. This year, stipend for summer internship has gone up to Rs 50,000 for a 5-month internship programme. Proving the placement prowess of the B-school, top-notch companies made rounds of IMT campus, noteworthy amongst them being dominant players from the industry like Uber, shopclues (E commerce), Britannia, GSK, Wipro CCL, Agrotech, Perfetti, Godfrey Phillips, (FMCG), J P Morgan, Tata Caps, (BFSI) Mahindra (Automobile) Microsoft (Tech) PWC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG (Consulting).<br><br>(BW Online Bureau)</p>