IIM Calcutta Witnesses 100% Summer Placement

India’s first Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta has set a new benchmark by placing 100 per cent students for the 2019 batch in around two days. The campus witnessed over 180 firms participating in the drive offering job profiles across different sectors in the summer placements.

An exact number of 188 offers were made, amounting to 41 per cent of the total batch were from finance and consulting sectors. The institute also witnessed a number of consulting, management and manufacturing companies making lucrative offers for the students.

Among the firms making offers, Goldman Sachs made the highest number of offers in finance while The Boston Consulting Group was the top recruiter in consulting in terms of the number of students hired. Other major sectors like marketing, general management, E-commerce, operations and product management made offers.

The top recruiters in marketing, operations and general management were Coke, Uber and Aditya Birla Group respectively.

Government think tank NITI Aayog participated in summer placement offer for the first time and made five offers, according to the institute. As many as five private equity firms and seven investment banking firms also participated in the placement process.

Rajguru Tandon

BW Reporters The author is a correspondent with BW Businessworld with keen interest in HR and employee welfare.