The placement season has concluded at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bodh Gaya. This year, the highest package received was Rs 48.58 lakh. The average and median domestic package for the batch stood at Rs 16 lakh and Rs 15.25 lakh, respectively. It has registered a growth of 34 per cent and 22 per cent year-on-year (YoY).
Further, the average domestic package of the batch’s top 25, 50, and 75 percentile stood at Rs 21.82 lakh, Rs 18.79 lakh, and Rs 17.08 lakh, respectively.
This year, the institute hosted nearly 70 companies to participate in the final placement for a batch of over 200 students.
The major recruiters were from the industries of BFSI, consulting, FMCG, IT and analytics, e-commerce and manufacturing. BFSI was the largest employer with nearly 50 per cent of the total offers.
All the major banks, insurance firms, and fintech firms such as Axis Bank, BNY Mellon, HDFC Bank, HSBC Bank, ICICI Bank, ICICI Securities, ICICI Prudential, IDBI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI Capital, Fincare SFB, Spice Money and Yes Bank participated in the final placement process, and 97 offers were made to the graduating batch.
BFSI was followed by consulting, IT services and analytics firms extending 53 offers altogether.
The major recruiters in the consulting and analytics space were Deloitte US, Tiger Analytics, Kantar Analytics Practice, Kore.ai Software, Factspan Analytics, Brillio, CRISIL, and Accelalpha.
The major IT and services players included the likes of Sutherland Global, Bharti Airtel, CTS, Trinamix Inc, HCL Tech, iQuanti India, Infosys BPM, Zycus, Adobe Inc., Affinity, DemandFarm, and Park+ and more.
The metals and mining and manufacturing sector offered 30 opportunities from companies such as Adani Group, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, Hindalco Industries Limited, Mercedes-Benz, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited, Ultratech Cement, Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles Limited, and DTDC.
The graduating batch also witnessed decent participation from e-commerce giants such as FMCG, and market research firms like Amazon India, Bluestone, Haldirams, Reliance Retail, MoEngage, and Porter.
Courtesy : The Indian Express