IIM Ahmedabad Preferred Choice of Recruiters Worldwide for Summer Placements

IIM Ahmedabad Preferred Choice of Recruiters Worldwide for Summer Placements

The diversity across sectors has resulted in students getting greater choice amongst finance, consulting, marketing, IT, operations, general management and private equity firms.

The international locations being offered for summer internships this year are New York, Boston, London, Brussels, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, among others.

A large number of companies made international offers across slots. Prof. Bakul Dholakia, Director-IIMA, said, "The consistency in the quality of students across the batch and across the slots enabled the students to secure international placements even in Slot 1 and Slot 2."

Refer to Table 3, which depicts the diversity across sectors.

'The Road Less Traveled' - Changing Trends

Of late, students at IIMA have shown an increased interest in starting their own business, or joining start-up firms, which would give them valuable exposure across functions, and higher levels of responsibility in a very short time. This year, based on student interest, a 'Start-up Fair' was organized for students on October 29th, in which about 40 first year students interacted with 5 start-ups and 2 venture capital firms (See Table 4 for details).

Raghavendra Reddy and Sourav Roy, members of the Placement Committee, said, "The whole idea of the fair was to give the student adequate choice to make his career decisions and explore greater opportunities, and this is what sets us apart from other leading B-schools across the world."

Neela Nageshwar Vittal, a first year student, is planning to join a tech start-up based out of Bangalore for summers. He says, "I plan to start something of my own in the future, and summer internship is a good time for me to experiment and explore."

P. Song Lal Khan Khual, another first year student who opted out of the formal process, plans to join an NGO in North-East India for the summers. He says, "I always wanted to work for a meaningful social cause, and the internship will also help me understand the working of an NGO."

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Contributed by -
Vinamra Srivastava (Campus Associate),
PGP - 1,
IIM Ahmedabad.

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