Summer Placements at FMS-Delhi Offered 'a Choice of Plenty' to its Students

Summer Placements at FMS-Delhi Offered 'a Choice of Plenty' to its Students

Finance

The financial sector continues to lure students in large numbers and FMS' reputation as a finance big-wig stood validated again. 17% of the batch opted for profiles with leading banks.

Premier Banks like BNP Paribas, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Citibank, ABN AMRO, Bank of America, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, American Express and IndusInd Bank reaffirmed their relationship with the campus. Apart from them, this sector also saw participation from investment banking firms like Langham Capital, Singhi Advisors and Tata Capital, fund managers like Zeus Fund and TSI Ventures, and real estate developers like CapitaLands which offered international profiles.

Niche and coveted profiles were offered by venture capital funds like IDG Ventures, private equity firms like IDFC, and financial research firms like ICRA and Dun and Bradstreet which illustrates the diverse set of options available to the students at FMS.

Financial management programs by GE FMP and GE Commercial, and analytics profiles by EXL Services and Dell were offered to the students. FMCG majors like HUL, P&G, Coca Cola and SAB Miller continued the tradition of offering finance profiles on campus in addition to the existing Sales & Marketing profiles. Nearly 29% of the batch was offered roles in Corporate Finance.

Marketing

FMS has long since enjoyed the reputation of being a marketing campus and this season was definitely no exception. Industry giants like HUL, P&G, Cadburys, ITC, Colgate Palmolive, GSK, Britannia, Pepsi, Coca Cola, SAB Miller, Reckitt Benckiser, Dabur, Nestle, Reebok, Heinz, Castrol and Tata Motors participated in the process and made multiple offers. HUL further added to the excitement by offering exclusive international marketing and finance postings across Netherlands and South East Asia. 16% of the batch decided to join the FMCG giants for their summer internships.

With new age companies competing against the traditional ones to attract students, Summers 2007 witnessed a lot of aggressive participation from companies with interests in a variety of fields ranging from aviation to retail. Lufthansa, Vodafone, Motorola, Sharaf Group, RPG and Godrej Consumer Group were some of the major new players looking to get the students' attention with exciting and challenging roles. 10% of the batch was offered Marketing roles in the companies.

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Contributed by -
Pritish Mehta,
Media Relations,
Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi.

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