IIM Kozhikode Shows Exceptional Summer Placement Performance; Places All 261 Students Well

IIM Kozhikode Shows Exceptional Summer Placement Performance; Places All 261 Students Well

Investment Banks like JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, and Edelweiss Capital were bullish on students at IIM-K. Roles in Private Equity were on offers from Tata Capital, and IDG Ventures. A total of 27% of students will intern in finance companies.

A large chunk of students opted for the Strategy and Consulting roles. Arthur D. Little, one of the world’s top Management Consulting firms, offered roles in its Dubai office. The Freudenberg Group reaffirmed its relationship with IIM Kozhikode by picking up students for Strategy and Operations roles based in Germany and Hong Kong. "I am quite excited about going to Germany for my summer internship," said Harshad Karandikar, first year student from IIM-K, who was amongst those selected for the summer internship by Freudenberg. "I had joined IIM-K for the kind of exposure and career opportunity it provides, and my internship with Freudenberg is a perfect start," he added. Regular recruiters like Deloitte, Hewitt, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) picked up students for consulting roles. IIM-K also had niche roles in the Marketing and Operations Consulting space by Frost & Sullivan and i2 Consulting. Wipro and IBM also offered roles in their Consulting and Strategy divisions. 20% of the students would be interning in Consulting Firms in India and abroad. "I was impressed by the processes followed by IIM-K during the Summer Placements. The work done by the Placements Committee is commendable," said Thomas Kuruvilla, MD Middle East at Arthur D Little.

IIM-K has always been a strong favourite of marketing firms, as can be seen by their participation in the Summers Process. While Nestle and Coca-Cola offered roles in marketing for the first time, regular recruiters like Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Colgate Palmolive, Marico, ITC, Aditya Birla Group and Johnson & Johnson picked students for roles in branding, sales and marketing, operations and logistics. Coca-Cola was one of the firms offering highest domestic stipend at Rs. 1 lakh for the duration of internship, while Vega Foods, a Singapore-based company offered $ 6000 for the internship period. 22% of students will be doing marketing internships.

There was fantastic participation from the sunrise sector - with many students opting for internships in Media and Real Estate companies. Sony Entertainment Television, Viacom, Star News, BBC World offered both creative and marketing roles, while Ansal API, Godrej and ABG Infralogistics offered roles in Real Estate. "I have always dreamed of doing something creative post my MBA," said Naren Kumar, a 1st year student. "An internship with Sony TV will be a wonderful introduction to the media world for me."

This year also saw traditional recruiters giving summer internship roles in broader business divisions. In Systems and IT/ITeS vertical, while Cognizant gave roles in Business Consulting, TCS gave roles in Capital Markets. Taiwanese hardware manufacturer ASUS participated for the first time. Conglomerates like Mahindra & Mahindra and international consortiums like the Buhler Group and Dutch State Group also took students for general management and strategy roles at international locations.

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Contributed by -
Harshad Karandikar,
Media Cell,
IIM Kozhikode.

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