Summer Placements at JBIMS Witness Phenomenal Rise in No. of Pharma Companies Visiting Campus

Summer Placements at JBIMS Witness Phenomenal Rise in No. of Pharma Companies Visiting Campus

The economic slowdown has hit the entire world but JBIMS has managed to stay immune to this effect! The recently concluded Summer Placement Season for the Batch of 2010 saw the entire batch of 120 students getting placed in no time, once again proving the mettle of JBIMS.

Another prominent feature of the Summer Placements was that most of the students landed multiple offers.

Over 80 companies registered for Summer Placements 2008 at JBIMS, bringing with them a plethora of profiles ranging from Credit Risk Management to Private Equity to General Management to Sales & Marketing.

Dr. D'Silva, the Placement Co-ordinator, says "The summer placements at JBIMS this year have been outstanding despite the current economic slowdown. Students got to choose from a diverse set of profiles from coveted recruiters, and as usual, they were guided by their interests and career aspirations. I am sure they will gain rich industry exposure during their summer internships and will learn to manage business in such turbulent times."

The highest domestic stipend on offer once again touched the six figure mark. The average domestic stipend also reached an all time high of Rs. 52,000 over the 8-week period.

FMCG & Consumer Durables

Major FMCG companies reiterated their confidence in JBIMS by recruiting in large numbers this year. Companies like Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo recruited students for various functions like Marketing, Corporate Finance and Treasury. Coca Cola continued offering international profiles along with Britannia, while other heavy-weights like Colgate Palmolive, Dabur, Heinz, ITC, Kellogg's, L'Oreal and Nestle reinforced their long standing association with JBIMS by making several offers. Apart from FMCGs, marketing profiles were offered by ASUS, Johnson & Johnson (Medical) and Philips.

Banking & Financial Services

JBIMS continued to live up to its reputation of being a favourite amongst top banks and financial services companies. The institute successfully established relationships with Private Equity firms like HDFC Property Ventures and Investment Banking firms like Saffron Capital Advisors, which offered profiles for the SME and Midcap Corporate segment.

Emirates Bank, the largest bank in UAE, made 5 international offers.

Mr. Suhail Bin Tarraf, HR Business Partner-CWM, Emirates Bank, says "We, Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the Middle East by assets, are very proud to be associated with one of the most reputed institutes in India. In our short alliance with JBIMS, we have come across very talented, qualified and motivated students with innovative ideas and approach that will help us in taking banking to another level. It gives us immense pleasure to be associated with JBIMS and would like to congratulate them for constantly striving to create future corporate personalities."

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* Contributed by -
The Corporate Relations Committee,
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

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