IIM Ahmedabad Summer Internship Recruitments - 2005

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PGP Agri-Business Management (ABM)

The Post Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM) batch of 2005-2007 had reason to celebrate after their recently concluded summer placement season. The 2 day summer recruitment process, which concluded on Oct 26th, saw participation from leading Corporate MNCs and development organisations, including one prominent international agency reaffirming IIMA's ability to consistently produce students capable of matching and surpassing the best.
Not only did existing recruiters like ITC, Godrej Agrovet, ICICI Bank and Monsanto maintain their relationship with IIMA through recruiting large number of students but many new companies also came down to recruit based on the growing reputation of PGP-ABM programme. In fact, there was so much demand that some companies couldn't be accommodated due to lack of students.

Diversity in Recruiters

There was greater choice available to the batch both in terms of summer jobs being offered in new sectors and also greater diversity within a sector. The just concluded summer recruitment season saw companies recruiting in sunrise sectors like Retail, Agrifinance and microbanking, Commodity trading, Finance and Rural Banking, Retail, Livestock and Poultry sector, apart from well-established sectors like Agri Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Marketing of Agri Inputs and Agri Warehousing. Four companies Oxfam GB, Pantaloons, IP Cold Storage, Suguna Poultry recruited for the first time reflecting the quality of the student body and the all-round strength of the PGP-ABM curriculum.

Among the top recruiters were Godrej Agrovet (6 acceptances), ICICI Bank (5 acceptances), Pantaloons (4 acceptances) and Venky's (4 acceptances).

Sector-specific Recruitment Details

• Agribusiness: ITC Limited, Godrej Agrovet

• Agri finance and Microbanking: ICICI Bank (Largest private bank in India)

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Contributed by -
Ravi Venkatesh S,
Media Secretary,
IIM Ahmedabad.