Growing Preference for Indian Locations & Entrepreneurship Pursuits Marks IIM-A Placements 2006

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Increased Global Recognition & Job Diversity

IIMA seems to have truly arrived when it comes to recognition by major recruiters worldwide. Not only did existing recruiters recruit in large numbers with IIMA, but many new recruiters also came down to recruit, based on the growing global recognition of IIMA graduates.
Table 3 gives exclusive details of acceptances by students to positions in companies that participated in Slot 0.

The number of companies offering overseas jobs was as high as 20 in 2006. International offers were made in Slot 1 as well with DBS, TAS, ICICI, TransIndus, etc., choosing to place students overseas.

Major investment banks such as Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley continued their association with the institute. Barclays was the top recruiter across slots, with 16 students accepting the offer. That a single top investment bank could make 22 offers at one campus alone is a reflection on the depth of quality available at IIMA. Apart from this, Lehman Brothers (12 acceptances), Merrill Lynch (8 acceptances) and first time recruiter ABN Amro Hong Kong (7 acceptances) at IIMA total up to more than the corresponding numbers at other institutes combined. Top consulting majors participated in a big way too, with McKinsey, Bain, Booz Allen Hamilton, Accenture, KPMG, AT Kearney and BCG all making several offers. McKinsey and Company, making 2 Singapore offers for the first time, received a total 8 acceptances for its 8 offers.

Adding versatility to the consulting sector were niche firms such as supply chain specialists ECS-Limited and infrastructure consultants Feedback Ventures. Global eProcure, leading supply chain consultant participated for the first time and recruited 3 students exclusively for their global programme. Overall, 27 new companies came to the campus this year. Table 4 provides details of some of the new recruiters.

There was greater choice available to the graduating batch both in terms of jobs being offered in new sectors and also greater diversity within a sector.

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