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

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The sectors with fresh and growing presence in the process this year were BPO, KPO, travel and tourism, supply chain consulting, amongst others. Financial services, banking, marketing, IT, operations and consulting were the other sectors that continued to recruit. Overall, jobs were offered in various sectors, reflecting the all-round strength of the Institute’s curriculum.
Table 5 gives the jobs accepted by sector. Table 6 provides a location-wise distribution of jobs.

Lateral Placements at IIM-A Hit the Roof

The Lateral Placements at IIMA for the 2004-06 batch were held in the months January-March 2006. This year, the lateral placements were characterised by an unprecedented rise in number of offers, and the sheer diversity of jobs on offer. Apart from the highest domestic salary by RPG, over INR 16 lakh per annum offer was also made by Genpact.

The diversity of job offerings for middle-management positions this time around has been a significant gain for students. Apart from the dominant IT sector, this year saw increased involvement from the BPO and KPO sectors as well. Among the leading recruiters in these sectors were Genpact (with an offer of 16 lakh per annum amongst others), Fractal Analytics and Dell Analytics, which came for the first time. IT was well represented by Microsoft, HP, first time recruiters US technologies and Adobe, Trilogy, Cognizant, HCL Technologies, Covansys, Wipro, Infosys and many others. Consulting firms made a beeline for the process as well, with BCG, TSMG and ECS-Limited all participating. Other sectors were equally involved with big names including JP Morgan, LN Mittal and others picking up students for non-entry level positions. IT consult major, Booz Allen Hamilton and Bain and Company were here during Slot 0 for lateral hires as well.

In the recently concluded process, as many as 133 offers were made to the eligible candidates, and 38 of them were accepted. The average domestic salary among offers accepted was Rs. 10.6 lakh per annum. The offers made also included 5 overseas offers, with the highest offer being GBP 47,000 per annum.

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