IIM Kozhikode Witnesses Landmark Placements

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Marketing / FMCG: (20% of the batch)
In terms of number of new additions, FMCG / Marketing sector lead the way in 2006. The already star studded list of ITC, Asian Paints, Bharti Televentures, Godrej, GE Money, Coats India and Titan were joined by new recruiters like Britannia, Dabur, The Times Group, Asian PPG, Hewlett Packard and Cypress Semiconductor. Cypress Semiconductor, recruiting for the first time, offered roles in international B2B marketing.
Marico returned to IIMK after a brief hiatus of 2 years and made 2 offers. The significant increase in the number of students majoring in marketing was an added incentive for the companies. Times Group offered the role of Category Head to select students. The highest offer in this sector was Rs.8.5 Lakhs and the average was Rs. 8.22 Lakhs. The highest number of offers in this sector was made by Times Group (11 offers) followed by Bharti Televentures (9 offers).

General Management, Automotive and Others: (6% of the batch)
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Essar Group, RPG Group and Murugappa Group were the new entrants in the General Management sector. Offering a wide variety of roles, RIL recruited 9 students in its first visit, including 3 lateral offers. Aditya Birla Group and Air India were the other recruiters in this sector. L&T, Tata Motors and BPCL offered PPOs to the summer interns who worked with them the previous year. The highest offer in this sector was Rs.12.35 Lakhs and the average was Rs. 9.0 Lakhs. The highest number of offers in this sector was made by RIL (9 offers).

IT / ITES: (31% of the batch)
As always, the number of IT companies willing to visit the campus for recruitment was more than the number that IIMK could accommodate. This year, Cognizant, Dell and Hexaware joined the Who's Who of the Indian IT Industry - IBM, CSC, US Technology, Wipro, Genpact, Infosys, TCS, Patni, Tech Mahindra, HCL Technologies, EXL Service and Progeon. The roles offered include Business Analysis, Project Management, Quality/Six Sigma and Business Development. Cognizant made the maximum number of offers (28) to start off their relationship with IIMK with a bang while US Technology made 3 foreign offers based out of the US. With an average of 23 months of work experience, the graduating batch leveraged their prior experience primarily in the IT domain to land many plum offers from the IT giants, which paid incremental salary based on amount of experience. The highest offer in this sector was Rs.10.59 Lakhs and the average was Rs. 9.42 Lakhs.

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