Spike in I-Banking & Consulting Jobs at IIM Lucknow Placements

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This year also saw the second Agri Business Management Batch passing out with flying colours. Various organizations, which participated in the ABM placement process, were ITC, Reliance Industries, Cadbury, ICICI Prudential, Godrej Agrovet, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Murugappa Group among others.

Placements at IIM Lucknow witnessed few key trends this year - a spiking increase in the most-coveted consulting and i-Banking jobs, an increase in the median and highest salary figures and quality of the job profiles offered.

Increase in salary figures was as high as 35-40% while more importance was drawn towards the nature of the profiles that were offered. Global Markets, Global Transaction Banking, Credit Risk Management from Deutsche Bank, the LEAD & LEAP programs from Aditya Birla Group, Capital Markets and Micro-Finance from Standard Chartered, Marketing from Procter & Gamble, Corporate Banking from several banking majors like HSBC, Yes Bank, ICICI, Kotak Mahindra are all indications of increase in recruiter satisfaction with IIM Lucknow.

AlGhanim, a Dubai-based retail chain, hired in good numbers, while also opting to choose one of the students to manage the recently commenced Indian operations. This is testimony to the capability of the students that explains both the increase in the compensation figures and the new job profiles that were offered.

Prof. Pankaj Kumar, Chairman - Placement Committee, attributes this to excellent pedagogy, competencies and values that students acquire at IIM Lucknow. "With the economy on a high, these students are bound to make the best out of it and lead the way towards a progressive nation. With this year’s placements, IIM Lucknow has yet again reinforced its presence in the Ivy League B-schools in the country," says Prof Pankaj Kumar.

Statistics of Placement 2007

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