SPJIMR's PGDSM-MIT
Program Records 63% Rise in Average Salarytext
"Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference." No
one would agree more with Robert Frost than the 63
studentstext of SPJIMR's dual degree program.text
The third batch of SPJIMR's
PGDSM-MIT put-up an exemplary performance in their final placements which
concluded last week. As many as 21 companiestext
participated and the first day saw 104 offers being made. In all,
145 offerstext were generated with the icing on
the cake being the 2 international offerstext
from ConVista Consulting (Germany) and Cedar Consulting (UAE).
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The
highest domestic salary was pegged at INR 15.0 Lakhs per annumtext. The
average salary has grown leaps and bounds to INR 10.9
Lakhs per annumtext. This is a rise of 63% compared to last year's
placement season. The course has thus spawned 19 millionaires in the current
batch of students.text
| Total
Batch Sizetext |
63 text |
| No. of
Companies that Made Offerstext |
34 text |
| No. of
Pre-placement Offerstext |
33 text |
| Total
No. of Offerstext |
145 text |
|
Maximum Salary (Domestic)text |
INR 15.0
Lakhs per annum text |
|
Average Salary (Domestic)text |
INR 10.9
Lakhs per annum text |
| No. of
Millionairestext |
19 text |
Aricent, Arthur D. Little,
Capgemini Consulting, Cedar Consulting, HP, IBM, McKinsey KC and Mindtree were
some of the companies that participated for the first time in the placements of
this unique systems management program. Other companies on campus
included Cognizant, CitiGroup Global Services, Frost & Sullivan, GE, HCL,
Honeywell, HUL, i2 Technologies, ICICI, Infosys, KPIT Cummins, KPMG, Mphasis,
Satyam, Siemens Information Systems Ltd., TCS and Wipro for Day 1 placements.
Genpact, NIIT, iNautix & Maersk Line were among the few other companies that
visited on Day 2. IT consulting, strategy consulting, project management,
pre-sales and business development were among the key roles offered. Almost 50%
of the class of 2008 had bagged pre-placement offers soon after their autumn
internships. text
PGDSM-MIT (Post Graduate
Diploma in Systems Management & Master of Information Technology) is a two
year globally focused dual degree program in systems management awarded by
SPJIMR in collaboration with Virginia Tech, USA. These placement
statistics lucidly demonstrate that there is a growing demand for managers with
strong business acumen along with ability to appreciate and handle technology.
With this as the vision, SPJIMR joined hands with Virginia Tech and pioneered
the concept of this unique dual degree program in 2004. The firm footing that
the course has gained in the industry coupled with the growing trend for such
foreign collaborations reinforces SPJIMR's vision to bring in international
exposure and global focus to management education. text
Without doubt, SPJIMR's
innovative pedagogy and ingenious education model to cater to the demands of the
industry are well-received. The foreign offers made this year for this course
are indicative of the value of the association with Virginia Tech. In times to
come, the industry, the academia and the government bodies have to come together
and take up the responsibility of creating, nurturing and sustaining such
promising courses. The nation's interests will be well-served if the regulatory
authorities embark on a facilitating role rather than just a regulating role.
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