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Sydenham Institute of Management, Mumbai |
Placement Week
at Sydenham Sees Companies Offering Eclectic Mix of Packages & Profiles
Executive Placement Week '08, the
Annual Campus Recruitment Program of SIMSREE, Mumbai was carried out amidst much
enthusiasm. The placement week saw companies offering an eclectic mix of
packages and profiles. Out of more than 100 companies that had evinced
interest to participate in the Placement process, 55 were invited, out of which
42 companies were able to recruit, which
offered fatter pay cheques which took the average salary
above INR 8.0 Lakhs p.a., up by almost 15% as compared to last year.
12
students of the batch received a pre-placement offer. With the
regular recruiters such as Adventity, Citi Bank, Vodafone, VSNL, JP Morgan
Chase, ICICI Bank, the campus saw a big jump in the number of recruiters
visiting the campus for the first time. Among the new companies were Bank
of America Continuum Solutions (BACS), Vedanta Group, Pioneer Investocorp,
Normans Martin, Pidilite, Simplex Infrastructure, Capgemini, and many more.
The breadth of profiles offered
to the students this year were astounding with profiles as diverse as
Consulting, Treasury Management, Risk Management and Investment Banking, Wealth
Management and Corporate Banking being on offer. Finance proved to be the major
draw this year with 45% of the batch signing out with offers from Banks and
other financial institutions. Normans Martin offered a position on their forex
trading desk. ABPS Infra offered consulting in the infrastructure sector. Among
the many finance majors which visited the campus were Centurion Bank of Punjab,
Citi Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank, ICICI Securities, Kotak Mahindra and Standard
Chartered Bank.
The boutique firms like Centrum
Finance and Pioneer Investocorp were also a part of process. IT/ITES majors like
Iflex, Infosys, Patni Consultancy Services (PCS), and Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) continued their long standing relationship with the institute.
The marketing area saw new
companies like BASES (Booze Allen), Research International, Tata Automotive
Components (TACO), Pidilite, Raymonds, apart from regulars like Godrej,
Vodafone, Tata Communications Ltd., IMRB, and others.
Students also got an opportunity
to choose general management profiles offered by SKS Microfinance, Thomas Cook
and Vedanta Plc.
Placement
2008 Highlights
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Average Salary |
INR 8.01
Lakhs per annum |
| Median
Salary |
INR 7.7
Lakhs per annum |
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Highest Salary |
INR 12.0
Lakhs per annum |
| Lowest
Salary |
INR 5.5
Lakhs per annum |
With this stellar performance,
the institute is geared up for reaching new horizons in the years to come, and
with the quality of student it boasts of, no goal seems impossible.
