Substantial
Increase in International Offers Highlights Placements 2008 at IMT, Ghaziabad
To judge the success and
recognition enjoyed by a B-school in the corporate world, placements might
provide a credible yard-stick, and if they are anything to go by, IMT
Ghaziabad has re-affirmed its position as one of the best institutes in
India
by achieving what was widely considered highly improbable, if not outright
impossible.
With launch of 3 new courses in
HR, International Business and IT, leading to the batch size increasing to
almost a double of last year's 180, there were reservations expressed by all
quarters about the placement performance of IMT Ghaziabad. But Placements 2008
have dispelled all such apprehensions about the institute's capability to
produce some of the best management brains in the country with the average
salary increasing across courses, and despite the increase in the batch size,
most of the students getting at least 2 offers, while many had more than 3
offers to choose from.
The highlight of the placement
week was the substantial increase in the number of international offers from
companies like HSBC Hong Kong, Protiviti Risk Consulting, Sharaf Group, Olam
International and Jumbo making a total of 15
international offers, compared to 7 last year.
The range of companies presenting
and posting opportunities to IMT students was greater than ever before. This
year IMT Ghaziabad also welcomed a number of recruiters coming for the first
time or after a long gap including Mercer, AT Kearney, Cerebrus, Synovate,
Perfetti Van Melle, Vodafone, Aviva, Yes Bank, Schneider, SKF, SEBI, ORG-IMS,
Aptivaa and Moser Baer, to name a few.
Some of the companies that
participated in the placement process were: -
FMCG: Agrotech Foods, Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories, Godfrey Philips India, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Perfetti
Van Melle, Reckitt Benckieser, SabMiller, ICI, Henkel India.
Telecom: Bharti, Idea,
Tata Teleservices, Vodafone.
IT & ITES: Accenture,
Citigroup Global, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Genpact, Infosys BPO, Infosys,
Mphasis, Perot Systems, Satyam, TCS, Wipro.
Consulting: Aptivaa,
Arthur D. Little, A. T. Kearney, Avalon, Cerebrus, Mercer, Protiviti, Synovate.
FI: Aviva, Citibank, DE
Shaw, HDFC Bank, HSBC, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra, Power Finance Corporation,
Irevna, Adventity, SBI Life, SEBI, Tata AIG, ICICI Prudential, Tata Capital,
United Bank of Switzerland, Bank of America, Yes Bank.
Manufacturing: GE,
Schneider, SKF, Mahindra & Mahindra, Essar Group, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors,
Indian Oil Corporation, Moser Baer.
KPO: Absolute Data,
eClerx, Pharmarc, Rocsearch.
Others: IMRB, JLL Meghraj,
ORG-IMS, Reliance ADAG, VFS Global.
