IIM Calcutta
Continues its Record Breaking Spree with Excellent Lateral Placements
IIM Calcutta witnessed a record
number of lateral placement offers this year with a
total of 148 lateral offers being made across a variety of sectors
including Consulting, Commercial Banking, Private Equity, Wholesale Banking, IT
Management, General
Management, Real Estate and Hospitality.
Lateral placements at IIM
Calcutta continued to attract a large pool of companies from across sectors and
geographies with as many as 42 companies
visiting the campus over a period of 45 days offering key responsibilities
within India and abroad including major business locations such as US, Europe,
Middle East and South-East Asia. Average annual package
offered was Rs. 14.15 Lakh with a highest domestic offer of Rs. 21 Lakh.
The success of the Lateral
Placement Process reinforces IIM Calcutta's hegemony as the top avenue for
aspiring managers with substantial work-experience.
The major recruiters on the
campus included first time recruiters such as Lebua Group, Barclays Bank,
ICRA Management Consulting, Raheja Group, Caterpillar and Lime Group. Other
recruiters included consulting giants such as Deloitte, KPMG,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst n Young (E&Y); prominent banks such as
Standard Chartered, Yes Bank, Barclays Bank also recruited in big numbers for
consumer banking, corporate finance, wholesale banking and capital market
positions. Some firms even offered the much coveted private equity positions
demonstrating the growing recruiter confidence in IIM-C graduates.
A prominent new feature this year
at IIM Calcutta was the emergence of key real estate firms as a preferred choice
for many students. Firms such as DLF Group, Raheja Group, Lodha Group, Unitech
gave more than 20 offers for key management positions in this fast growing
sector.
An extremely pleased recruitment
coordinator, Srikrishna Swaminathan, said, "Students at IIM Calcutta are in the
best position across all B-schools in India with a dream job already in hand and
having a possible shot at another dream job in the final placements commencing
March 8."
The success of the laterals
process once again highlights the faith reposed by industry in the students at
IIM Calcutta as future business leaders.
