IIM Calcutta Becomes
Top Choice of Recruiters Yet Again for Summer Placements
The Indian Institute of
Management Calcutta has upheld its reputation as the top choice of recruiters
again this year. It has managed to get its batch of almost 300 students,
which is the largest batch amongst all the IIMs, placed in record time.
The students have been offered
diverse roles such as investment banking, consulting, general management,
private equity, and even something as esoteric as economic research and
advisory, normally reserved for highly-qualified PhDs and economists.
The prestigious Slot 0 saw
companies such as Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, McKinsey, Macquarie, Credit
Suisse, A T Kearney, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, HSBC Global, JP
Morgan Chase, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers, amongst many
others. Firms such as Merrill Lynch (18), Morgan Stanley (11), JP Morgan
Chase (13), HSBC Global (6), AT Kearney (5) and Mc Kinsey (8) recruited the
highest number of students from IIM Calcutta across all the IIMs, on basis
of the reports arriving from other IIM campuses. Then there were firms, like
Credit Suisse for example, which chose to recruit exclusively from IIM Calcutta
picking up 7 students. Even Macquarie, which was recruiting for the first time
from IIM Calcutta, selected 9 students.
These superlative placements are
no surprise for the batch of students with the highest number of Aditya Birla
Scholars this year (5 out of the 10 across all the IIMs).
More than 58% of Slot 0 offers
were made by International Investment Banks and 37% by international consulting
firms. Another highest for IIM Calcutta was the number of international offers
that were offered to the students which totaled 137 in all. This too came from
varied domains, and included openings in retail, general management, marketing
and investment banking. Some of the major firms offering these international
positions included marketing behemoths such as Proctor & Gamble, Hindustan
Unilever Limited and Coke, the ubiquitous investment banks, the consulting
firms, and by Indian firms such as the Aditya Vikram Birla Group and Dabur.
|
Company |
Students Recruited from IIM-C |
|
Merrill Lynch |
18 |
| JP
Morgan Chase |
13 |
| Morgan
Stanley |
11 |
| Credit
Suisse |
7 |
| HSBC |
6 |
|
Rothschild |
2 |
| AT
Kearney |
5 |
|
McKinsey |
8 |
Around 50% of
Slot 0 Firms Recruited their Highest Numbers from IIM-C
