IIM Indore campus (Photo: Naveen Gupta)
As many as 126 companies visited the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore for final placements for the PGP batch of 2010-12. According to the placement team of IIM Indore, out of a total batch of 443 students, the institute is still ‘supporting’ nine PGP candidates in finding jobs. These students “are exploring the optimal match from the markets to suit their abilities”. In addition, three candidates who had been placed during the placement process, chose to decline the offers and start up on their own.
The average domestic salary offered across functions was Rs 13.3 lakh. The top five companies in terms of the number of offers were Cognizant Business Consulting, Tata Consultancy Services, Deloitte, Mindtree Consulting and Bharat Petroleum.
| Total Students | 443 |
| Total students yet to be placed | 9 |
| Effective batch that has been placed till date | 434 |
| PPOs made/accepted | 50/31 |
| Total companies that came on campus | 126 |
| Total companies that made offers | 126 |
| International offers made/accepted | 10/10 |
| Average salary offered | Rs 13.3 lakh per annum |
Function-wise breakup of offers
Finance profiles
| Deutsch Bank | Corporate and Transaction/Treasury Banking Roles/Debt and Equity Markets (Research, Middle Office, Support, IT & Operation) |
| HSBC | Corporate and Transaction/Treasury Banking Roles |
| Standard Chartered | Corporate and Transaction/Treasury Banking Roles |
| Axis Bank | Corporate and Transaction/Treasury Banking Roles |
| ICICI Bank | Corporate and Transaction/Treasury Banking Roles/Private Banking and Wealth Management |
| Axis Bank | Corporate and Transaction/Treasury Banking Roles |
| Bharti Airtel | Corporate and Transaction/Treasury Banking Roles |
| SBI Bank | Front-end investment banking/Debt & Equity Marketing Front Desk |
| IDBI | Front-end investment banking/Debt & Equity Marketing Front Desk |
| Futures First | Front-end investment banking/Debt & Equity Marketing Front Desk |
| Nomura | Investment Banking (Middle Office, Support, IT and Operation) |
| HSBC GR | Debt and Equity Markets (Research, Middle Office, Support, IT & Operation) |
| UTI MF | Hedge Funds and Investment Management |
| Goldman Sachs Asset Management | Private Banking and Wealth Management |
Some other finance companies that came on campus and offered other finance roles included Crisil, Gail, L&T; Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Fino and American Express.
Consulting and General Management
A total of 107 offers were made to students across various profiles in the consulting function. In addition to the traditional roles offered by companies in the function, a number of niche profiles such as Process Consulting, Infrastructure Consulting, and Litigation Consulting were offered by international firms based out of Singapore and Middle East as well.
| Boston Consulting Group | Business Consulting |
| Deloitte | Business Consulting |
| KPMG | Business Consulting |
| Actuate Business Consulting | Business Consulting |
| TCS (Global Consulting) | Business Consulting |
| Cognizant Business Consulting | Business Consulting |
| MuSigma | Business Consulting |
| Wipro | IT/ERP/Business Process consulting |
| Capgemini | IT/ERP/Business Process consulting |
| Genpact | IT/ERP/Business Process consulting |
| MindTree Consulting | IT/ERP/Business Process consulting |
| IBM | IT/ERP/Business Process consulting |
| TAS | General Management/Strategy |
| Reliance Industries | General Management/Strategy |
| Mahindra & Mahindra | General Management/Strategy |
| Jindal Group | General Management/Strategy |
| Larsen & Toubro | General Management/Strategy |
| Olam International | General Management/Strategy |
| CK Birla Group | General Management/Strategy |
| Bristlecone | Supply Chain/Operation Consulting |
| Renoir Consulting | Supply Chain/Operation Consulting |
| Conviva | Executive Assistant to MD roles |
Sales and marketing
| ITC | Sales & Marketing |
| Asian Paints | Sales & Marketing |
| Godrej & Boyce | Sales & Marketing |
| Mother Dairy | Sales & Marketing |
| Emami | Sales & Marketing |
| Berger Paints | Sales & Marketing |
| SC Johnson | Sales & Marketing |
Some other companies (across sectors) that came on campus and offered strategy roles to students included,
| Consumer products/Retail, Technology, Telecom | Happiest Minds, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, IFFCO Dubai, TVS Motors |
| E-Commerce | Amazon, Flipkart, Infibeam.com, Buytheprice.com, Yebhi.com |
| Power and Energy | Reliance Energy, GAIL, BPCL |
| Healthcare | Abbot Healthcare, GSK Pharma |
| Government Companies/PSUs | Reserve Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Bank of India, BPCL, GAIL, ONCG, PFC |
| Education/NGOs | Manipal Group |
The institute further provided the details of average salaries offered to graduates across all functions,
| Function | Average Salary |
| Consulting | Rs 12,81,449 |
| Finance | Rs 14,45,836 |
| General Management | Rs 12,35,333 |
| IT&HR; | Rs 14,83,498 |
| Operations | Rs 14,25,771 |
| Sales and Marketing | Rs 12,30,542 |