The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy has completed its summer placements for the PGP batch of 2013-15. While 45 companies participated in the process, 43 of them made offers. As per information made available by the institute, 13 students (out of a total of 107 students) opted out of placements to seek opportunities in social media analytics, credit analysis, risk management and enterprise solutions. Among the 94 participating students, one student did not receive a stipend. No international offers were made to the students. The institute did not disclose the names of the top three recruiters.
Function-Wise Drill Down:
Marketing: Various roles in sales, digital marketing, market research, pre-sales and advertising were offered to students. Some major recruiters were Dabur, Mapro, Emami and United Biscuits. HCL offered roles in pre-sales function while Saint Gobain, TAFE, TVS Srichakra, Garuda Vaayu Shakthi Ltd. and TTK Prestige offered sales and marketing profiles. Draft FCB Ulka offered a role in strategic planning of marketing communications. Other major recruiters were Lapiz Digital, Genpact, ACH Consulting, Basket Option, Explico Consulting, Kshatriya Sports, Simplify 360, Reliance Broadcast Network and DCB.
Finance: World Bank offered roles in their Financial Instruments Department while ICICI Bank offered profiles in Corporate Banking and Wealth Management.Reserve Bank of India, Prequate Mindworks, Kshatriya Sports, Indus Law, Basket Option and Explico Consulting recruited students for positions in corporate finance, portfolio fund management and mergers & acquisitions.Marmore, ICCL (BSE) and IIFCL recruited for equity/industry research, risk management and project finance roles respectively. Other profiles offered in this function include Business Advisory and Transaction Review.
Operations: Citibank and DCB offered profiles in operations management. In addition, TCIL and TVS Srichakra offered roles in SCM and operations.
General Management & Consulting: Mahindra recruited students for its GMC program while KPMG offered internships with their Strategy and Operations business unit. Cognizant Business Consulting, Saint Gobain, HCL, Index Advisory, Nodwin Consulting, Knowledge Faber Consultants and Explico Consulting also recruited students. The profiles offered include project management, consulting, business research and process optimization. MyDeals24x7 offered business development roles.
Systems: HCL and Lapiz Digital offered business development and business analyst roles respectively while Doodle Blue offered creative product development roles.
Human Resources (HR): Profiles in this function were offered by TAFE, L&T;, Hidesign and Metis India. Metis India offered HR consulting roles involving integration during mergers and acquisitions process. Hidesign and Larsen and Toubro offered roles in performance management, recruitment and training.
Sector-Wise Drill Down:
BFSI: This sector saw 39% of the batch being hired for roles. World Bank, Reserve Bank of India, Citibank, ICICI Bank, DCB Bank, Marmore, ICCL (BSE) and IIFCL, Prequate Mindworks, Explico Consulting and Basket Option were some of the big recruiters.
FMCG & Consumer Durables: Dabur, Mapro, TTK Prestige, Emami and United Biscuits hired for roles in this sector.
Manufacturing: This was the second-best sector with 17% of the batch being offered profiles. Mahindra, TAFE and Larsen & Toubro, Saint Gobain, Garuda Vaayu Shakti Ltd and TVS Srichakra were some of the recruiters.
IT/ITES: HCL, Genpact, DoodleBlue and Lapiz Digital offered various in this sector.
Media & Advertising: Reliance Broadcast Network offered roles in sales and marketing functions while Draft FCB Ulka offered internships in advertisement. Simplify 360 offered social media and marketing profiles.
Consultancy: 15% of the batch was recruited in this sector. KPMG, Cognizant Business Consulting and HCL Axon offered roles in strategy, operations and SAP consulting. Index Advisory, Nodwin Consulting and Knowledge Faber Consultants, ACH Consultants and Metis were some of the other companies which offered consulting roles.
Others: Indus Law and Kshatriya Sports offered positions in valuation and sports consulting respectively. MyDeals24x7 offered business development profiles. In addition, TCIL and Hidesign were some other recruiters.
See last year’s placement report here
Note: The placement report is based on claims made by the institute in its placement report and answers to our questions thereafter. The institute has not informed us about following a known placement reporting standard or applying an external audit, so PaGaLGuY does not take responsibility for the accuracy of the claims.