Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Top IIMs Placement Report card of Batch: 2012-14

IIM Ahmadabad:
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) has completed its placement process for the graduating batch of 2014. "100% of the students who sought PGP Final Placements 2014 at IIMA through the Institute have been placed," The placement process for the batch of 378 students was conducted in two stages. The first was the laterals process, where firms interviewed students with work experience and offered them mid-level managerial positions. The second stage was the final placement process where firms were grouped into cohorts based on the profile offered, and groups of cohorts were invited to campus across different clusters.

IIM Bangalore:
The Final Placement season for the PGP class of 2012-14 of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) witnessed the participation of the top recruiters across all sectors with renewed vigor and was concluded within a record time of 8 sessions spread across 4 days. This year the placement process witnessed the participation of 388 eligible students. Two students opted out of the Placement Process - one for pursuing research in management, and the other for pursuing opportunities with his previous employer. As many as 150+ companies participated and made more than 425 offers across 200+ profiles. The Pre-Placement Offers poured in aplenty with 117 students receiving offers before the start of the Final Placements, which is 20% higher than the last year. The Lateral Placement season for candidates with more than 22 months of work experience broke all the previous records with 127 offers been made by firms in varied domains like strategy, leadership, product management, consulting and general management. 41 students were offered international placements from various firms for global locations. 9 candidates chose to join Social Ventures in the Final Placements.

IIM Calcutta:
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) has concluded its final placements for the PGP batch of 2012-14. While the incoming batch size was 460 students, 20 students did not graduate to the second year. Out of the 440 students in the second year, 15 students opted out of the placements. The institute informed that these students either did not register for placements or found jobs on their own, started their own ventures or opted for the deferred placements option. More than 150 companies made 465 offers out of which 425 were accepted. The remaining 40 were multiple offers to some students. The institute did not provide information on international roles as the students have not received the location details yet.

IIM Luknow: 
IIM Lucknow has wrapped up its placement process with 440 offers being made by 207 recruiters including 49 new ones for a batch of 436 students. The offers included 92 pre-placement offers (PPOs), 132 lateral offers from the higher entry placement process (HEPP) and 216 offers from the final placements. The number of PPOs this year was the highest ever and increased by 28% compared with last year

IIM Indore:
The placements for the PGP 2012-14 batch at IIM - Indore saw the highest package of this season at the institute, as of now, of Rs. 37 lakh. Last year, the best package was Rs. 34 lakh. The average salary was Rs. 12 lakh for the batch of 475 students. 152 companies participated in the placement process out of which 41 were first-time recruiters.

IIM Shilong: 
he Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (IIMS) completed its placement process for the graduating batch of 2014. Highest international package offered to the students of IIM Shillong this year stood at Rs 37 lakh, whereas highest domestic package stood at Rs 22 lakh. This year, a total of 53 companies participated during the placement process giving offers to a batch of 107 students of IIM Shillong. The average package went up from the last year and stood at Rs 12.49 lakh. 18% of the batch already had Pre-Placement Offers (PPO's) for their outstanding performance during their summer internships.

IIM Rohtak:
The Final Placement process of the Third PGP batch (2014) of IIM Rohtak was concluded. The industry response was good with 61 recruiters making a total of 107 offers to students who participated in placement. The recruiters appreciated the in-depth knowledge, enthusiasm, analytical and communication abilities and the problem solving approach of students. The job profiles offered covered roles in Finance, Marketing, IT, Operations, Strategy, Consulting, General Management and HR Domains. The profiles offered included Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Channel Sales, Marketing and Analytics among others. Students were offered diverse and leadership roles, wherein they would be involved with the senior management and would help in deciding the strategic direction of the organization. Some of the roles offered included VP Strategy, Head Industry Relations, Senior Strategy, VP Sales and Executive Assistant to MD. 

Disclaimer/ Resources: We can't claim the authenticity of this report which is  based on exploratory research and our resources are various leading newspapers and education portals. Courtsey: TOI, HT, and IIM websites.

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

20 Percent hike in tuition fee of IIM C Two year PG Program 2014-16 !

The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta has increased its tuition fee for its two-year Post Graduate Diploma programme by 20 percent after a gap of  four years. Fees for the new academic season will be from Rs 16.2 lakh, up from Rs. 13.5 lakh. Foreign nationals who enroll in the PGPDM course by cracking GMAT will pay $50,000 (Rs 30,00,000), up from $40,000.

Fees Charges by Other IIMs

IIM A
16.6 Lakh
IIM B
17.0 Lakh
IIM C
16.2 Lakh


Interestingly, a student at IIM-C gets 100% waiver on fees if his/her family income is Rs 2 lakh per year or less and 75% if his family income is between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 4 lakh. The minimum is a 25% waiver.







Sources/Disclaimer: Newspapers, Please check exact details with concerned IIMs.

Saturday, 1 June 2013

India's Best B-Schools: Ranking 2013 & 2012



Disclaimer: Above rankings have been made on exploratory research by our experts (including rankings given by leading newspapers, survey agencies and coaching institutes).