Indian Institute of
Management Kozhikode
IIM K Campus P.O.,
CALICUT 673 570, Kerala
www.iimk.ac.in
20% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFERS PER COMPANY
·
AVERAGE STIPEND INCREASED BY 36%
Kozhikode, 17
October, 2013:
The summer placements for the 17th batch of the PGP, flagship program of IIM
Kozhikode, concluded on a successful note on 15th October 2013. IIM
Kozhikode finished the summer placements in record low time by securing
internships for all the participating students.
Prof. Debashis
Chatterjee, Director, IIM Kozhikode said, “Performance in the placements shows the
growth of the campus across verticals. The gender diversity was received
extremely well by the recruiters. We are glad that we could cater to needs of
the industry.”
Prof. Kulbhushan
Balooni, Chairperson-Placements, further added, “Top
organizations aligning their recruitment timeline to our placements cycle
augurs well for the campus. We are upbeat about the upcoming lateral and final
placements season.” IIM Kozhikode will kick-off lateral placements season in
December 2013 and final placements season in January 2014.
Top recruiters were
Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, TataAdministrative Services (TAS), which selected
30 students.
New recruiters for
the summer placements likeL’Oreal, Godrej, Castrol,
Cipla, Aviva, Altisource, Dell, InMobi, Whirlpool, Vodafone, Saint-Gobain,
Aricent, Bosch, ACC were impressed by the academic excellence and diversity of
the batch.
Finance
emerged as one of the most preferred verticals. Close to 20% of the batch secured
internships in finance from recruiters across industries, which included firms
like Citibank, JPMC, American Express, ICICI, Edelweiss, Aviva, Dell and
L&T.
In general
management and consulting vertical, students will intern with Deloitte, Aditya
Birla Group, Mahindra Group, Philips, Cognizant Business Consulting, Reliance
Industries Ltd. and RPG.
The institute
maintained its solid track record in sales and marketing with regular
recruiters like HUL, ITC, Asian Paints,Airtel, Pepsi, Marico, Pidilite,
Kelloggs, Madura and Raymond making attractive offers to the students.
Operations and HR
vertical also witnessed an increase in the number of recruiters and offers were
made to the students with names like Asian Paints, L&T, Flipkart, Cipla,
JSPL, Wildcraft and Genpact.
IT & ITES firms
appreciated the quality of the students with relevant domain experience and
recruited in good numbers.
Niche sectors like
media, event management, healthcare and sports management also made their
presence felt.
One of the
important highlights of the season was an increase in number of roles
offered by regular recruiters. A 20% increase in the number of offers
per company resulted in lesser number of companies participating in the
summer placements as compared to last year for almost same batch strength of
366.
Average stipend
increased by 36%
over previous year with Rs. 2lacs as the highest domestic stipend amount.
About Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Started
in 1997 with its Postgraduate Programme (PGP), the Indian Institute of
Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is on a high growth trajectory today, offering
widest range of academic programmes in the field of management education. PGP
student's intake for 2009 was 309 students i.e. 5 times in 7 years thus making
it the fastest growing management school in the country to reach that landmark.
This was done keeping the quality of the programme high, as the Institute
continued to maintain its sound placement record, ranking among the top 5
institutes in the country.
IIMK
pioneered Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) for working executives in India.
The Institute is today a leader in Faculty Development Programmes (FDP) and is
the major QIP (Quality Improvement Programme) Centre of the All Indian Council
of Technical Education, in the field of management education. A significant
step was taken for incubation of a Centre of Excellence jointly with Government
of Kerala, which is one of its kinds in India, to help the Scheduled
Castes/tribes students overcome their deficiencies in communication,
personality, etc. Spread over about 100 acres of land, the Institute is
situated on two hillocks in Kunnamangalam area of ancient city of Calicut in
Kerala, is one of the most picturesque oxy-rich campuses in the country. A
strong fleet of highly experienced and dedicated faculty coupled with the
state-of-art knowledge resources and cutting edge computing & communication
infrastructure enables IIMK offer a life time experience to the student as well
as the research community. The Institute has recently opened the Indian Business
Museum, the first of its kind in the country, which aims at promoting
entrepreneurship among the youngsters as well as acknowledging the profound
contributions of the business houses and other visionaries. IIMK, today, is
synonymous with a thought leader globalizing Indian thought systems and driving
its application to the current corporate scenario.
IIMK
has now set up a Satellite campus at Infopark, Kochi, dedicated to Executive
Education.
For Further information, please contact:
Dr. M.G. Sreekumar
| Ms. Meghana Bangalore/Shoma Ghosh
Head, Media Relations, IIMK | Adfactors
PR, Kochi
+91-
9447654066
| +91-9742660399/+91 9820091196
Warm Regards,
Meghana Bangalore
Meghana Bangalore
Adfactors
PR Pvt Ltd
Knowledge-driven
communications
Poothully Junction / Lane, Near High Court, MM Road,
Kochi - 682018
Ph: 0484 2394808, Fax: 0484-4063009
Mobile: 9742660399
Kochi - 682018
Ph: 0484 2394808, Fax: 0484-4063009
Mobile: 9742660399
No comments:
Post a Comment