Marketing, GM, Consulting and Finance Companies offer Internships to IIMA students

Marketing, GM, Consulting and Finance Companies offer Internships to IIMA students

The second day (Day 0.5) of the summer placement process saw companies from the fields of Marketing, General Management, Consulting and Finance offer internships to students.

"Hindustan Unilever and Procter & Gamble, which are on top of the preference list of students looking at a career in Marketing, were back on campus to recruit summer interns for 2010. Diageo, Nokia and Coca-cola were other sought after marketing company on Day 0.5," said Nissim Nabar, member of Media Cell.

Tata Administrative Service and Aditya Birla Group both offered general management roles that found great favour among the students. Mr. Rahul Krishna, Head of Human Resources at TAS said, "The Tatas and TAS, in particular, is committed to investing in growth of future leaders and to this effect we at TAS put all resources into place to provide the best opportunities to the best talent." The Tata Administrative Service and The Aditya Birla Group saw over 15 acceptances between the two firms. These students will join various group companies across India and abroad for a 2 month period.

Feedback Ventures, a firm focused on the Infrastructure sector was one of the consulting firms present on Day 0.5. Fortress Financial Services, another firm specialising in Infrastructure recruited for the first time at IIMA this year.

Some other companies that returned to IIMA this year and recruited from 2 to 5 interns are Citibank, Frost & Sullivan, Edelweiss and Anand Rathi.

"Overall, I'd say Day 0.5 this year was similar in terms of roles offered if compared to Day 0.5 last year", according to Himanshu Nema, Secretary, Placement Cell.

Concluded.

* Contributed by -
Media Cell,
IIM Ahmedabad.

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