Niche Profiles Offered to FMS-Delhi Batch of 2010 during Summer Placements

Niche Profiles Offered to FMS-Delhi Batch of 2010 during Summer Placements

Finance

Despite the global meltdown, FMS saw a plethora of varied offers from the best financial institutions in the country. Leading banks like Standard Chartered, Citibank, HSBC, Bank of

America, American Express, ICICI Bank and Axis recruited in large numbers in both Corporate as well as Consumer Banking. Around 15% of the batch got much-coveted profiles in these leading banks. Besides these, investment banking firms like Langham Capital and IDFC SSKI, venture capital firms, Helion Ventures and IDG Ventures, and private equity firm, Avigo Capital Partners, re-affirmed their relationship with the campus, offering a variety of roles to the students.

International steel trading firm, Stemcor, infrastructure fund managers, Zeus Inframanagement, financial research firms, ICRA and Dun and Bradstreet, and real estate developers, IREO, also participated in the process and offered niche roles to the candidates. FMCG majors, HUL, P&G, SAB Miller and Coca Cola, continued the tradition of offering finance profiles in addition to the existing Sales & Marketing profiles. Corporate Finance continued to rule the roost with 19% of the batch being offered these profiles.

Marketing

FMS is reputed for providing quality talent in the field of marketing and this year's summer placements reiterated this very fact. Industry giants like HUL, P&G, Coca Cola, Cadburys, ITC, Perfetti, Colgate Palmolive, Nestle, GSK, Britannia, Pepsi, SAB Miller, Reckitt Benckiser, Dabur, Agro Tech, Puma and Heinz were some of the FMCGs that participated in the process. 29% of the batch decided to join the FMCG giants for their summer internships.

This year saw for the first time marketing profiles being offered for summer internship by media communication agency, Starcom Media Vest Group and Viacom. Mahindra & Mahindra, Essar, Motorola, Tata Motors, and telecom majors, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, participated in the process making multiple offers in the field of Sales and Marketing. IT behemoths, Microsoft and Apple, offered sales and marketing profiles for the first time. 21% of the batch was offered marketing profiles in these companies.

Consulting & General Management

Summers 2008 saw the participation of many top-notch consulting companies, from large firms in strategic management to boutique firms offering specialised services. Leading consulting firm, Arthur D. Little, offered roles in management consulting with locations in the Middle East and Dubai. FMC Technologies offered profiles in Operations Consulting.

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Media Relations,
Faculty of Management Studies,
Delhi University.

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