IIM Kozhikode Shows Exceptional Summer Placement Performance; Places All 261 Students Well

IIM Kozhikode Shows Exceptional Summer Placement Performance; Places All 261 Students Well

The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) announces completion of the Summer Placements Process for the Class of 2010. Despite the anxieties and the fear of reduced hiring due to the global economic scenario, national and international companies

flocked to IIM Kozhikode for the Summer Recruitment Process for the Batch of 2008-2010. With a 102 firms (up from 66 last year) participating in the process, the 261 students in the batch got placed in different firms of their choice.

What makes this commendable is that this was achieved in a year in which the student intake increased by 42% and with recruiters across all verticals generally cutting back on number of offers. The excellent student quality at IIM-K, guided by a strong pedagogy and a constant thrust on overall personality development, was a reason enough for most of the firms to return to IIM-K for summer placements. Summers 2009 saw students walk away with 14 international offers across various functions and in locations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, Dubai, South Africa and London.

Summers 2009 truly marked the coming of age for IIM-K. The current scenario tested the institute and its capability to provide good internships to its students. It is in times of adversity when the true strength is seen. IIM-K has proved its mettle yet again by being one of the few campuses to finish its Summers Placements Process in time and placing such a large number of students.

Banks and other financial institutions actually increased the number of offers as compared to last year. "We were quite impressed by the profiles of the students at IIM Kozhikode," said Sharad Goenka, Sr. Vice President at Corporate Banking at HSBC. Some of the other banks that recruited from IIM-K were Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, American Express, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank.

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Contributed by -
Harshad Karandikar,
Media Cell,
IIM Kozhikode.

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