TISS, Mumbai | Summer Placements 2005

Summer Placements 2005 @ TISS, Mumbai

The Summer Placement process at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai culminated in third week of November, marking hectic recruitment by the who's who of the corporate world, with 100% placements reaffirming the remarkably high brand equity of one of India's oldest & unique 'B-school'.

Even though the students were only a few months into their post graduation course, all of them were exposed to the industry as such because of the concept of field work which is unique only to TISS. Field work is a concept where a student is placed in an organization during a semester and the student is to learn about the organization, and if needed, do a project for the organization during the period by visiting the company twice a week. The various field work organizations where students were placed included Godrej Industries, Larson & Tourbo Heavy Engg, Crompton Greaves, Grindwell & Nortan, Eicher, Siemens, Wartzilla, Godrej & Boyce, Wipro Infotech, Tata Steel, Rashtriya Chemicals Factory, Bharath Petroleum Corporation Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Steel, Taj Group of Hotels, etc.

Though summer internship is not mandatory as per the curriculum laid down by the university, the students were very conscious in their decision to opt for an organization during their summers from their value addition perspective.

Corporates were left vying with each other for the crème de la crème of the future HR managers. There were companies across sectors that came vying for the best in campus. This included global companies like Deutsche Bank & Motorola visiting the campus for the first time. Companies like HLL, P&G, Asian Paints, Colgate Palmolive & ITC represented the FMCG sector. Consulting sector was represented by Ernst & Young, Hewitt Associates & Grow Talent. The companies from IT sector were SAP, IBM, Wipro & Patni Computers. Other companies that visited included Ranbaxy, Tata Motors, ICICI Onesource & GE Money. Close to 90% of the students were placed on Day 1, which was indeed a phenomenal achievement.

Divya Srivatsav, who topped the lists of many companies did not have any hassles in accepting the offer from Procter & Gamble, says, "I am thrilled to get an opportunity as an intern at a renowned firm like P&G. It is like a dream coming true for me and I am sure this is going to be a great learning experience."

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Contributed by -
Ramanathan V.,
Media Relations,
PMIR - Batch of 2005-2007,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.