Summer Placement 2009 - Companies Representing a Variety of Sectors Offer Internships to IIMA Students

Summer Placement 2009 - Companies Representing a Variety of Sectors Offer Internships to IIMA Students

Slot 1 of the IIMA Summer Placement process was conducted over two days – the 4th and 5th of November. Companies representing a variety of sectors were seen on campus over these two days. Regular recruitment partners from Marketing that came to recruit again this year included Dabur, Asian Paints, Cadbury and Renault.

Airtel and Starcom MediaVest offered roles in branding and sales and marketing. Five students will be joining Starcom MediaVest across locations in South-East Asia.

Some companies from the media sector also recruited for Marketing roles. HT Media and Star TV, two media companies which recruited last year, reposed their faith in IIMA again this year. Walt Disney, another global media conglomerate, recruited for the first time at IIMA this year.

Astra Zeneca, Johnson & Johnson and GSK Pharma were some of the firms from the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector that recruited at IIMA this year.

Eight students will be joining Microsoft for summer internship. Microsoft also recruited at summer placements last year. Some companies from the consulting sector included Cognizant and Synergy Consulting.Cognizant which offered roles in IT consulting recruited 6 students for internships. Some students will be joining niche consulting companies specialising in financial services consulting and carbon finance consulting.

Firms from the realty sector were also part of the placement process. Oberoi Construction and Ramky Infrastructure were two such firms that chose to recruit at IIMA for the first time this year.

Vivek Jain, a Placement Committee coordinator said, “As we near the end of summer placements, there is a sense of buoyancy and cheerfulness on campus among students. We hope they have a great experience during their internships.”

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Media Cell ,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahamdabad

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