At IIM Ahmedabad Largest Batch Size Placed in Shortest Time in Recent History

At IIM Ahmedabad Largest Batch Size Placed in Shortest Time in Recent History

This year, out of a batch size of 312 students, 310 students sat for the placement process and 2 students opted out. All 312 students who sat for the placement process were placed by end of fourth day (Exhibit 1).

The process was comprised of 2 slots, slot 0 and slot 1, both spread over 2 days. Both slots saw participation of a large number of firms. Whereas 166 students were placed on slot 0, the other 144 were placed on slot 1.

Compared to the batch of 2007-09 comprising 262 students which was placed in 6 days and the batch of 2008-10 comprising 300 students which was also placed in 6 days, the batch of 2009-11 has, despite being the largest batch with 312 students, been placed in 4 days, the shortest time in recent memory (Exhibit 2).

We are happy to see that recruiters have reposed faith in the quality of students at IIMA and the flight to quality that we observed during the Final Placements of batch of 2007-09 has continued into the summer of 2010.

Finance Again Top Draw

Finance remained the top pick of students again this year, with 44% of students opting for roles in finance – investment banking, private equity, corporate banking and treasury roles. Eighteen percent of the students opted for Marketing roles in Sales and Marketing management, branding, business development and marketing research.Consulting and General Management were the next two preferred domains followed by IT (Exhibits 3 and 4).

We observed a drastic turnaround in hiring by the Investment banks over the last summer placement season. Last year, for the 2008-10 batch, the number of offers made by Day 0 Investment Banks and accepted by students stood at 35 whereas this year, this number has shot up to 77.

Prominent Regular Recruiters were Back With Some First-Time Recruiters

The Royal Bank of Scotland saw the highest number of acceptances – a total of 12 students will join the Royal Bank of Scotland for summer internships in April-May 2010. Tata Administrative Services (TAS) reaffirmed its faith in IIMA students by extending 10 offers, all of which were accepted.

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