Recession Beaten Again in the Recruitment Game at IIM Calcutta

Recession Beaten Again in the Recruitment Game at IIM Calcutta

The process, which lasted six days, consisted of three slots, each of two days. Slot Zero saw some of the most coveted recruiters come to campus and make some of the largest offers in recent times.

The Investment Banks returned with great gusto to campus. The royal bank of Scotland made the largest number of offers by any investment bank, by taking in 11 students. It was closely followed by barclays capital and bank of America – Merrill Lynch (BoA-ML). Nomura too recruited from campus, burying the ghost of Lehman Brothers, which was a highly favoured recruiter until last year. Some of the other banks that recruited from here were UBS, credit suisse, JP morgan chase,HSBC global, macquarie, rothschild, morgan stanley, deutsche bank and goldman sachs.

The leading consulting firms too kept their date with IIM Calcutta, with mckinsey, bain, BCG and at kearney recruiting students from here.

Private equity firms finally returned to IIM Calcutta. Among the prominent ones were baring private equity partners and Mount Kellett Capital Management. Mount kellett was a first-time recruiter at IIMC. More importantly, along with morgan stanley (London), IIMC was the only college in India it recruited from. Baring attempted to recruit from 4 campuses in India, but ended up recruiting only from IIM Calcutta.

Marketing and general management firms too made their presence felt here. Leading recruiters were Hindustan Unilever, Procter and Gamble, Diageo, Tata Administrative Services (TAS), Aditya Birla and edelweiss. TAS made an unprecedented 10 offers on campus, making it one of the largest recruiters here.

The college also played host to other highly sought-after recruiters. Some of the leading finance firms were American express, Citibank, Standard Chartered, HSBC India and DBS India. Other big players were cadbury,coca cola, pepsi and RPG group.

A large number of international offers were made this time. As many as 61 students have internship offers in locations across the world, such as New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and South Africa, with the possibility of more getting confirmed soon.

Contributed by -
Paul Savio & Rohan Mahajan,
External Relations Secretaries,
IIM, Calcutta.

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