Consulting rules the roost in IIM Calcutta's PGPEX VLM Placements

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Consulting rules the roost in IIM Calcutta's PGPEX VLM Placements

May 21,2012

The 5th batch of PGPEX VLMP program consisted of 34 students, out of which 3 were sponsored students. Hence in totality 31 students were enrolled for the participation in campus placements.

This year for the fifth batch of PGPEX-VLM there was highest participation from Consulting companies.

Consulting stalwarts like Mckinsey & Company, Cognizant Business Consulting, Wipro Consulting, TATA Consulting, CGN & Associates, Renoir Consulting, CII Consulting and Amazon participated in the placement process. The students have been offered roles of Consultant, Senior Consultant, Counselor and Senior Specialist. All 31 VLMP 5th batch students are placed.

The other functions in which students have got offers include Operations, IT, Supply Chain, General Management, Business Development, Innovation and Research & Development. So far 25 companies have participated in the final placement process making 33 offers to the candidates and an additional seven PPOs were received from the companies which participated for the internship process. Hence a total of 40 offers were extended to the students of the 5th Batch. In this year VLMP Placements, some of the leading companies across multiple domains offering salaries ranging from 8.0 lacs to 16.80 lacs.

Shinsei Bank extended the highest salary offer of 16.80 lakh. The maximum numbers of offers (4) were given by Tata Consulting and CGN & Associates. A sector wise breakup of participating companies has been mentioned below.

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