IIM Ahmedabad conducted its final recruitment process between March 9th and 14th. A total of 165 students of the batch of 2002-2004 (profile in Table 1) were placed in 54 companies of the 71 which came down to the campus this year. Some more companies had expressed interest in recruiting but could not recruit as the batch had already been placed.

A total of 186 job offers were made on Slot Zero and Slot One, out of which only 112 were accepted. the number of Slot Zero increased from 39 last year to 41 this year, including the pre-placement offers (PPOs). Table 2 has details on offers and acceptances.

Global Brand: IIMA

The 2004 recruitments lend credence to IIMA's claim of being a global B-school, with many more international companies joining the fray to recruit IIMA grads. The number of companies offering overseas jobs increased from 10 in 2003 to 13 in 2004.

Over 20% of the batch was placed overseas reflecting an increase in the number of foreign offers from 39 in 2003 to 45 in 2004, The strength of IIMA brand can be gauged by the fact that the number of overseas offers made at IIMA exceeds the overseas offers made in any B-school in India. Also , some International Companies such as the Amex SPG, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley recruit only from this institute. The other Slot Zero companies that recruit at IIMA are AT Kearney, Boston Consulting Group, Capital One, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Lehman Brothers, Mckinsey & Co and UBS.

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