"India shining" was clearly visible in the illustrious campus of IIM Indore. Companies from across all sectors made offers in various functions to the Batch of 2004 through final placement offers, PPOs and laterals. By the end of the process, the 57 students who participated in the final placement process had 94 offers between them from premier companies across all sectors.

Only 33 companies of the 52 who registered for the placement process could be accommodated due to non-availability of students. Many new companies visited the campus for the first time that included AGS Morgan Stanley, IBM India, Perfetti India, TSMG, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Accenture and Maruti Udyog Limited. Many of them were very happy and impressed with the profile and the attitude of the students of IIM Indore. The biggest recruiter was Infosys Technologies followed by first timers IBM India, Cap Gemini E&Y, Maruti Udyog and regular recruiters like Wipro, Pepsi and ICICI Bank.

Sector-wise Breakup

Marketing: The maximum number of offers were made by the marketing companies. Marketing majors like Pepsi, Asian Paints and Perfetti lead the way with CavinKare, Bharti, Idea Cellular, Marico and Tata Motors also offering marketing jobs.

Banking and Financial Services: CitiBank, ICICI Bank and Standard Chartered Bank represented the financial sector. The maximum number of offers accepted were from this sector. Some other companies that offered jobs in banking and finance were AGS Morgan Stanley, GE Capital International, Larson & Toubro Ltd, State Bank of India and UTI Bank.

Systems: The boom in the IT sector this year was evident with Infosys, IBM, Wipro, CSC, HCL Technologies and Patni Computer Systems absorbing 30% of the students.

Consulting: The consulting companies made their presence felt on campus with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Accenture being notable recruiters.

Other recruiters included oil major HPCL, TSMG, Aditya Birla Group, Lafarge India, Madura Coats and Blow Plast Ltd.

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