MBA Placements 2005: JBIMS Sees A Great Pick-up in Financial Sector (Revised)

The executive placements at JBIMS saw more than 100 companies registering for the process, wherein 42 companies made a total of 149 offers to the 107-strong batch. As compared to last year the average offer rose from 1.25 to 1.41 per student.

A few hours was all it took to place the entire batch not just in their desired sectors but also in their desired job profiles.

The Financial Services Sector formed the largest chunk of recruiters this season, with Banks being prominent among them. This sector alone accounted for 47 % of the total accepted offers. The campus saw the likes of Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, SBI Caps, Avendus Investment Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, CARE, CRISIL, UTI Bank, IDBI Bank, Morgan Stanley AS, HDFC and Development Credit Bank from the banking and financial services sector. This was followed by the IT Sector, absorbing 20 % of the batch, with IBM, Infosys, HCL Tech, Polaris Software, Satyam and TCS being the major recruiters. Placements'05 also saw the FMCG regulars like Hindustan Lever Limited, Colgate Palmolive, Britannia, Coke, Gillette, ITC, Marico, Dabur and Godrej Consumer Products Limited, making both marketing and commercial offers. The season was also marked by the resurgence of the Consulting Sector, prominent among them being Accenture and Tata Strategic Management Group, while regulars like Mc Kinsey & Co. also made their presence felt.

The highlight of the placement season has been the offers made by Kotak Mahindra Bank (10) followed by Infosys (9) and ICICI Bank (8) which together accounted for 25% of the batch. Companies that visited campus for the first time or revisited after a break were Accenture, Avendus, Coke, IBM, Novartis, Titan and Kotak Mahindra Bank.

In all, 15 Pre-Placement Offers were made on campus which includes companies like Colgate Palmolive, Gillette, ITC, Britannia, Marico and Castrol. The no. of lateral offers was 9, an increase from 5 last year.