IIM Calcutta also witnessed unparalleled diversity in the kind of firms and the roles offered during the laterals process. Students had a bevy of options including Consulting, International Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, IT and ITeS, Operations and Human Resources.

The Compensation packages have varied from Rs. 7.5 lakhs p.a to Rs. 16.2 lakhs p.a (the highest Indian offer in laterals ever across all campuses), and international packages have been up to $85000 USD p.a this year.

Microsoft, SAP International Consulting Group, Johnson Electric, recruited exclusively from IIM Calcutta in the Laterals Process.

Some of the other significant recruiters at IIM Calcutta were IBM, Hewlett Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers, CSC, Cognizant, Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young, Hindustan Lever Limited, ITC, Asian Paints, Sapient, TSMG, Oracle and GE.

New recruiters for the laterals batch this year included Johnson Electric, ICICI Bank, JP Morgan, SAP India Labs, Oracle, Intel, ECS Consulting, US Tech, Essar Group, Dell International Services, Techspan, Hexaware, etc.

Bullish Outlook for Finals

The stupendous success of summer placements and the ongoing lateral placements has lead to a wave of expectancy regarding final placements and with McKinsey (Indian & International offices), Boston Consulting Group, AT Kearney, Deutsche Bank, Rabo Bank, JP Morgan, Accenture, DSP Merrill Lynch, KPMG, Ernst & Young and many more.

Concluded.