ISB Graduates Attract Excellent Placement Offers

The Indian School of Business (ISB) concluded a successful season of placements for its graduates, attracting excellent placement offers for the Class. The Class of 2007 had 416 students graduating the Post Graduate Programme in Management, of these 414 students participated in the placement process.
Over 200 companies visited the campus during the last few months making a total number of 584 offers.

Speaking on the occasion, M. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, "The placement results for 2007 have been outstanding. There has been a sharp increase in the CTC levels and our students have shown immense confidence in making choices that suit long-term career prospects over immediate salaries."

Exciting New Sectors

The Class of 2007 received offers from a variety of companies and industries. The number of offers from Financial Services sector more than doubled to 97 offers this year while a large number of offers continued to come from Consulting companies. Companies from several new sectors made offers to ISB graduates, namely Real Estate, Oil & Energy, Media, Manufacturing, Microfinance, NGO, Education, Healthcare, etc.

Alternate Recruitment Models

This year, for the first time in ISB, a company recruited two groups of students as core management teams to run stand-alone businesses. Two groups of 4/5 students were recruited together as the core management team for specific projects along with the full responsibility of setting-up the project from Ground Zero and leading it to become a success. The company has offered students both CTC and equity stakes in the project making it an exciting and attractive option for students with an entrepreneurial bent of mind. The work experience of the students in the group ranges from 2 years to 11 years.

Destination India

An interesting trend witnessed at the ISB this year saw a large number of students opting for domestic offers. "Many ISB students come with international work experience and after a year of learning and exposure to global faculty and management practices, they are keen to develop careers in India," said Ajit Rangnekar, Deputy Dean, ISB.

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