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Placement 2004


 IIM Ahmedabad 

Press Release - March 17, 2004
IIM Ahmedabad Final Recruitments - 2004

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Greater Job Diversity

The biggest names in corporate world such as Boston Consulting group, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HLL, HSBC, Lehman Brothers, Mc Kinsey, Procter & Gamble continued their association with the institute. In addition to these, more companies came down for recruitment, as compared to last year. Some key additions to list of recruiters were: -

  • American Express: The SPG, AEFA, GRSS and WWRIM divisions of American Express.

  • A T Kearney: One of the top global Consulting majors.

  • Temasek Holdings: Owns and manages Singapore governments investment bank.

  • AIG: One of the top Indian insurance firms.

  • GM India: General Motors India Operations.

  • Fidelity, India: Subsidiary of the international provider of financial services and investment resources.

  • J P Morgan Chase: Indian Subsidiary performing equity research.

  • TransIndus: Specialist travel and tour operator.

Overall, jobs offered were in all sectors, reflecting the all round strength on the Institute's curriculum. The three top recruiters were PwC (14 acceptance), Lehman Brothers (12 acceptances), and Procter & Gamble (11 acceptances), each of them being from a different sector. However, there was a predominance of jobs in the financial sector reflecting students` preferences. Table 3 provides breakdown of jobs sector by sector. The top recruiters in each sector are in Table 4.

Mirroring the trend in the economy, some BPO firms performing top-end analytical work visited campus for the first time, offering high paying jobs in fields such as equity research.

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