Substantial Increase in International Offers Highlights Placements 2008 at IMT, Ghaziabad

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Comparing with the last year's batch of the PGDBM programme which comprised of students majoring in Marketing and Finance, the average salary this year has increased to Rs. 10.87 Lakhs p.a. With the inclusion of three newly launched courses in IT, IB and HR,
the overall average salary for the PGDBM programme at Placement 2008 is a highly impressive Rs. 9.56 Lakhs p.a.

The average salary for the Marketing students stood at a staggering Rs. 9.60 Lakhs p.a. whereas the figure for the Finance students was more impressive at Rs. 11.77 Lakhs p.a. The average salary for the HR students was Rs. 7.42 Lakhs p.a. Students majoring in IT got an average compensation of Rs. 7.82 Lakhs p.a.

The highest domestic salary offered this year was Rs. 17 Lakhs (offered by Abhishek Industries - Trident Group) whereas the highest international package offered was $ 85,000 (offered by Olam International, Singapore).

"This was the first time IMT Ghaziabad made conscious efforts to call recruiters from abroad, and in a very short span of time, we got an increase of more than 100% in number of international offers coming our way. Due to operational reasons, we had to call off a few more international hiring opportunities. In the years to come, we are determined to put IMT on the global map," said Prof. Nilanjan Chattopadhyay, Chairman Placements at IMT Ghaziabad.

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