Careers 360 English Edition – July 2019

Sectors-wise placements at IIMs and
top B-Schools
Prominent sectors which participated in the recruitment
drive at the IIMs were:

OConsulting

OBFSI

OSales and Marketing

OGeneral Management

OE-Commerce, Operations and Product Management

OIT-Analytics

Sectors-wise placements at Indian Institutes
of Management (IIMs)
If we look at the sectors that dominated the placement drive
at the IIMs, it is seen that a large number of consultancy firms
made beeline and made lucrative offers to the students. IIM
Lucknow saw 32% placements being made in the consultancy
sector. IIM Ahmedabad saw 121 offers being made in the con-
sulting sector out of the total 398 students. This was followed
by Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) where
83 offers were made.

Similar trends were seen at IIM Calcutta where consul-
tancy sector topped the chart for the placement drive with
second place being taken by the BFSI. Speaking about the
placements at IIM Ahmedabad, Prof. Karna said, “During
the 2019 final placement process, there was an increasing
interest from firms in the finance domain over the years,
especially the private equity and venture capital cohort. We
also added ‘Media & Advertising ’ this year. Technology firms
also recruited in large numbers.”

Sectors-wise placements at
top private B-Schools
A close look at some of the sectors-wise placements at top
private B-Schools such as XSRM Bhubaneswar, XLRI Jam-
shedpur, IMI Delhi also saw dominance of the consultancy
firms. They were followed by the big names in the finance
sector. IMT Ghaziabad also saw maximum job offers being
made in the consultancy and finance sector.

Domestic offers still popular among top
B-Schools
The IIMs and the top private B-Schools did have some
international offers being made with mind blowing salaries
being offered. However, it seems that the candidates were
more interested in the domestic offers. On being asked about
the international offers and domestic ones, Prof. Karna said,
“For past few years, domestic companies form the bulk of
our recruiters. There has been an increase in the number of
international recruiters and we expect this trend to continue,
but the domestic placements will continue to form the large
majority of placements.”

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Chairperson,

Placements, IIM

Ahmedabad

Institute Sectors Percentage

IIM

Lucknow

Consulting 32

BFSI 16

Sales and Marketing 16

General Management 14

E-Commerce, Operations

and Product Management

15

IT-Analytics 10

IIM

Calcutta

Consulting 29

BFSI 21

Sales and Marketing 12

General Management 14

E-Commerce, Operations

and Product Management

16

IT-Analytics 8

IIM Ranchi

Consulting 14

Sales and Marketing 32

Operations 12

IT Analytics 22

Finance 20

IIM Sirmaur

Consulting 7

BFSI 11

Manufacturing 40

Entertainment 14

Education 13

IIM Rohtak

Consulting 4

BFSI 28

Manufacturing 13

IT 18

Infrastructure 7

Sectors that dominate placements at IIMs