Thursday, December 1, 2011

Consulting offers in big numbers at summer placement in IIM-A


Summer placements at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) commenced yesterday with major consulting firms offering roles to first year Post Graduate Programme (PGP) students in Ahmedabad, in large numbers.
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The firms regularly visiting campus during summer placement such as Boston Consulting Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Accenture made offers in double digit.

More than 20 firms conducted interviews in cluster one comprising three cohorts – i-banks, consulting, and private equity firms, venture capital and investment management firms- at the placement process at IIM-A.

The B-school saw participation from around 20 regular recruiters, including McKinsey & Co, Boston Consulting Group(BCG), Bain & Company, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank abd Royal Bank of Scotland.

"BCG made 12 offers at IIM-A for summer recruitments this year. IIM-A continues to be one of our core campuses for recruitment and we look forward to continue recruiting large numbers," BCG India Partner and Director Ravi Srivastava said.

"Despite the market conditions being comparatively less buoyant this year, the number of acceptances in cluster one was marginally lower than last year," Recruitment Secretary Placement at IIM-A Ravish Kumar said.

The placements in next cluster are scheduled for November 14 which shall include roles on offer in domestic banking, financial services, consulting, business development, general management and FMCG marketing.

Summer placements at the IIM-A are for internship of student with private firms as part of their curriculum.