IIM-Lucknow reports 100 per cent placement at Noida campus

 

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) has announced 100 per cent summer placement of its second batch of 19 students pursuing the Post Graduate Programme in Sustainable Management (PGPSM) at Noida campus.

The recruitment process witnessed participation from 13 marquee firms with a total of 26 offers being made to the batch.

The main highlight of the placement season was the participation of diverse firms such as PwC, KPMG, Mahindra, Tata Sustainability Group, UPL, Biocon, Wipro Earthian etc, who have set up benchmarks in respective domains in the realm of sustainability.

This achievement reaffirmed IIM-L as the preferred recruitment destination for sustainability related roles in varied organisations, an IIM-L communique noted.

Commensurate with the diversity of the batch, multiple roles were offered from consulting (26 per cent) and corporate sustainability (26 per cent) as well as from strategy, operations, finance and marketing including some niche profiles in policy-making domains.

These roles were offered across sectors namely smart city consulting, sustainability reporting, rural development, social and community inclusion, renewable energy solutions, carbon neutrality and pricing.

"Business environment has become increasingly complex and requires qualified individuals, who understand the importance of investment in long term strategy geared towards resource optimisation, favourable environmental impact and greater community inclusion. We are glad to see such an overwhelming response from the corporate world towards the same," PGPSM placements chairperson Prof Sourindra Bhattacharjee said.