110 firms make 378 offers to IIM-A students for summer placements

A total of 110 firms participated in the summer internship placement process of IIM Ahmedabad's PGP batch, making internship offers to 378 students, said the Indian Placement Reporting Standards report released by IIM-A.

While the BFSI sector made 71 offers; conglomerates made 46; consulting 81 and FMCG made 50 offers.

The institute saw three job functions created for the 2013-15 batch: Consulting (23.81%), finance (20.9%) and marketing/sales (18.78%).

While around 338 students received internship offers in India, 21 received internship offers abroad including two each in the Americas and Europe, 8 in West Asia and 9 in South-east Asia.

Some students however, pursued internships in social and regulatory roles with recruiters such as SEBI and Anandwan. A few students also interned in start-ups.

Investment banking firms which recruited students included Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citibank, Nomura and RBS.

Consulting companies which made offers included: AT Kearney, Accenture, Bain & Co, Booz & Co, McKinsey & Co and BCG among others.

Other companies which recruited from the campus include The Aditya Birla Group, GE, CK Birla, TAS, Airtel, Asian Paints, HUL, ITC and Johnson & Johnson, among others.