Cluster 2 of IIM-A placements sees FMCG, niche consulting firms

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) conducted cluster 2 of its final placement process for the post graduate programme (PGP) batch of 2016 that comprised cohorts of consumer goods and services, niche consulting, general management, pharmaceuticals and technology sectors.

Regular recruiters like Airtel, Asian Paints, HUL, ITC, Nestle, P&G, Reckitt Benckiser and Samsung formed part of the consumer goods and services and technology cohorts while general management and leadership cohort comprised recruiters such as Aditya Birla Group, C K Birla Group and Tata Administrative Services. On the other hand, recruiters in the niche consulting cohort included Arete Advisors, and Feedback Infra, among others.

IIM-A conducts its placement process by spreading it across clusters comprising sectoral cohorts. This year, the process has been tentatively spread across four clusters with the third cluster to be held on February 19.

Earlier, cluster one of IIM-A's final placement process saw cohorts comprising investment banking and markets; management consulting and private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.

While Accenture Strategy made the highest number of offers at 18 in cluster one, other regular recruiters include the likes of A. T. Kearney, Bain& Co., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Oliver Wyman, and The Boston Consulting Group, among others.