FMS completes final placements

Delhi University's Faculty of Management Studies (MS) completed its final placements on Saturday, placing a batch size of 216 students.

The institute, in a press statement said general management roles were the most sought after on campus this year, with a larger, more diverse pool of companies in this space. Companies which offered general management roles included Tata Administrative Services, Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance Industries Ltd., Ranbaxy, Cipla , Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. and HCL.

Capgemini Management Consulting was the largest recruiter with 12 offers.

FMCG recruiters such as HUL, ITC, Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola India, Mondelez-Cadbury, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Asian Paints, etc. recruited in numbers from FMS. ITC was the largest recruiter in this domain, with 11 offers.

Other FMCG majors who recruited at FMS included PepsiCo, Reckitt Benckiser, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., L'Oreal, Nivea, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd., Britannia, SABMiller and Akzo Nobel. First time recruiters included 3M, Adidas and Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands hired exclusively from FMS for the position of Senior Brand Manager.

Telecom, Automobile and Consumer Electronics sectors also made their presence felt in this domain, with Airtel, Vodafone, Philips and Tata Motors also recruiting from FMS. This year also saw participation from recruiters from across sectors, including Shell, Tata Steel, BPCL, IOCL and Extramarks.com. FMS continued to be among the preferred campuses for recruiters from the Media sector, including HT Media, Times OOH and first-time recruiters such as Network18 and Mogae Media, to name a few. Jumbo Electronics added to the diversity, recruiting from FMS for its International profile yet again.

About a fifth of the batch managed to bag roles in Finance, from across various functions like investment banking, wholesale banking, corporate finance, treasury etc.

O3 Capital, Goldman Sachs and SBI Capital Markets offered Investment Banking profiles. Despite the bleak scenario and low intake in the BFSI sector, offers were made by a number of premier International and Indian banks, across Wholesale Banking and Treasury roles, including Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Axis Bank, ICICI, Yes Bank, Bank of America Merryl Lynch and American Express. AC Nielsen recruited from FMS for its prestigious Finance Leadership Program (FLP) for the first time this year.

Corporate Finance roles were offered by Nestle and Wipro. Apart from the above, other recruiters in this domain included EXL Services, Trident, ING Vysya, Max Life Insurance etc.

With over 50% of the batch having prior work experience, this placement season saw a number of IT majors recruiting in numbers for niche profiles at FMS. Microsoft offered its coveted Program Manager role for its India Development Centre, while HCL offered an International role, for its Global Engagement Manager profile, for the first time.

E-commerce made its presence felt in a big way with Amazon, MakeMyTrip, Ibibo, Infoedge and Valyoo technologies participating in this year’s process. KPMG offered its IT advisory role while Capgemini also gave offers for its IT consulting role. Other IT recruiters include Aricent, TCS, Genpact, Wipro, Saviance etc. The variety of roles in this domain ranged from Product Management, Business Development and Marketing to IT Consulting.

Supply Chain and Operations roles were offered by Mars Chocolates, Tata Steel, Flipkart, Morarka and Channel Play among others. Wipro also offered its Supply chain consulting role.