IIM-A concludes summer placement

Over 110 companies participated in summer placement process in 2014 for PGP batch

The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has completed the summer placement process for its post graduate programme in management (PGP) and PGP in agri-business management (PGP-ABM) of the batch of 2014-16.

In its summer placement report for 2014-15, prepared in line with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards, IIM-A said as many as 110 companies participated in the summer placement process in 2014 for the PGP batch.

Roles in consulting were offered by global strategy consulting and niche consulting firms, including Accenture Strategy, Alvarez & Marsal, A T Kearney, Bain & Company and  The Boston Consulting Group, among others. The Boston Consulting Group with 16 offers emerged the largest recruiter. The total batch strength is 399 students, including five students who have come from international universities to pursue education at IIM-A. For its PGP-ABM programme, 46 students were placed from a batch size of 49. Three students opted out for entrepreneurial ventures through IIM-A' Centre of Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE).

Companies which recruited PGP-ABM students include Godrej Agrovet, Monsato, Mother India Farms, Nestle, Rabobank, Gyngenta, Tetra Pak, Axis Bank among others. Roles made available to students include business development, marketing, logistics and supply chain management.