IIM-C completes placement for 2011 batch

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) today completed the final placement of all 388 students of 2011 batch, the process wrapped up in five days.

A IIM-C statement said on the first day of the placement, finance, considered to be IIM Calcutta's forte, saw a manifold rise in the number of offers compared to last year.

With investment banks like UBS, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and HSBC picking up many students, the offers were for desks across the globe, including Singapore.

Japanese investment bank Daiwa Securities and a global consulting firm, Essex Lake group also gave exclusive offers to IIM-C.

On the first day, termed as day zero, the consulting firms gave the most number of offers with the usual favourite Mckinsey & Co alone making 13 offers, including 4 pre-placements.

The firm recruited for its Singapore, Sydney and India offices.

BCG, Bain & Co and AT Kearney recruited in large numbers as well.

Other recruiters in the following days are FMCG behemoth Procter and Gamble for their sales and marketing, including roles in Singapore, Dabur, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, J&J Consumer Products, Nokia and Kraft Cadbury, Tata Administrative Services (TAS), Feedback Ventures, Hewitt, EXL services.

Indian investment banks like ICICI Securities, India Infoline, Allegro hired students as well as international banks including HSBC, Standard Chartered and the Development Bank of Singapore.