IT sector lead recruiter at IIM Udaipur final placements

The Information Technology (IT) emerged as the leading recruiting sector in the final placements for the 2012-14 batch at the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur (IIM-U). As per the unaudited interim report released by the institute, of the total 89 offers accepted by students, 33 came from the IT sector.

IIM Udaipur is signatory to Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS), as laid down by IIM Ahmedabad, and will soon be releasing the externally audited version of the placement report for the 2012-14 batch.

A total of 52 companies have participated in the final placement process, offering a wide variety of new, niche and regular roles spanning across Finance, Consulting, Sales and Marketing, Operations, Analytics, IT, HR, Business Development and General Management.

Regular recruiters like GE India, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, Bajaj Auto Ltd., Quikr, Genpact, BPCL, Crompton Greaves and Mother Dairy continued their association with the institute. ICICI bank was the largest recruiter, hiring a total of 8 students from campus. Cognizant, a first time recruiter, was the second largest recruiter hiring a total of 6 students.

The average salary for the batch stood at Rs 10.37 lakh. The 89 offers also included two international offers made by EMEL Group.

In terms of domain, sales/marketing, consulting and finance emerged as the top three profiles being offered.

Meanwhile, in a first at IIM-U, two students opted out of the placement process to pursue opportunities as entrepreneurs with the support of the Entrepreneurial Development Committee (EDC), IIM Udaipur. The start-up is in the food processing industry that would involve manufacturing, packaging and marketing of the product(s).