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B-school summer placements surge; BFSI, e-commerce firms top recruiters

Summer placements, where companies hire students for internships in the following year, have concluded on a high at some of the top B-schools, including the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). 

From wrapping up the process within a day or two and placing 100 per cent students to a rise in the number of offers and stipends, top B-schools have witnessed a significant improvement compared with last year. IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), and Delhi University’s (DU’s) Faculty