IIM Kozhikode Placement 2021: 100% recruitment for business leadership course; highest CTC stood at Rs 46.14 lakh

The average and median salary of the batch stood at Rs 24.20 lakh per annum and Rs 20.47 lakh per annum respectively.

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the economic slowdown caused due to it, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode has achieved 100 per cent placement for its inaugural batch of the one-year Post-Graduate Programme in Business Leadership (PGP-BL).

The average and median salary of the batch stood at Rs 24.20 lakh per annum and Rs 20.47 lakh per annum respectively.

As many as 39 companies made 71 offers (including four international offers) to 65 participating students, with the highest CTC of 46.14 lakh per annum. The average salary offered to women participants stood at Rs 21.73 lakh per annum.

Congratulating the placement team and the inaugural batch, IIM-K Director Debashis Chatterjee said the diverse batch had demonstrated resilience, dedication, and leadership potential for the present VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world.

The specialised programme was launched to shape young professionals into potential business leaders. “On one hand, our existing recruitment partners showed belief in this programme and the legacy of IIM-K, while, on the other hand, new recruiters trusted the diverse talent pool on offer,” said Mr. Chatterjee.

While the graduating cohort of PGP-BL 2021 had most of the participants hailing from the traditional corporate background such as manufacturing, IT, automotive, oil and gas, retail, banking, financial services and insurance, the programme also had quite a few diverse participant profiles ranging from entrepreneurship, family business, and merchant navy.

Nearly 72 per cent of the women students attained senior leadership roles and 27 per cent of the women were recruited in women-focused leadership roles.

Though the IIM Kozhikode Placement 2021 saw active participation from companies across domains, consulting (25 per cent) took the biggest share. Amongst others were general management (18 per cent), sales and marketing (17 per cent), operations and supply chain (15 per cent), finance (15 per cent), and IT and Analytics (10 per cent).

Some of the leading companies that participated in the placement process included Accenture Strategy, Amazon, Axis Bank, Barclays, Blackberry, Cognizant, Crisil, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Gramener, IBM, Infosys Consulting, Mphasis, Microsoft, PayPal, PhonePe, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Publicis Sapient, Redington, and Tata Elxsi.

The one-year PGP-BL is a uniquely designed management programme aimed at shaping young graduates with relevant work experience into potential business leaders through a high-intensity and holistic curriculum and regimen. According to IIM-K, the programme is specially crafted to combine academic instruction with global exposure, and deep sensitisation to critical aspects of leadership and responsible business, fashioned through a development regime that enables personalised learning and reflection.

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