Consulting firms drive IIM Calcutta PPOs

Indian Institute of Management (IIM Calcutta) is witnessing a rise in the number of Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs). The post graduate programme (PGP) batch of 2012-14 has so far received 58 PPOs (including 11 PPIs).

The highest number of offers came from Management Consulting firms. The top four management consulting firms offered 27 PPOs, out of a total of 30 interns, which translates to a staggering 90% conversion rate, informed an official statement. Both McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company have offered fulltime positions to all their interns from IIM Calcutta, making it the only B-School to have 100% PPO conversion rate in these firms. The Boston Consulting group has offered 10 PPOs while AT Kearney made four PPOs.

Firms like Hindustan Unilever, Microsoft, Accenture Management Consulting, Royal Bank of Scotland, Aditya Birla Group, Flipkart, Facebook, Mondelez International, Sutherland Global and Basix are some other firms to offer PPOs. M.H. Alshaya Co. presented international offers based out of Kuwait, to all its six IIMC interns.  Further, Piramal Group has offered a PPO to a doctor pursuing his MBA at the institute.