IIM Kozhikode PGP 2015 placements: 72 students recruited through PPOs
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode’s final placement process for Post Graduate Programme (PGP) 2013-15 batch has been completed within 10 days. The institute saw 100 per cent placement for the batch of 349 students.
A total of 259 offers were made for the participating 347 students. Two students from the total strength of the batch stepped out of the placement process and took up entrepreneurship ventures and higher studies respectively. The highest domestic salary bagged by the students was Rs 29.5 lpa. While the average and median salaries stood at Rs 14.92 lpa and Rs 14.0 lpa respectively.
The placement process saw participation of 97 firms for the recruitment. Out of these, 35 per cent of the recruiters i.e. 34 companies were the first time recruiter at IIM Kozhikode which includes Axis Bank, Britannia, Cinepolis, Bluestone, Future Group, Idea, HP, Heinz, Hexaware, InMobi, Infosys Management Consulting, Lenovo, Tata Communications, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Snapdeal, and ZS Associates.
A rise of 38 per cent has been seen in Pre- Placement offers (PPOs) over last year making the total number to 72 students. A total of 73 offers were made by the top recruiters of the season which includes Samsung, Goldman Sachs, Snapdeal, KPMG, IBM Consulting, and Vodafone.
Of the total batch, 23 per cent of students opted for Sales & Marketing and Consulting domains respectively. About 19 per cent of students chose Finance domain. While, 15 per cent of the batch opted for General Management.
| Placement Summary |
|
| Total number of students in the batch |
349 |
| Number of students opting out of placement process |
2 |
| No. of students taking part in placement process |
347 |
| Number of companies participating |
97 |
| No. of offers made |
359 |
| Total no. of PPOs |
72 |
| Average Salary |
Rs 14.92 lpa |
| Median Salary |
Rs 14.0 lpa |
| Highest Domestic Salary |
Rs 29.5 lpa |
Domain-wise Overview
| Domain |
Companies |
| Finance |
American Express, J. P. Morgan, Citibank, CRISIL, HP, Deutsche Bank, Edelweiss, Axis Bank, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ICICI, ICRA, SBI, Nomura, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Dell and Yes Bank |
| Sales and Marketing |
Arvind Lifestyle, Bluestone, Nestle, Britannia, Coffee Day Beverages, Tata Steel, GSK Pharma, HCCB, Hansa Cequity, Heinz, HUL, Idea, Lenovo, Bajaj Auto, Marico, Mogae Media, Raymond, People Interactive, PepsiCo, Pidilite, ITC, Samsung, Snapdeal, and Vodafone |
| Consulting |
Avalon Consulting, Paramount, Deloitte, EXL Services, Genpact, IBM, KPMG, Infosys Management Consulting, Cognizant Business Consulting, MuSigma, and ZS Associates |
| General Management |
Aditya Birla Group, Altisource, Bosch, Philips, Future Group, Airtel, Godrej, ICICI Prudential, Snapdeal, Mahindra Group, TAS, Reliance, RPG, and Tata Communications |
| Strategy |
Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP Group) and Cipla |
| Operations |
Amazon, Flipkart, Asian Paints and Snapdeal. |
| Technology |
Asian Paints, HCL, Technology Solutions, Accenture, Capgemini, TCS, Hexaware, HUL, Indus Valley Partners, Mahindra Comviva, Microsoft, Google, Mindtree, Matrimony.com, Mphasis, and Wipro |
