IIM Lucknow final placements 2015: An overview
By Pragya Sehgal
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow concluded the placement process for the Post Graduate Programme batch of 2013-15, on February 9, 2015. A whopping number of job offers were made by a total of 144 recruiters including 43 first time recruiters. Overall, 463 job proposals were made for a batch of 453 students.
Out of the 463 job offers, 93 were Pre Placement Offers (PPOs), 163 were lateral offers from the higher entry placement process (HEPP), and the rest 207 were that from the final placements. As compared to last year, the number of lateral offers saw an increase of 23%.
The topmost domain based on the roles offered included sales & marketing (25%). This domain was followed by finance which contributed by 22% to the total placements made. 21% of the total offers were made by the consulting industry, 15% by e-Commerce, 10% by systems/IT and the rest 7% by general management.
The companies that recruited in big numbers included Snapdeal , ABG, Barclays, Accenture Management Consulting, Amazon , BCG, Deloitte, Cognizant Business Consulting, HDFC Bank, McKinsey, KPMG, Samsung, Star TV and Reliance Industries.
| Placement summary |
|
| Total number of students eligible for placement |
453 |
| Number of companies participated |
144 |
| Number of first time recruiters |
43 |
| Total number of offers made |
463 |
| PPO offers |
93 |
| Students placed through lateral placement |
163 |
Domain-wise Overview
| Domain |
Companies |
| Consulting |
Accenture Management Consulting, BCG, Deloitte, A.T. Kearney, McKinsey, E&Y, KPMG and PwC |
| General management |
Reliance Industries, Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Mahindra and Mahindra, JSPL and TAS |
| E-commerce/IT/Technology |
Appsdaily, Cognizant, Amazon, eBay, , Commonfloor, Flipkart, Infosys, Google, HCL, Magicbricks, PayTm, , Mindtree, Shopclues, Snapdeal, Wipro and Uber |
| Banking, Financial services and Insurance (BFSI) |
BAML, Barclays, Citibank, Avendus Capital, CRISIL, Edelweiss, Development Bank of Singapore, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ICICI bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank, Standard Chartered, Nomura, and Yes Bank |
| FMCG/consumer goods / digital media/telecom sector |
Coke, GSK Consumer, Airtel, HUL, ITC, Kraft-Cadbury, HT Media, , Pepsi, P&G and Vodafone |
Placement reports of IIM Bangalore, IIM Shillong, IIM Kozhikode and IIM Ahmedabad (in process) for the batch 2013-15 have already been released.
