Consulting firms dominant on first day of IIM-A summer placements for 2012-14 batch

Updated on: Thursday, November 08, 2012

Consulting firms picked up interns in large numbers on the first day of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's summer placements for the 2012-14 batch. The cohort-based placement will be held in four clusters, beginning from Wednesday. Cluster 1 had global strategy consulting, international investment banks, and investment management firms.

More than 25 firms, including McKinsey & Co, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital, Royal Bank of Scotland and Accenture, participated in the placement process.

However, on the lines of campus placements this year, it was consulting firms which took the most interns.

The institute, in a statement, said that BCG extended offers to 14 students and was the biggest recruiter in Cluster 1. "Consulting firms recruited in large numbers in general, with McKinsey & Co and Accenture recruiting double digit numbers of interns. Firms in the financial sector also hired aggressively. Royal Bank of Scotland recruited interns for various roles in different locations," said the statement.

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