IIM Kozhikode records 100% placements

Updated on: Friday, November 06, 2009

Chennai: In spite of economic downturn and uncertain economy IIM Kozhikode is the lone among premier institutions of India to announce 100 per cent summer placements for its thirteenth batch students on Thursday.

"Though there was an increase in batch size to 309 from 260 last year, all the students got challenging roles and profiles of their liking with the support of our regular recruiters," said Prof Keyoor Purani, chairperson placements.

" For a change this year new recruiters in the fields of media, sports management, hospitality and NGOs queued up to pick up students who are willing to explore new avenues and challenge old stereotypes," he added.

"The placement season has gone on very fine. We were expecting it to get a little tough this time round with an increased batch size and the reluctance among companies to hire interns in a tumultuous environment. But like it turns out, we are the first IIM to finish summer placements and the students have been able to secure jobs in reputed firms," told Abhishek Jangir, one of the student.

Participation by top banks ensured that there was no dearth of opportunities for students aspiring to pursue a career in finance. Business firms such as Escorts group, Ramky group and Shriram EPC offered profiles in corporate finance with around 9% of the batch opting for these roles.

Apart from the global titans like Arthur D Little, KPMG, Hewitt, J P Morgan Chase, Citigroup, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Pepsico, Colgate Palmolive this season witnessed enthusiastic participation by business firm such as Essar, Mahindra & Mahindra and Mirah that offered roles in business development and general management.

IIM Kozhikode records 100% placements

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