Consulting firms lead recruitment at IIMB with 147 offers

The Lateral and Final Placements for the PGP Class of 2018-20 of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) saw 518 offers, leading to all 428 students who appeared for placements being placed over three interview days.

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Professor U. Dinesh Kumar, Chair, Career Development Services, IIM Bangalore, said: “Prominent domestic and international recruiters participated in the final placements which resulted in premium jobs for the students. There was a 6.14% increase in the total number of jobs offered compared to the previous year.”

Consulting companies made 147 offers led by Accenture with 26 offers, followed by The Boston Consulting Group with 23 offers. Prominent recruiters in the information technology and IT product management domain, who made 38 offers are Microsoft IDC (10), TCS (6), Amagi Labs (2), Byju’s (2), Cisco (2), Infoedge (2), Tech Mahindra (2), Google (1) and ValueLabs (1). The 32 offers made in the fast-growing E-commerce space included Amazon (20), Flipkart (4), Paytm (4) and Prione (4). — TNS