The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the statutory body for regulation of chartered accountants in the country, held its second campus placement programme for the current year across 16 cities of the country. The highest compensation stood at Rs 24.64 lakhs per annum, which was offered to 3 students by ALGHANIM industries (one of the largest private owned industries in the Gulf region) for international posting.
In a statement, ICAI said that despite an economic slump, the recruiters included leading companies like ITC, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., Alghanim Industries, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Wipro Ltd., Madura Fashion and Life Style, Marriott Hotels India. More than 624 students got recruited during the campus placement programme.
CA Subodh Kumar Agrawal, President, ICAI said, "We are happy to see the response of the companies at our campus placement programme despite the current phase of economic slowdown. As many as 58 organizations offered jobs to our students and the salary package offered to them ranged between Rs. 4 lakhs to Rs. 24.67 lakhs."