 "IIM Lucknow completes summer placements")
The Indian Institute of Managmenet Lucknow, has achieved 100% summer placements for its largest batch of 475 students, in five-and-a-half days. The recruitment drive saw participation from 159 domestic and international recruiters.
The top four segments based on roles offered were sales and marketing, finance, consulting and business development. Rest of the offers came from domains such as operations/supply chain, general management, systems/IT, market research, analytics and HR.
Some of the top recruiters across different sectors were Aditya Birla Group, Accenture, Al Shaya, Amazon, a Delhi based NGO, Headstrong, HSBC, Hindustan Unilever, Kraft-Cadbury, McKinsey, P&G, Rakshak Foundation, a startup in the taxi business, an SME advisory firm and The Boston Consulting Group.
P&G, which was the top recruiter in this segment, opened the highest number of profiles and hired 10 interns.
Kraft-Cadbury and Hindustan Unilever were the next top recruiters. DuPont hired an intern for its prestigious Marketing Leadership Development Program. Dabur gave an international offer for its Dubai office.
BFSI sector was represented by firms such as American Express, Avendus Capital, Aviva, Axis Bank, BNP Paribas, Citibank, DBS, Edelweiss, Goldman Sachs, Headstrong, HSBC, ICICI bank, India Quotient Fund, 2 Indian PE players, Karvy, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Macquarie, Magma Fin Corp, Nomura, Sharekhan, a European hedge fund, Standard Chartered among others. The major roles were in front end investment banking, global markets, corporate/wholesale/retail banking, market research, trading and operations.
In the consulting domain, McKinsey, BCG, AT Kearney, Deloitte and Accenture made a total of 29 offers, with McKinsey and Accenture being the top 2 recruiters. WolffOlins, a niche brand consulting firm based out of Dubai, hired 3 interns exclusively from IIM Lucknow for its Dubai office.
The General Management domain saw participation from companies such as Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Cipla, JSPL, Mahindra and Mahindra, RIL and TAS among others. ABG was the highest recruiter in this domain with 10 offers.
One of the new segments that came up this year was the social and education sector with paid stipends. A total of 14 such firms participated offering roles in sales and marketing, market research, business development, finance, IT, policy research and project implementation.
The institute also attracted the highest number of international firms from the Middle East and Africa from diverse sectors such as retail, real estate, brand consulting and advertising.
The top four segments based on roles offered were sales and marketing, finance, consulting and business development. Rest of the offers came from domains such as operations/supply chain, general management, systems/IT, market research, analytics and HR.
Some of the top recruiters across different sectors were Aditya Birla Group, Accenture, Al Shaya, Amazon, a Delhi based NGO, Headstrong, HSBC, Hindustan Unilever, Kraft-Cadbury, McKinsey, P&G, Rakshak Foundation, a startup in the taxi business, an SME advisory firm and The Boston Consulting Group.
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Some of the top firms from the FMCG/consumer goods/telecom sector were Asian Paints, Airtel, Coke, Dabur, GSK Consumer, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Kraft-Cadbury, L’Oreal, Marico, Mars, Nivea, P&G, Pepsi, Puma, Reckitt Benckiser and Vodafone. In addition to the traditional sales and marketing roles, these firms offered roles in supply chain management, IT, finance, HR, analytics with some of them being exclusive roles for IIM Lucknow.
P&G, which was the top recruiter in this segment, opened the highest number of profiles and hired 10 interns.
Kraft-Cadbury and Hindustan Unilever were the next top recruiters. DuPont hired an intern for its prestigious Marketing Leadership Development Program. Dabur gave an international offer for its Dubai office.
BFSI sector was represented by firms such as American Express, Avendus Capital, Aviva, Axis Bank, BNP Paribas, Citibank, DBS, Edelweiss, Goldman Sachs, Headstrong, HSBC, ICICI bank, India Quotient Fund, 2 Indian PE players, Karvy, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Macquarie, Magma Fin Corp, Nomura, Sharekhan, a European hedge fund, Standard Chartered among others. The major roles were in front end investment banking, global markets, corporate/wholesale/retail banking, market research, trading and operations.
In the consulting domain, McKinsey, BCG, AT Kearney, Deloitte and Accenture made a total of 29 offers, with McKinsey and Accenture being the top 2 recruiters. WolffOlins, a niche brand consulting firm based out of Dubai, hired 3 interns exclusively from IIM Lucknow for its Dubai office.
The General Management domain saw participation from companies such as Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Cipla, JSPL, Mahindra and Mahindra, RIL and TAS among others. ABG was the highest recruiter in this domain with 10 offers.
One of the new segments that came up this year was the social and education sector with paid stipends. A total of 14 such firms participated offering roles in sales and marketing, market research, business development, finance, IT, policy research and project implementation.
The institute also attracted the highest number of international firms from the Middle East and Africa from diverse sectors such as retail, real estate, brand consulting and advertising.