B-School placements: Early reports show rise in stipends by 12-15%

Most offers coming from regular recruiting firms and sectors led by consulting, analytics, IT and finance

Contrary to apprehensions of a dull season, early summer placement trends at B-schools show an upswing in form of a double-digit rise in stipends and anticipation of higher pre-placement offers (PPOs).

B-schools like XLRI - Xavier School of Management, IMT Ghaziabad and Indian Institute of Management Kashipur (IIM-K), among others have either concluded their placement process for summer internships within a few days of commencement or have already seen a jump in stipends by 12-15 per cent over last year.

For instance, XLRI-Xavier School of Management which wrapped up its summer placements process for its 2017-19 batch of 364 students