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This story has been modified. Please see the clarification at the end of the article.
Embibe and consulting firm KPMG on Sunday made the highest number of offers (six each, including pre-placement offers) during the third round of final placement at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) for PGP batch of 2014.
According to official statement issued by IIM-A, the companies that participated in the third round of placement included those from pharma sector, Public Sector Units, Technology and Internet companies, Banking & Financial Services firms and Management Consulting firms.
Banking and financial services sector saw participation from firms like Bharti-Axa, Axis Bank and HDFC, besides Abbott and Indegene from the pharma sector. Companies in the Technology and Internet cohort that extended offers to students included Infibeam and IBM amongst others.
"At the time of this release, Embibe and KPMG had made the highest number of offers (six each, including pre-placement offers) in this cluster," the statement issued by the premier B-School said.
Commenting on the placement Todd C. Lowenberg, Group Head for Advanced Analytics in MasterCard Advisors said, “Our experience with recruitment has been positive this year, and we saw some well-rounded candidates. We have high expectations from the candidates we recruited due to the premiere reputation of IIM Ahmedabad.”
While HCL Technologies said, "We have been recruiting candidates over the years from IIM Ahmedabad, and the candidates have gone on to perform successfully in the organization and have taken up prominent leadership positions within the organization. It has been a good experience to recruit from IIM Ahmedabad this year as well, and we are hopeful for a long lasting relationship with the institute."
Last week Amazon, EXL and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had made the highest number of offers at the cluster two of PGP final placement of IIM-A. In the Cluster 2 the consumer goods, consumer services and global technology firms category saw participation from regular partners like Amazon, HUL, ITC, Nestlé and Samsung. While in the category of general management and leadership the recruiters included Mahindra group. Besides this the niche consulting section comprised of firms like EXL, Feedback Infra and others.
Earlier this month, the first cluster saw global strategy consulting, investment banks and global financial services firms offering jobs. Consulting firm Accenture Strategy made the highest number of offers–18 (including pre-placement offers) in Cluster 1.
Other recruiters during first cluster also included AT Kearney, Bain & Co., The Boston Consulting Group, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Oliver Wyman and others. The banks offered diverse roles across trading, investment banking, private banking and quantitative strategy.
CLARIFICATION
This story had mentioned that Embibe is a consulting firm, which is wrong. Embibe is an online education company. This has been corrected. We regret the error.
