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The Indian School of Business (ISB) has placed 762 students participated in a first-of-its-kind ‘integrated’ placements held across its Hyderabad and Mohali campuses.
The rolling placements is still underway, and around 5% of the Class participating in various stages of the placements process, placements will conclude in May.
"Through the ‘integrated’ placements concept, ISB made all efforts to reach out to a large number of recruiters and as a result, the number of companies participating and offers made has seen a significant increase. A total of 421 companies (increase of 21% over last year) contributed around 798 offers (increase of 27% over last year) as on date," ISB said in a statement.
The Technology sector made the largest number of offers on campus. 300 offers were made by 53 companies such as Apple, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Facebook, Google, HCL, Hewlett Packard, IBM, ITC Infotech, Microsoft, Wipro Ltd, among others.
Consulting sector was the second largest recruiter, contributing 163 offers from around 30 companies including A T Kearney, Accenture, Booz & Co, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Global eProcure, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, Oliver Wyman, Parthenon and PwC.
ISB also say hiring for finance positions by several banks and other financial institutions which made a total of 75 offers on campus. Companies included Citibank NA, Delta Partners FZ LLC, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS AG, Yes Bank, among others.
58 offers were made by pharma, healthcare and biotech sector made by leading players including Biocon, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson, Max Healthcare Ltd, Novartis Pharma AG and Ranbaxy Laboratories among others.
A total of 741 students participated in the placements process this year, out of the 762 students in the Class of 2013. 21 students opted out of the process to start their own ventures, return to their companies or family businesses. The ISB follows the ‘Rolling Placements’ concept - a lateral hiring process spread over several months, giving both the recruiters and the students, time to find their best fit
Women students at the ISB, who comprise 29% of the class, were chosen for key roles such as Director, Chief Strategy Officer, General Manager, Executive Assistant to Managing Director, Vice Presidents and Regional Managers.
Axis bank, for its ‘Axis Bank – ISB Leadership Programme’, selected 12 women students to build a women leadership pipeline for their organisation.
Leadership programmes constituted around 10% of the total number of offers made this year, and came from companies such as Aditya Birla Group, Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, IBM India, Ranbaxy Ltd, General Electric, HCL Technologies, among others. "Companies across sectors and geographies continued to bring their prestigious Leadership Programmes to the ISB. These roles are aimed at building the leadership pipeline for the participating companies," ISB said.
