IIM Calcutta concluded the final placement process for the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) batch of 2017 achieving 100% placement within a record three days with the highest domestic package at Rs 70 lakh per annum and the highest international package at 90,000 Euros per annum.
While recruiters came up with a total 474 offers including a significant number of International profiles, the Finance sector topped the maximum number of offers strengthening the image of IIM Calcutta as the Finance campus of Asia, the institute said in a release.
The diploma in management at the Post-Graduate level has a two-tier structure. A core curriculum (compulsory credit courses and compulsory non-credit courses), a summer internship (compulsory industry training between first and second year) and elective courses (optional courses in the second year).
Recruiters including Avendus, Edelweiss, Goldman Sachs and HSBC made 29% of the total offers in this sector. Consulting sector emerged as the second highest recruiter contributing to 22% of the total offers. Top recruiters in this sector were Accenture, AT Kearney, Bain, BCG, McKinsey. General Management firms also recruited in big numbers this year with 15% offers being made in this sector by ABG, CK Birla, TAS and others.
Sales & marketing roles contributed to 12% of the total offers, predominantly by HUL, ITC, P&G and Reckitt Benckiser.
Apart from these, e-commerce and IT roles also contributed to 14% of the total offers and companies including Amazon and Wipro hiring in big numbers.
IIM-C said it would shortly release a detailed official placement report. The 2-year full-time PGDM residential progam, according to the institute, is designed to train students to become excellent general managers and high-level-decision-makers with broad strategic vision. Viewing management as an integrated process, the program helps students develop a global view and respond effectively to changes in the economic, technological, cultural and political environments.
Specific skills in areas such as accounting, finance, marketing, operations, and management lie at the heart of the course.
The diploma in management at the Post-Graduate level has a two-tier structure. A core curriculum (compulsory credit courses and compulsory non-credit courses), a summer internship (compulsory industry training between first and second year) and elective courses (optional courses in the second year).
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The first year is committed to developing business fundamentals through compulsory courses spanning the areas of economics, finance, marketing, operations, systems and organizational behaviour. The second year offers more number of electives than any other B-School in India, the flexibility ensuring that a student never makes a compromise with his desired area of pursuit. Students aspiring to delve deeper into topics can undertake term papers under faculty supervision.
For successful completion of the programme, a student must earn a minimum of 93-credit points (excluding term papers) and a maximum of 105-credit points during the course of the program. This is considering all Compulsory and Elective Courses at IIMC, STEP Courses and Summer Project (as a compulsory pass/fail Credit Course) as applicable. The term paper(s) are not to be counted for minimum credit requirements.(Image Source:Wikipedia.com)
