From Tech and FMCG firms to Banks, Consulting Groups, it's raining jobs at IIM Bangalore

The final placement season of the institute saw the participation of 411 students, who received over 450 offers across job profiles from the top recruiters. A total of 162 pre-placement offers were given to the students before the beginning of the final placements based on their performances during the summer internship out of which 133 offers were accepted by the students.

Global banks

IIM Bangalore played host to most leading global banks on the first-day of the Final Placements. Goldman Sachs made 14 offers, including PPOs. Citi Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered were the other key participants. Among banks and financial firms, American Express made eight offers followed by YES Bank, ICICI Bank, Visa, and so on.

Consulting companies

In the strategy consulting domain, the Boston Consulting Group led with 20 offers (including PPOs) followed by Accenture Strategy, McKinsey & Co, Bain & Company, Deloitte and AT Kearney.

Indian conglomerates

Indian groups were led by the Aditya Birla Group, followed by Wipro Global, Bharti Airtel, Mahindra Group, Tata Administrative Services and Reliance Industries.

New recruiters

New recruiters were by Sprinklr making six offers followed by Sterlite Power, BNY Mellon, Power Finance, Vedanta and others.

Sales and Marketing

Many students opted for Sales and Marketing roles and were extended offers by major consumer goods firms led by Anheuser-Busch Inbev. Other leading recruiters in this category were Proctor & Gamble, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Johnson & Johnson and Marico.

Technology

Prominent recruiters in the technology space included Samsung, Tech Mahindra, Microsoft, WNS, Directi, Sterlite Technologies, Microland, Sasken, UnitedHealth Group, Schneider Electric, Phillips, Robert Bosch, Honeywell and Sutherland Global. Capgemini, IBM Consulting and Cognizant Business were the top recruiters in IT consulting.

E-commerce

E-commerce players showed reduced interest compared to last year, with Amazon leading with 12 offers. Other key recruiters included Ola Cabs, Paytm, Myntra and Uber (1). Analytics recruiters included Mu Sigma (1) and Bridgei2i (1).

The healthcare sector saw offers from Dr Reddy’s, and from the real-estate sector offers were made by Nitesh Estates and Altisource Ocwen.