IIPM placement cell breaks its own record
24 July 2012 7:52 AM IST
As it prepares to start the year long celebration on entering its 40th year of existence, The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) on Monday announced the campus placement results for the Class of 2010-12. The institute successfully placed 3,491 students (beating its own national record of 2,800 students last year for which it has been bagging the prestigious Dewang Mehta Award for the last four consecutive years). An astounding 1,299 domestic and international companies visited the various IIPM campuses this year.
Dean Arindam Chaudhuri said, ‘With more than 90 per cent of the class of 2012 already placed, we are once again set to achieve our target of 99 per cent+ placements this year for the 16th year running. No slowdown has ever been able to hit the amazing placement cell at IIPM, which has more than 100 people working round the clock and around the globe.’
Class of 2012 received an overwhelming response from the corporate and saw companies from all sectors visiting the campuses. The recruitment process that kicked off in September 2011 had an overwhelming participation from different industries. Although, the batch size was more than the previous batches, this season witnessed a surge in participation of companies by over 75 per cent.
Overall, the average package offered to the class of 2010-12 increased significantly by 20 per cent compared to last year. The average package that was offered to the students of IIPM’s flagship program was Rs 6.25 lakh while it was Rs 4.5 lakh for non-flagship ISBE program of IIPM. The international average package offered this year stood at Rs 12 lakh. The highest package at domestic level offered was Rs 16 lakh by Kapston Facility Mgt. Pvt. Ltd for IIPM students and Rs 7 lakh for ISBE students. The highest international package this year was Rs 18 lakh offered by Al Mashriq LLC, Dubai.
Preet Singh Chawla, who bagged highest domestic package credits her success to IIPM and said, ‘When it comes to global outreach, nothing in the world can beat IIPM. A perfect blend of intellect and fun is how I would like to describe my journey at IIPM. An amalgamation of good faculty members and an interactive and application based style of teaching has contributed a great way in my personality and made me a confident individual. Each class at the institute was a new learning experience and the exposure helped me to get my goal for my corporate journey in a much better way.’
This year, companies such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, HDFC Bank, Colgate and Palmolive, Canon India, HSBC Investments, Ernst & Young, Indiabulls Investments, ICICI Group, Mahindra and Mahindra Group, Aditya Birla Group, Vodafone, Airfone China, Reliance ADAG Group, TAJ Group of Hotels, IGate Technologies, HP, Zee Enterprises, UB Group, Jet Airways, Copal Partners, DLF Group, American Express and RR Donelley, to name a few, visited various IIPM campuses, beside other regular recruiters. Even a surge in international companies visiting the campus was seen with names like First Gulf Bank, Jumbo Electronics Dubai, LandMark Retail, Al Abbas Group Dubai recruiting more than 75 students from various campuses.
One of the top recruiter of this year, Rachit Mehra, Unit Head-Acquistions, Barclays Bank PLC said, ‘It has been a short association with IIPM but the quality of candidature we got to see here is amazing. The values and ethos taught at IIPM shows in the confidence and commitment of the candidates. IIPM has a very good talent pool which gives the institute an edge over others.’
Dean Arindam Chaudhuri said, ‘With more than 90 per cent of the class of 2012 already placed, we are once again set to achieve our target of 99 per cent+ placements this year for the 16th year running. No slowdown has ever been able to hit the amazing placement cell at IIPM, which has more than 100 people working round the clock and around the globe.’
Class of 2012 received an overwhelming response from the corporate and saw companies from all sectors visiting the campuses. The recruitment process that kicked off in September 2011 had an overwhelming participation from different industries. Although, the batch size was more than the previous batches, this season witnessed a surge in participation of companies by over 75 per cent.
Overall, the average package offered to the class of 2010-12 increased significantly by 20 per cent compared to last year. The average package that was offered to the students of IIPM’s flagship program was Rs 6.25 lakh while it was Rs 4.5 lakh for non-flagship ISBE program of IIPM. The international average package offered this year stood at Rs 12 lakh. The highest package at domestic level offered was Rs 16 lakh by Kapston Facility Mgt. Pvt. Ltd for IIPM students and Rs 7 lakh for ISBE students. The highest international package this year was Rs 18 lakh offered by Al Mashriq LLC, Dubai.
Preet Singh Chawla, who bagged highest domestic package credits her success to IIPM and said, ‘When it comes to global outreach, nothing in the world can beat IIPM. A perfect blend of intellect and fun is how I would like to describe my journey at IIPM. An amalgamation of good faculty members and an interactive and application based style of teaching has contributed a great way in my personality and made me a confident individual. Each class at the institute was a new learning experience and the exposure helped me to get my goal for my corporate journey in a much better way.’
This year, companies such as Citibank, Standard Chartered, HDFC Bank, Colgate and Palmolive, Canon India, HSBC Investments, Ernst & Young, Indiabulls Investments, ICICI Group, Mahindra and Mahindra Group, Aditya Birla Group, Vodafone, Airfone China, Reliance ADAG Group, TAJ Group of Hotels, IGate Technologies, HP, Zee Enterprises, UB Group, Jet Airways, Copal Partners, DLF Group, American Express and RR Donelley, to name a few, visited various IIPM campuses, beside other regular recruiters. Even a surge in international companies visiting the campus was seen with names like First Gulf Bank, Jumbo Electronics Dubai, LandMark Retail, Al Abbas Group Dubai recruiting more than 75 students from various campuses.
One of the top recruiter of this year, Rachit Mehra, Unit Head-Acquistions, Barclays Bank PLC said, ‘It has been a short association with IIPM but the quality of candidature we got to see here is amazing. The values and ethos taught at IIPM shows in the confidence and commitment of the candidates. IIPM has a very good talent pool which gives the institute an edge over others.’
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