Pre-placement party at IIM-C gets better in ’09

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Kolkata, Sep 4: There maybe a negative sentiment prevailing in the international and domestic sectors but the pre-placement party at IIM-Calcutta remains unspoilt. For the students of 2009 batch , the number of pre-placement offers has already touched 54. This is when more than half of the companies are yet to announce the results of summer internship.

Last year, the total number of offers for the entire year was 90. “We are likely to cross the 90 mark this year,” says Krishnan Sekar, external relations secretary. “The number of offers are higher than last year and many companies are yet to make their moves.”

Students have bagged jobs across sectors with offers pouring in from consultancy firms, investment banks, commercial banking, general management and marketing firms. Students have also been offered international profiles with BCG, McKinsey, Bain and AT Kearney in the consultancy sector. Companies like Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Barclays, HSBC, Credit Suisse and Citibank have decided to give out final job offers midway of the academic year itself.

Macquarie, which is a first timer on campus, has also made offers to all the Indian interns. Students have been offered prestigious profiles in Australia, Europe, US, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines and India.

With marketing and general management firms also offering international profiles on campus, the good news only gets better with HUL, P&G, Aditya Birla Group and TAS making pre-placement offers to students.