In the final placement drive for PGP-BA and PGP 2024 at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) a total of 516 eligible students got the job opportunities and accepted offers from 163 national and global firms, as per the press release from the institute.
The placement week, which ended on February 7, 2024, saw 503 students placed, while 13 students were placed in a subsequent rolling placement process, it added.
During the placements, 29 students have been placed abroad with Infosys Consulting (7), Strategy& Middle East (6), Jindal Shadeed (5), TransformationX (3), EY Parthenon Singapore (2), JP Morgan Chase London (2), Health City Cayman Islands (2), Fast Retailing, Japan (1) and Landmark Group, Middle East (1) while 487 students will be working in India. The median annual salary stands at Rs. 32.5 lakhs.
“In a difficult placement year, we are immensely grateful to accenture as they reposed confidence in the IIMB students by making a record of 58 offers across its three units – Global Networks, India Markets Unit and Data & AI,” Ganesh N Prabhu, Chairperson, Career Development Services, IIMB, said.
The institute further said that the consulting firms made the most offers with 218, while offers in finance, banking and investments were 81. IT firms and ecommerce firms made 49 offers each. Manufacturing and infrastructure firms made 36 offers, conglomerates made 30 offers, consumer goods and retail firms made 28 offers. Also, analytics and AI firms made 13 offers and healthcare related firms made 12 offers. The 516 offers are detailed below.