Goa Institute of Management wraps up final placements 2015

By Sunitha Chandrasekharan

Goa Institute of Management (GIM) has concluded the final placement process for Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) for the outgoing batch of 2015. As compared to last year, there has been a 10% increase in the average salary. Around 40% of the students were offered a salary of more than Rs 9 lakhs.

According to report, the highest salary bagged by GIM’s student is Rs 13.15 lakh per annum. While, the average CTC stood this time is Rs 8.75 lakhs per annum.
Out of the total strength of 245 students, 14 students opted out of the placement process. In total 231 placement offers were made by 56 participating recruiters.

Big names like Accenture, AQ Insights, Bisleri, Blue Ocean, Cognizant, Deloitte, eClerx, Emerson, Fidelity, HDFC, HCL Technologies, HDFC Life, Infosys BPO , Tata Motors, Thought Works, WCCLG, Millward Brown, Syntel, Syntel KPO, United Breweries, IMRB, Godrej & Boyce, Fidelity, Pidilite, KPMG, Verity, JP Morgan, Nielsen, Tata Capital, TCS, Mastek, Infosys, Wipro Technologies, Photon Infotech and Odessa Technologies participated in this year campus placement.

Below table will provide you information related to salary breakup in different sectors offered to the students.

Placement Summary
Total number of eligible students in the batch	245
Total number of opt outs	14
Total number of students placed	231
Total number of offers made	231
Number of participating recruiters	56
Number of first time recruiters	6
Total number of PPOs/PPIs	22
Highest Salary	Rs  13.15 lakhs
Median Salary	Rs 8.8 lakhs
Average Salary	Rs 8.75 lakhs

Domain	Students	Average Salary	Highest Salary
Marketing	132	8.5	12.5
Finance	69	9.32	13
Human Resources	15	8.06	8.96
Operations / IT	17	8.92	13.15

Top recruiters offering profiles in double digits were among Cognizant, HCL Technologies, HDFC, eClerx, JP Morgan and Infosys.

Domain/Discipline	Recruiters and roles offered
Sales & Marketing area	Bisleri, Blue Ocean, ThoughtWorks, Tata Motors, IMRB, Mastek, United Breweries, Pidilite, Godrej & Boyce, Millward Brown, WCCLG and Syntel
Consulting firms	Cognizant, Deloitte and KPMG
Banking and finance service and Insurance(BFSI)	AQ Insights, Darashaw, eClerx, Fidelity Investments, HDFC, HSBC, HDFC Life, JP Morgan, Tata Capital and Verity,
Technology sector and allied fields	Accenture, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Photon Infotech, Wipro Technologies, TCS and Odessa Technologies.