IIM Kashipur Placement 2020: 52 percent hike in highest domestic salary package offered

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur has concluded its final placement for the batch of flagship Post Graduate Program in Management programme (2018-20). 

This year, the institute witnessed participation from 96 organizations, offering 252 roles across various domains including Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Consulting, Strategy, Sales and Marketing, Operations, HR, IT & Analytics.

According to the data released in the press release by the business school, the IIM Kashipur placement 2020 witnessed a hike in the average salary as well as the highest package offered. Last year, the average salary offered during the IIM Kashipur placement drive was Rs 12.24 lakh. However, in the current placement year, the B-school received an average salary of Rs 13.82 lakh. The highest domestic salary package offered is Rs 45 lakh which is an increase of 52 percent from the last year.

Despite the fact that batch size increased by 25 percent, IIM Kashipur proved its worth with the increased number of offers and recruiters. Out of 249 students who were eligible to sit for the campus placement, 227 got placed. 

A total of 96 companies participated and arrived on the campus to hire the talented pool of candidates. Overall 252 positions were offered to 249 students who applied for placements through the institute's placement cell. The IT & Analytics sector took the cake with the highest number of candidates preferring placements in this sector.

Other than that, the candidates got placements in other sectors such as Finance, Marketing, Strategy & Consulting, HR, General Management, operations. 

Several recruiters visited the campus of the institute. In the IT & Analytics sector, Infosys BPM, Tredence, Mphasis, CARE Ratings, IndiaMart, EvalueServe, Mindtree, Novozymes, Futures First, etc. offered profiles such as BFSI Analytics, BI Analytics, Big-Data Services Management, Business Intelligence, Research, Business Solution Enabler, Cloud Business Analyst, Data Analytics Consultant, Financial Analytics, Growth Hacker, IT Project Management, Operational Analytics, Product Quality Analyst, Senior Business Analyst, Senior Research Analyst, and Technical Project Manager. These companies visited the campus to offer lucrative positions to the students across various domains such as marketing, finance, and operations.

Market leaders like TATA Advanced Systems, TATA BSL, Larsen & Toubro, Mindgate, Byju’s, Teltonika, HDFC Bank, VKL Seasoning, Muthoot Fincorp, InMobi, etc. offered coveted profiles such as Agri-Marketing, B2B Marketing, B2C Marketing, Brand Manager, Campaign Manager, Category Manager, Channel Manager, Corporate Relations
Executive, Customer Acquisition, Customer Relationship Management, Digital Marketing Associate, Direct Sales Officer, Enterprise Sales Manager, Inbound Sales, Key Account
Manager, Market Research Associate, Pre-sales Consultant, Pricing Manager, Relationship Manager - Retail Branch, Retail Marketing, Rural Marketing, Sales Development Executive, and Strategic Marketing.

Along with this, 32 first time recruiters also visited the campus and showed keen interest in hiring the candidates.