IIM Kozhikode summer placements 2015: BCG, Accenture Strategy, Shell emerge as top recruiters

Indian Institute of Management - Kozhikode (IIM K) wrapped up their summer placement process for Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in 6.5 days.  More than 100 recruiters offered various roles to 349 students.

The average stipend increased by 32% to Rs 1.06 lakh while the highest stipend was Rs 3 lakh.

Boston Consulting Group, participating for the first time, recruited five students for its Consulting role. Other new recruiters include Accenture Strategy, EY, Nestle, Shell, Perfetti Van Melle, D.E.Shaw, Homelane, Xerox, Boehringer Ingelheim, OYO Rooms, Sony, etc.

Accenture Strategy, Deutsche Bank, EY, HUL, JP Morgan, Philips and Vodafone were the top recruiters, making a total of 52 offers.

With 35% percent of the batch were placed in Sales and Marketing domain and 16% in consulting. BFSI offered diverse roles in corporate finance, investment banking, risk advisory, global investment research, retail banking and capital markets.

“Niche roles were offered by games and sports management firms such as Reliance Games, Gaames Unlimited, Speculur among others. Other roles such as visual merchandising, retail management were also opted for by the students in non-conventional companies,” informed a release.