IIM Lucknow summer placements 2015: A detailed outlook

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow has wrapped up the PGP summer placements 2015, placing its entire batch of 457 students in four days.

More than 157 domestic and international recruiters participated in the summer placement process, including 35 first time recruiters.

The top four segments based on roles offered were sales & marketing, finance, consulting and business development including niche profiles in finance domain. The rest of the offers came from domains such as operations/supply chain, general management, systems/IT, market research, analytics and HR.

Some of the top recruiters across different sectors included Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Auctus Advisors, Avendus, BCG, Deutsche Bank, Flipkart, Hindustan Unilever, M.H. Alshaya, McKinsey and P&G among others. First time recruiters include AskMe.com, CarDekho.com, Hay Group, Nomura IB and Uber among others. International profiles were offered by M.H. Alshaya, Deutsche Bank, Hindustan Unilever and Kellogg's.

According to a release from the institute, “The top segments based on roles offered were sales & marketing (25%), finance (22%), consulting (21%), e-Commerce (15%), Systems/IT (10%) and general management (7%). The strong economic situation supported IIM Lucknow in attracting diverse roles in the finance domain. Rest of the offers came from domains such as market research, analytics, business development, social media marketing and HR among others.”

Sector-wise breakup

The release further said, “35 companies hired for the first time from IIM Lucknow with over 60% coming from the Sales & Marketing, Finance and e-Commerce sector. Some of the other sectors that were represented by these firms were consulting, systems/IT, general management, media and automotive. The roles were primarily in sales and marketing, finance and e-Commerce. The healthy economic environment has helped IIM Lucknow maintain its status as a top recruiting destination and has attained 100% placements for its largest graduating batch.”