IIM-A PGP Summer Placements 2021 - 2022 concluded with 100% recruitment

Recruiters from various domains participated virtually across the three clusters in Summer Placements, with all students being placed across more than 20 cohorts.

IIM-A Summer Placements 2021: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad successfully concluded its summer placement process for the MBA Class of 2023 of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management. Amid the ongoing pandemic situation, the recruitment process was conducted via virtual mode only. Recruiters from various domains participated virtually across the three clusters in Summer Placements, with all students being placed across more than 20 cohorts.

“161 firms participated with 219 different roles in the summer placement process in 2021. Firms were grouped into cohorts based on the profile offered, and groups of cohorts were invited to campus across different clusters,” the placement report reads. “As in previous years, students were provided the flexibility of making “dream” applications to firms of their choice in a subsequent cluster even with an offer in hand. Around 120 students made over 220 dream applications this year. This gave students the flexibility and choice to build careers in sectors of their preference,” it further adds.

Sector-wise details on the number of students placed

Sector	No. of Students Placed	Percentage
Consulting	162	42
Financial Services	72	19
Marketing	62	16
General Management	32	8
Product / Category Management	37	10
Others (Business Development and Systeme/IT)	24	6
Total number of students placed	389	100

Boston Consulting Group emerged as the top recruiter with 26 offers in the Management Consulting cohort, followed by Kearney with 24 offers. “In the Advisory Consulting domain, PwC made the maximum offers – 12 and in the Niche Consulting sector, GEP & Synergy made the highest offers – 5 offers each. Nomura was the highest recruiter in Investment Banking and Markets cohort with 10 offers. Xander Group was the highest recruiter in the PE/VC and Asset Management cohort with 4 offers. In the Consumer Goods, Consumer Electronics and Consumer Services domain, HUL extended the most offers – 14, followed by Samsung Electronics with 9 offers and Proctor & Gamble with 7 offers,” the institute informed.

In the conglomerate cohort, TAS emerged as the largest recruiter with 7 offers. Amazon was the highest recruiter in the Retail B2B & B2C domain with 11 offers. In the IT Consulting cohort, Tata Consultancy Services was the largest recruiter with 12 offers. Ola Electric was the highest recruiter in the Core Manufacturing & Infrastructure cohort with 5 offers

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