IIM Ahmedabad Final Placements 2022: 220 roles offered by 190 firms

Just like the previous year, the management institute gave students the flexibility of making “dream” applications to firms of their choice in a subsequent cluster even with an offer in hand.

IIM Ahmedabad Final Placements 2022: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad concluded its final placement process for the MBA Class of 2022 of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP). Firms from multiple domains participated across the three clusters in Final placements, with all students being placed across more than 20 cohorts.

Placement process conducted in two stages

IIM-A final placement process was conducted in two stages- Lateral Process and Final Placements Process. During the laterals process firms interviewed students with prior work experience and offered them mid-level managerial positions. 36 firms hired from diverse sectors such as technology, banking, consulting and analytics, the official press release informed.

In the second stage of the Final Placement process, the b-school grouped the firms into cohorts based on the profile offered invited them to campus across different clusters. Just like the previous year, the management institute gave students the flexibility of making “dream” applications to firms of their choice in a subsequent cluster even with an offer in hand. 35 dream applications were made this year. This gave students the flexibility and choice to build careers in sectors of their preference.

Talking about the overwhelming response received during the final placement process, Professor Ankur Sinha, Chairperson of the Placement Committee at IIM Ahmedabad said, “This year, once again, we completed the final placement process in virtual mode with recruiters and students logging in from remote locations. The process achieved its stated objective of finding the right student-recruiter fit by providing students with options to upgrade and dream on the organisations of their choice. While the appetite of the regular recruiters was higher this year than the previous years, we also saw a significant increase in the participation of firms and the variety in job roles. This clearly indicates that the demand for high quality talent continues to grow and demonstrates the strength of relationships we have built with our recruiters over the decades. At IIMA we strive to develop future leaders for enterprises and will continue to supply the industry with the country's most exceptional talent pool of future managers. We are grateful  to the recruiters who have participated in our placement process and have helped our students realize their career aspirations. We are confident that the talent that IIMA produces through its rigorous and contemporary coursework will provide an enriching experience and significant value to the organizations."

190 firms participated during IIM-A final placements

Approximately 220 roles were offered by 190 firms in the placement process in 2022. Boston Consulting Group and Accenture emerged as the firms that made the most offers. Boston Consulting Group made the most offers (including Pre-Placement Offers) at the end of the final placement process with 47 offers, followed by Accenture with 32 offers. Among the Investment Banks, Goldman Sachs was the largest recruiter, making 6 offers, closely followed by Bank of America with 4 offers.

This year, the Private Equity, Venture Capital and Asset Management cohort witnessed a close to 42% increase in the number of net offers and Management Consulting cohort witnessed close to 30% increase in the number of net offers vis-à-vis last year. In the consumer goods and general management domain, TAS made the highest number of offers (including the pre-placement offers) – 6 closely followed by HUL, Mondelez and Emaar, with 3 offers. In the IT Consulting cohort, Tata Consultancy Services was the largest recruiter with 4 offers. In the Laterals process, PayTM made the highest number of offers – 20. PwC (13 offers), American Express (11 offers) and OYO (10 offers) were the other top recruiters in the Laterals process.

Sectoral Overview

Firms from different sectors and geographies participated in the process at IIM Ahmedabad. Recruiters in the consulting domain included Accenture Strategy, Arthur D. Little, Bain & Co., Boston Consulting Group, GEP Consulting, Kearney, KPMG, Mastercard, McKinsey & Company, Monitor Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, Praxis and PwC among others.

Prominent recruiters in the Investment Banking and Markets space included ARGA Investment, Avendus, Sanford C. Bernstein, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Premji Invest & The Xander Group among others.

Consumer goods, consumer services and consumer electronics cohorts saw participation by regular recruiters such as Asian Paints, CavinKare, Dabur, HUL, ITC, Nestle, P&G, Reckitt, Samsung Electronics, Tata Sky and Wipro Consumer Care among others.

The Conglomerate cohort saw participation like Adani Group, Aditya Birla Group, CK Birla Group, Emaar, and Tata Administrative Services, while the Retail B2B & B2C cohort consisted of firms like Amazon, eShakti, Flipkart, Myntra and Nykaa among others.

The Banking, Financial Services & Insurance recruiters included firms such as Angel Broking, and Bajaj Finserv among others. Firms that participated in the Laterals process included Amazon, American Express, BrowserStack, Capgemini, FinIQ, Flipkart, General Atlantic, Google, Microsoft, PayTM, Sprinklr, among others.

Several new recruiters also participated in IIM-A placements this year, including A&W Capital, B9 Beverages (Bira 91), Eightfold.Ai, EY Parthenon, Garena, Info Edge Venture Fund, Nykaa, PWC US Advisory, UnDosTres, Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Zomato, among others. Roles were also opened across geographies including Mexico and UAE.

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