IIM-Calcutta achieves 100% placement with 529 offers

Main recruiters

Accenture Strategy emerged as the top recruiter among the consulting sector which included firms like EY-Parthenon, Monitor Deloitte, KPMG, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Vector Consulting and Arthur D. Little, McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Kearney amongst others.

This year, a total of 114 students (21.5 per cent) entered marquee finance firms from the Private Equity, Venture Capital, Investment Banking, Markets, Asset and Wealth management domains which saw participation from firms like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, Barclays, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Arga, Avendus, Neo Asset & Wealth Management, Kotak Alternate Assets, Kotak Mahindra Capital, Ambit, Incred, Prime Ventures, Orios VP, Premji Invest, Elevation Capital, O3 Capital, Gaja Capital and Innoven Capital among others.

Additionally, the technology sector witnessed the participation of firms like Microsoft, Navi, Arcesium, Media.Net, Uber, Angel One, HCL, Newgen, Zomato, Javis, and NPCI which extended offers to 88 students (16.6 per cent) and Marketing and General Management sector like ITC, Loreal, Proctor & Gamble, Dabur, Tata Administrative Services, Vedanta, Adani, Hinduja, Aditya Birla Group, Essar Group, JSW and Reliance among others which recruited 130 students (24.6 per cent).

New trends

This year witnessed a new trend of firms offering role in ‘Founder’s office’. These roles were offered by OLA, IndusInd Bank, Newme, ParkStreet, PoshN, Kofluence among others. The season saw the participation of many first-time recruiters like Jio Financial Services, Hero Fincorp, Yubi, Sobha Realty, Sirius AI, Husk Power Systems and DMI Finance.

Additionally, a greater interest was spotted in the pre-placement offer route. Several global firms participated as first time recruiters and IIM Calcutta is happy to partner with them for with its strong talent pool.