Accenture Emerges as the Top Recruiter at IIM-A in 2016
According to the final placement reports of 2016 released by IIM Ahmedabad for PGP, PGP - FABM and PGPX programs, Accenture has been the top recruiter at the premier management institute.
According to the final placement reports of 2016 released by IIM Ahmedabad for PGP, PGP - FABM and PGPX programs, Accenture has been the top recruiter at the premier management institute of the nation. The report was prepared in line with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS).
Following are the highlights of IIM-A placement 2016:
Total number of students | 403 |
Number of students who participated in placement drive | 383 |
Number of firms that participated in placement drive | 110 |
Number of students who started their entrepreneurial ventures | 8 |
Number of recruitment done by consulting sector | 108 |
Number of recruitment done by banking and finance sector | 70 |
Number of students hired by Online Services | 53 |
Recruitments in IT | 26 |
Recruitments in conglomerates | 24 |
Recruitments in FMCGs | 28 |
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According to the report, the highest offers were made by consultancies, Accenture being the top recruiter.
Check out the number of students hired by some of the prominent consultancies:
Name of the Consultancy | Number of students hired |
Accenture Strategy | 18 |
The Boston Consulting Group | 17 |
Bain & Co | 16 |
Most of the offers made were based in India and the number of international offers has also come down from 40 in 2015 to 15 in 2016.
Offers made were based from the following countries:
Name of the country | Number of Offers |
India | 368 |
Asia Pacific | 8 |
Europe, Middle East , Africa (EMEA) | 7 |
Following are the Cash Component statistics (domestic) of IIM-A:
Minimum fixed yearly cash component | Rs. 6,00,000 |
Median fixed yearly cash component | Rs. 17,00,655 |
Maximum fixed yearly cash component | Rs. 35,00,000 |
Minimum earning potential cash component | Rs. 11,50,000 |
Median earning potential cash component | Rs. 21,00,000 |
Maximum earning potential cash component | Rs. 48,00,000 |
Cash Component statistics of International offers:
Minimum fixed yearly cash component | $34,248 |
Median fixed yearly cash component | $60,000 |
Maximum fixed yearly cash component | $132,896 |
Minimum earning potential cash component | $35,112 |
Maximum earning potential cash component | $1,53,568 |
Apart from the above data for PGP programs, the institute also provides placement data for its PGP-ABM and PGPX courses.
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The report provided by IIM A have been audited by Brickwork Ratings which is an independent third party auditor.