IIM Ahmedabad: 119 PGPX students placed; 5 international offers

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad has concluded a one-year full-time Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) placement 2022. 119 PGPX students have been placed in top consulting, online services.

This year, consulting firms emerged to be the largest recruiter by hiring as much as 35% of the students followed by online services, information technology and BFSI sectors that recruited 20%, 14% and 9% of the students, respectively.

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About 62 firms participated in IIMA’s PGPX placements with organisations visiting the campus to recruit candidates for their middle and senior management positions. This year saw a renewed focus on hiring for Consulting and Product Management roles as well as international hiring from the programme. It also saw a surge in hiring for strategic and growth roles including CEO, Ecosystem and Marketing Head, Vice President, Chief of Staff, Director, Young Leadership Programs, Program Head, Product Head and more.

Companies which participated in the recruitment process at IIMA include BCG SEA (South-East Asia), BCG India, Bain, PwC, McKinsey, EY-Parthenon, Monitor Deloitte, Eques Capital, Adani Digital, Arthur D. Little, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, OLA Electric, Magicpin, UBS, Lenskart, Simplilearn, Accenture, Indegene, FinIQ, Genpact, Persistent, ElasticRun, Decimal Technologies, Pravaig, Gujarat Gas, Flipkart, Skit.ai. Accenture made the highest number of offers followed by Adani Digital.

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Sitakant Tripathy, PGPX Recruitment Secretary added, “We are pleased to share that the IIMA’s PGPX Class of 2022 has completed its placement season on a high note. This year’s placements reiterate the programme’s focus on building leaders for an evolving business world. The numbers speak for the strength of the programme and the value organizations find in hiring the students from this programme.”

“While Consulting, E-commerce, and other online services were the highest recruiting sectors, we have also seen an uptick in international hiring. Furthermore, we have a healthy mix of returning and new recruiters across sectors and geographies. We take pride in the continued trust the organisations have bestowed upon IIMA’s PGPX cohort and are confident that PGPX graduates will continue to excel in every role and responsibility undertaken by them,” he said.