IIM Calcutta witnesses 100% placement; Over 130 firms made 481 offers

New Delhi: The Final Placement at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta for the batch 2016 of 2018 witnessed 100 percent placement in just a little over two days, with over 130 firms making 481 offers across diverse sectors.

Out of the total 481 offers, nearly 50 percent were from the Finance and Consulting sectors.

Consulting stood as the top recruiter covering 27% of the total batch with Accenture Strategy being the top recruiter followed by The Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, McKinsey & Company and AT Kearney.

Finance firms contributed to 23% of the total offers with major recruiters being J.P. Morgan & Co., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Bessemer Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, CitiBank, Credit Suisse and IVFA. Bessemer Venture Partners visited IIM Calcutta for the first time.

Other major sectors included Marketing (16%), General Management (14%), Product Management & Operations (12%) and IT & Analytics (8%).Amazon, Aditya Birla Group, Star and EXL were the top recruiters in Product Management & Operations, General Management, Marketing and IT & Analytics respectively.

Other major firms included Flipkart, Microsoft, Uber, Tata Administrative Services, Hindustan Unilever Limited and Proctor & Gamble.