IIM Kozhikode Placement: Highest salary at Rs 43.9 lakh per annum; 100% students placed

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode has witnessed 100 percent placement in its postgraduate programme in business leadership (PGP-BL) 2023 batch. The PGP-BL is a one-year residential MBA programme. The average salary in the IIM Kozhikode 2023 placement stood at Rs 29.23 lakh per annum, while the median salary secured by the students is Rs 25 lakh per annum. The program attracted the participation of 50 companies which made 66 offers, including 4 international offers, to the 58 participating students. The highest salary offer recorded is Rs 43.9 lakh per annum.

The batch comprised a diverse cohort of participants with pre-MBA work experience in varied sectors including in manufacturing, technology, automotive, retail, finance, healthcare, public sector, and family business.

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Congratulating the IIM Kozhikode placement team Debashis Chatterjee, director IIM Kozhikode said: “The success of the placement process speaks volumes of the competency of this unique one-year MBA. This diverse offering has time and again proved that IIM Kozhikode’s mission to nurture young professionals with experience into potential business leaders, is on a sound academic and industry footing.”

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“The diverse industry talent pool, support of IIMK’s strong alumni base, trust of the recruitment partners and the growing reputation of IIM Kozhikode, were factors that stood strong by us and supported the successful process,” he added.

Consulting sector extended half of the offers, while general management, sales and marketing, and product management extended about 15% each. Some prominent recruiters that took part in this year’s placement process were Accenture Strategy, Accenture Technology, Accenture Operations, HSBC, Ernst and Young, Publicis Sapient, IBM Consulting, Cognizant, JSL, Standard Chartered, Axis Bank, Infosys Consulting, TheMathCompany, Merilytics, Quantiphi, Mphasis, Reliance Jio, Hexaware, Tata Elxsi, Whatfix, OneCard, and Paramount among others.

Qambar Abidi, placements chairperson at IIM Kozhikode said: “The sustained success of the Business Leadership programme is a testimony to the faith of our recruitment partners in the high-intensity and holistic curriculum and regimen followed at IIM Kozhikode.”