SPJIMR PGDM Placements 2010 - Where quality matters

Difficulty is an excuse history never accepts. While much has been speculated about the job scenario in today's turbulent times and its impact on the exalted histories of B-school placements, SPJIMR is creating a unique mark by crafting what seems like a perfect culmination of its PGDM course.

Current economic times which is still in the recovering phase, the institute ensured a successful placement season for the PGDM class of 2010 garnering support from its influential alumni network and making use of its relationship with over 1200 companies.

74 companies visited the campus giving 224 offers to the 175 strong PGDM Class of 2010, with 21 of these companies being first-time recruiters.

Financial Services dominated the placements with nearly 24% offers. Traditional sectors such as FMCG, Telecom and IT accounted for 38% of the total offers made. Consulting firms contributed to 15% of total offers while sectors unexplored in the past like PSUs, regulatory bodies, market research, pharmaceutical, educational services, etc. contributed 23% to the total offers made. Some of the prominent names recruiting this year include TAS, Microsoft, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered, HUL, P&G, Asian Paints, Avalon Consulting, L’oreal, Yes Bank, Bosch, GE, IBM, HP, Novartis, CTS, Tata Capital, TSMG, Deloitte, Cadbury, etc.

The institute believes that a diversified participant profile ensured by its unique admission process provides rich talent for companies to recruit at lateral as well as entry level managerial positions. 51 pre-placement offers were made to the participants on account of the Autumns Internships. The placement season also saw participants bagging foreign offers in the areas of consulting and general management.

Economic conditions still in the recovering phase and seem to be improving on the whole, but the support that SPJIMR has seen from the corporate world is overwhelming. The institute believes that this has been due to its focus on influencing management practice and promoting value-based growth through its various pedagogic innovations, which attracts and produces the finest managerial talent.

*SPJIMR, Mumbai has gone ahead to be the first ever B-School to get its placement data audited for the placements for the Class of 2010. The complete data would be released once the audit is complete.