Autumns is Green with 200 offers for 175 PGDM participants
August 26-27, 2009

' Autumn Placement Process' for thePGDMbatch of 2008- 10 kicked off amid fears and speculation on the job scenario in these turbulent times and its impact on Bschool placements. But the fears soon melted away as SPJIMR effortlessly placed its 175 participants.

The placement process, spread over 26th and 27th August, ended with participants being offered projects with reputed companies across sectors like Consulting, Banking, IT, Investment Banking, FMCG, Private Equity, Manufacturing, Healthcare & Pharma-ceuticals, Telecom and Media. More than 60 companies visited the campus over the two days of the 'autumns' process. Tata Administrative Services (TAS), Microsoft, Citibank, GSK, Tata Capital, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G, HUL, L'Oreal , Marico, Nestle, Intel, J&J Consumer, Wipro, SAP, GE, Edelweiss, SBI Capital, Axis Bank, HT Media, Dabur, Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, Barclays, HSBC, Development Bank of Singapore, and Frost & Sullivan were few of them. There were more than 200 offersmadeto the batch of 175.

In contrast to other business schools sending the management participants for Summer Internships, SPJIMR pioneered the concept of 'Autumns' wherein the two year full time PGDM participants are mandated to undergo corporate internship during September and October in the second year of the program. SPJIMR reserves the summers for social projects with NGOs.

• Autumns 2009 at a Glance
• Total Offers Made: 200+
• Offers Accepted: 175
• Average Offers per participant: 1.14
• Participating Companies: 60+