PGPM Class of 2009 Secures 100% ALP Placement
August 24, 2009

The fifth batch of SPJIMR's eleven-month Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) secured impressive 100% placements during ALP (Application of Learning Programme) The class of 2009 comprises 55 participants having averagework experience .

The companies that hired participants for the ALP programme were Agility Logistics, Aqua MCG, BAeHAL, Conjoin Group, Frost&Sullivan, IDFC, ITC, John Deere, KPIT Cummins, KPMG, L&T HED, L&T Infotech, Loop Mobile, Mobisoc, OTIS, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Siemens, Spanco Telesystems, Spice Digital and Zycus. The placement process sawoffers fromtraditional sectors such as Information technology, telecom, finance and marketing as well as emerging sectors such as corporate strategy, project finance and supply chain.

Consulting, market research, marketing and finance were some of the areas in which the participants secured projects with various roles such as IT consulting, supply chain consulting, management consulting and logistics consulting. Five participants secured international ALP projects in association with Reutlingen University in Germany.

ALP is a unique programme in the PGPM curriculum that of six years aims to strengthen the industry-academia relationship. As part of ALP, participants undertake full-time projects at company premises for a period of six weeks. During this period, the participants take up challenging projects and companies leverage on the rich experience of participants across diverse domains. At the end of the term, the candidates present a report to the company.