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One Quote which aptly summarizes the Placement Season at IMI, New Delhi in 2009 is
“Tough times do not last, tough people do”.
As the year 2009 witnessed the world crumbling under the Great Economic Downturn, which had no precedent in its magnitude; As the businesses grappled to survive the tough times and as many businesses perished owing to weak revenue models or foundations, one thing that was made clear to the world was that in order to survive in this Economic scenario, one has to have rock solid foundations and prudent knowledge along with highly institutionalized integrity and credibility.
This is the reason, International Management Institute, New Delhi, with its elite and dignified academic foundations, proved yet again that “When the going gets tough, the TOUGH gets going!”. A glance at the Placement Scenario in 2009 shows this:
To begin with, International Management Institute would like to acknowledge its gratitude towards the corporate patrons for their continued faith and trust in the quality of students IMI has provided them over the years. It is because of this, that even during the downturn, more than 48 companies visited the campus and participated in the Final Placements Process – 2009.
The Placement Season at IMI had already begun way back, when the students did an exceptional work during their Summer Internships and started receiving Pre Placement Offers (PPOs) and Pre Placement Interviews (PPIs) ever since August 2008. Some of the prominent domestic companies that offered PPOs to students were: RPG Enterprises, DSCL, Asian Paints, Maruti Suzuki, Ranbaxy, Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt. Ltd, Onida (MIRC Electronics), CEAT Limited etc… just to name a few.
PGDM (2007-09) Batch Placements
As can be seen from the Pie Chart above, the PGDM Batch of 2009 (which includes specializations of Marketing, Finance, Operations, IT), the companies offered a plethora of profiles ranging from International Marketing, Wealth Management, Market Research, Sales and Distribution to mention a few.
For the Marketing Profile, RPG Enterprises – CEAT and KEC International emerged as the highest paymaster, paying 10.5 lakhs p.a. for the Marketing profile, followed by Vodafone which recruited a student on 9.92 lakhs p.a. for their Sales and Marketing profile. Amongst the other top paymasters were Ranbaxy, HCL, Hindustan Unilever etc... Many new recruiters joined the list including Canara HSBC,IMRB, IREDA, Ranbaxy, Perfetti, Pulsar Knowledge Center etc… The telecom sector also witnessed recruiters like Infosys BPO, Tata Teleservices, Perot Systems as the big recruiters for their Business Development roles.
The Finance profiles were also offered to interested candidates at IMI, despite of the Financial downturn in the economy. Some of the brands that visited IMI included IREDA, EnY, SBI Life Insurance Ltd, KLG Systel, IFCI, Citibank, Globus Spirits Limited, Central Bank of India etc… offering profiles across the domains like investments, wealth management, equity research, debt intermediation, consulting, credit rating etc…
For Systems and Operations specializations, the companies like Infosys BPO, HCL Technologies and Perot Systems offered profiles across Business Development, consultancy etc… VISA Steel and KLG System also offered operations profile to our students. This ensured that the students were able to choose the profiles based on their areas of interest.
PGDMHR (2007-09) Batch Placements
At a time, when the Human Resource fraternity was witnessing the lowest attrition rates and job openings, IMI tried its best to find suitable jobs for all its students in the PGDM – HR Batch. A brief overview of their profiles is shown below.
The highest Paymaster in the HR Domain was RPG Enterprises, paying 9 lakhs p.a. to students and offering profiles across Corporate HR, Training and Development, Talent Acquisition etc… The batch was placed across the domains including Banking and financial Institutions – SBI Life, FINO, Central Bank of India, FMCG – Global Spirits Limited, Manufacturing – IFFCO Limited, DSCL, and other majors like IREDA,NDPL, RPG Enterprises – CEAT Ltd. HR Consultancy firm Hewitt Associates was also a part of the placement process at the institute. The overall profiles also included Employee Engagement,Compensation and Benefits, Qualitative research and Generalist HR.
In conclusion, the Institute would like to thank the corporate for reposing their faith in the student quality at IMI. The Following companies Participated in the Final Placement Process at IMI, New Delhi for the batch of 2009:
Adarsh Group
Ambujex Technologies Private Limited
Asian Paints
Aviva Life Insurance Private Ltd
Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life
Insurance Co. Ltd.
Citibank
Darashaw and Co.
Delton Cables Limited
DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited
Ernst and Young
FINO
Globus Spirits Ltd.
HCL
Hero Honda Motors Limited
Hewitt Associates
Hindustan Uniliver Ltd.
ICICI Bank Limited
IFFCO Ltd.
iMarketing Advantage
IMRB International
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
IFCI
Infosys BPO Limited
Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd
IREDA
K&A Securities Pvt Ltd
KLG Systel
Krishna Maruti
LMJ International
Lovely Professional University
Maruti Suzuki India Pvt. Ltd
North Delhi Power Limited
Onida (MIRC Electronics)
Perfetti Van Melle India Ltd.
Perot Systems
Pulsar Knowledge Center
Quantum Market Research
Ranbaxy
Sa Re Ga Ma
CEAT
KEC International
SBI Life Insurance Ltd.
SRF Limited
Synovate
Tata Teleservices Limited
Trustline Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.
Visa Steel
Vodafone
Words Window Impex India Pvt Ltd.
Exec PGDM Placement Statistics
Placements at International Management Institute, New Delhi went well for the batch of Executive PGDM students (June 2007-08).
Geared towards students with prior industry experience, a plethora of offers were received in varied profiles such as Finance, Operations, Marketing, among many others. The average salary package offered was Rs. 10.05 lacs. The highest salary offered too, reached the 18 Lac rupee mark. Even more satisfying for the students has been the rich mix of offers equally spread across various domains to choose from.
The diversity of profiles on offer for different specialization can be seen from the kind of profiles that were offered ranging from Project Finance, Risk Management, Capital Markets Research, Thought Leadership & Development, Corporate & Institutional Sales, SAP implementation, Business Transition & Solutions Design, Market Analytics, Project Management, IT Sales, and Six Sigma.
Students were offered Roles like Channel Sales Manager, Manager-Project Finance, Manager-Quality Six Sigma, Manager-Transition, Associate-Capital Markets, Sr. Research Analyst, Manager (Sales Operations), Research Associate, Business Development Manager, Deputy Manager-Projects, Manager (Sales Operations) and Operations Manager.
Leading companies in India participated in the campus recruitments like Lehman Brothers, Deloitte, IL&FS IDC, PWC, HSBC Global, Satyam Computers, AT Kearney, Genpact, JSW Infra & Logistics, Apollo Health Hiway, KLG Systel, Necleus Software, Huntsman International,
With the final placements finishing in a matter of days and companies coming in for placement processes, expectations are high for a robust end to the placement season for the batch of Executive PGDM 2008.
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