Final Placement Report

2012

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INDORE

Highlights
The final placements for the PGPM batch of 2010-12, the largest across IIMs, witnessed participation
from 138 companies. Several middle and senior management level offers were rolled out to match the
expertise and preferences of the batch. The entire process bore testimony to the quality of participants
and the excellent pedagogy of IIM Indore.
The above factors coupled with tireless
efforts of the faculty, a growing alumni base and
a strong corporate relationship cultivated over the
years, made a plethora of recruiters choose IIM
Indore as the preferred campus for recruitment.
This was corroborated by the 20% year on year
growth in the number of offers made per company.

Offers Across Functions- Over the years

Sales & Marketing and Consulting were the most sought after profiles with 27% and 26% of the candidates
opting for them respectively. IIM Indore continued its steadily increasing dominance in the consulting domain,
with a 90% surge in the number of offers
over the previous year. This is a clear reflection
of the success of a case based pedagogy that
ascertains classroom discussions on about
15 cases per week on various national and
international business scenarios. In addition,
20% of the participants accepted offers in Finance
while another 19% accepted offers in IT,
HR and General Management.
Domain Wise Offers - Final Placements 2012
The Scenario Over The Last Few Years

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Compensation Details
The 443 strong batch saw a 50% increase in the number of recruiters visiting the campus. 50% of them were
first time recruiters, a testimony to the growing brand value of IIM Indore. The increased batch size also
ensured that a diverse talent pool was available for recruitment and the companies reciprocated by offering
various new profiles. Roles like Executive Assistant to Managing Director and Functional Heads were
offered exclusively at IIM Indore.
IT/ITES and BFSI sectors rolled out maximum offers to 46% of the candidates. Highlight of the season
includes 13% of the candidates opting for sunrise sectors such as e-commerce, Education, Pharma and
Healthcare. Cognizant Business Consulting (CBC) selected 28 candidates and emerged as the largest
recruiter of this season. Global Consulting arm of Tata Consultancy Services and Deloitte Consulting
recruited 19 and 13 candidates respectively.
The average CTC this year stood at 13.3 LPA.
The average salary for top 235 candidates
was 16.1 LPA, a surge of 15% over previous
year. The Top 50 salaries drew a staggering
average compensation of 23.1 LPA. This
demonstrates that the best management talent
is well acknowledged in the corporate space.
International roles based out of Middle East
and Singapore were also offered to candidates.

Average Compensation (in LPA)-Finals 2012

Myriad opportunities were available for a batch in

which one-third of the candidates had a prior work
experience in IT/ITES sector. Majority of them opted
for senior roles in IT domain and drew an average
salary of 14.8 LPA. Finance and Operations closely
followed with an average compensation of around
14.5 LPA. The highest domestic compensation of
32 LPA was made by a Europe based Investment
Bank.
Average Compensation (in LPA) - Across Functions

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Profiles On Offer
Consulting
26% of the batch opted for roles in the Consulting domain. Boston Consulting Group (BCG),
Cognizant Business Consulting, Deloitte Consulting, TCS Global Consulting, IBM Consulting,
Infosys Management Consulting and KPMG were the prominent recruiters in this domain.
Supply chain consulting profiles were offered by Bristlecone and Renoir Consulting. Participants
were offered international exposure in niche roles such as commodity trading, litigation consulting,
process consulting and infrastructure consulting by companies such as Olam International, IFFCO
International and other firms based out of Singapore and Middle East.

Consulting: Profile-wise Breakup

Finance: Profile-wise Breakup

Finance
20% of the batch opted for roles in Finance. The most sought after roles included Investment Banking,
Corporate Finance, Corporate Banking and Asset Management. Various other niche profiles such as
Hedge Fund, Asset Management, Buy and Sell side Analyst were also offered. Prominent recruiters
included Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Nomura, Standard Chartered, HSBC, ICICI, Axis Bank,
Futures First, Yes Bank, CRISIL, RBI, SBI Caps and IDBI. Other recruiters like Larsen & Toubro, Genpact
and UTI offered roles in Corporate Finance and Hedge funds.

Sales & Marketing

This domain enjoyed the status of being the most sought after, with 27% of the batch opting for diverse
profiles in varied sectors. Leading FMCG's such as HUL, Asian Paints, ITC etc made their presence felt.
The Telecom space was represented by Idea, Airtel, Vodafone and AGC Networks . Sunrise sectors like
e-commerce, Energy and Pharma recruited one-fourth of the candidates in this domain. Big names include
Flipkart, BuyThePrice, Wipro Eco-energy, GSK Pharma, Abott Healthcare etc. Automotive giants like Tata
Motors and TVS motors also offered profiles in this domain.

Sales & Marketing: Sector-wise Breakup

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IT: Profile-wise Breakup

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Profiles On Offer
Information Technology & Human Resources
12% of the batch opted for roles in IT&HR. Candidates with prior work experience in IT were offered
middle and senior management roles in various areas like Project Management, Product Management,
Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Client Engagement. Prominent recruiters included
Yahoo, General Electric, TCS, Wipro, Hindustan Unilever-IT, HSBC- Global Research and L&T
Infotech. A major mobile solutions provider offered the profile of EA to MD exclusively at IIM
Indore. HR Profiles were offered by IBM, GAIL and a major business conglomerate.

General Management
7% of the batch opted for roles in General Management. Large Indian conglomerates like Tata Group, Reliance,
Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance ADAG, Jindal Group and CK Birla Group recruited candidates
with work experience for various General Management profiles. Corporate strategy roles were offered by Tata
Administrative Services (TAS) and Manipal Group.

General Management: Sector-wise Breakup

Operations: Sector-wise Breakup

Operations & Supply Chain

8% of the batch opted for diverse range of profiles across supply chain management, logistics and
infrastructure management. Proctor and Gamble offered Pre-Placement Offers to candidates. Other
major recruiters in this domain were Amazon, Infibeam, Airtel, L&T, Cummins, Genpact and the Manipal
Group. The operations area also saw participation of firms like 3M and Avalon Consulting for the first time.
Profiles in commodity trading were offered by Olam International and a few other firms from Middle East.

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Sector - Wise Placements

89% of the batch of 2010-12 had prior work experience across diverse industry sectors. Candidates with
professional work experience across top corporate houses like McKinsey & Co., HSBC, PwC, Google,
IBM, SAP etc were present in good numbers. While some candidates with prior work experience in IT
opted for middle/ senior management roles in the same sector, many others made a shift to E-Commerce
and Consulting. Cognizant Business Consulting was one of the top recruiters for lateral candidates.

Prior Experience: Sector Breakup (Batch of 2010-12)

Immense career enhancement opportunities were available for candidates with prior work experience
in domains such as BFSI, Consulting, FMCG, Automobile, Energy,Telecom, Education etc.The average
compensation of Lateral offers averaged 14.5 LPA. The average compensation of participants with prior
work experience increased by 200% over their previous job assignments.

Final Placements: Sector-wise Breakup

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Looking Ahead: Class of 2013

The Batch of 2013 has a good mix of both fresh graduates (36%) and experienced professionals (64%).
40% of the candidates are from premier institutes like IIT's and NIT's. The strength of the batch lies not
just in the diversity in work experience but also in its gender diversity. There are 95 female participants
in this batch of 450 candidates.
The batch exhibits excellent academic credentials.
One-third of the candidates have secured over 90%
in their higher secondary exams. Candidates have
senior level and managerial experience across varied
sectors. The batch also has experience with known
recruiters such as Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan,
KPMG, Bank of America, ITC, Amazon,
Schlumberger, Mahindra, Adobe, Cisco, Texas
Instruments etc.
Work Experience- Batch of 2013

Summers 2012

Prior Experience, Sector Breakup- Batch of 2013

Summer Internships- 2012

FMCG majors such as HUL, ITC, J&J-Consumer, Britannia, Reckitt Benckiser, Pepsi, Heinz, Perfetti
offered roles in Sales & Marketing. Varied finance roles were offered by major banks such as Deutsche Bank,
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Edelweiss, Standard Chartered, JPMC, HSBC, Citibank,
Amex, ICICI etc. Other big names include TAS, Accenture Management Consulting, Mahindra & Mahindra,
GE, P&G, Olam International, Amazon, Flipkart, Infibeam, Vodafone, Airtel etc.

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