PGDM Placement Snapshot 2014

MAMALLAS, PGDM CLASS OF 2014

Great Lakes saw the successful placement of the very first batch of the two year PGDM in 2014 with a large number of companies making offers across industries and functions. While IT/ITES area saw the maximum number of offers, the highlight of the PGDM placements has been the significant number of offers made by companies in Banking & Financial Services.

The 10th year of Great Lakes saw new milestones with placements happening for two full time programs PGPM and PGDM for the first time and Great Lakes managed to place the record number of students despite the tough economic conditions. Along with the Institute becoming the youngest business school in India to receive the AMBA international accreditation recognizing overall quality, the successful placement season witnessing the largest ever set of companies and students getting placed, makes the 10th year celebration even more special. With the successful final placement of the first batch and the exceptional summer placements of the 2nd batch, the PGDM program is all set to up the ante going forward.

Key Highlights

  • Maximum offers have been from the IT/ITES (36%) followed by Banking & Financial Services (29%)
  • Maximum roles were offered in Sales & Marketing followed by Finance and Technology
  • Average CTC was INR 8.07 lakhs with the CTC ranging from INR 6-10 lakhs
  • Highest Domestic CTC: INR 10.00 lakhs; International CTC: US $ 44,414

Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank all made multiple offers while Kotak Mahindra Bank was also the largest recruiter overall making 8 offers. Other prominent recruiters include Abbott Healthcare, Bharti Airtel, Cognizant, Decalthon, Dell Finance, Dexler, Gofrugal, Greenply, ICRA, IndusInd Bank, Matrimony.com, Optimal Strategix, Polaris, Ramco Systems, RBS, Robert Bosch, TCS, TVS Motors, etc. The Average CTC offered was INR 8.07 lakhs and the Highest CTC was INR 10.00 lakhs by Dell Finance. The placements also saw an international offer made for the very first batch by Hashi Energy, Kenya.

Placement Snapshot

Major Recruiters and Roles Offered

Major Recruiters and Roles Offered

Recruiters List*

Abbott Healthcare

Great Learnings

Photon Infotech

Altisource

Greatplace to work

Polaris

ANZ Bank

Greenply

Ramco Systems

Axis Bank

Hansa Cequity

RBS

Bharati Airtel Limited

Hashi Energy, Kenya

Robert Bosch

Cognizant

HDFC Bank

Scope International

Decathlon Sports India

ICRA

Sicagen

Dell Finance

India property.com

Siva group

Dexler

IndusInd Bank

Smart Ideas

Eisai Pharma

Infosys BPO

Sutherland Global Services

Episource

Intequant Advisors

Syntel

First Source

International Infrastructure Consultants

TCS

Fresh Desk

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Thoughtworks

Funtoot

Mahle Group

TVS Motors

Gameshastra

Matrimony.com

Viveks

Gofrugal

Optimal Strategix Group

 

*partial list

Associations

  • Cornell University
  • Chicago Booth
  • Skema Business School
  • Universite Bordeaux
  • IESEG
  • Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
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