PGPM Placement Snapshot 2015

Charismatic Cholas, PGPM Class of 2015

Charismatic Cholas, the PGPM Class of 2015, witnessed the best ever placement season this year. Leading corporates across Industries and functional areas participated in large numbers offering exciting roles. Top recruiters like Accenture, Airtel, Cognizant, Deloitte, Dell, Genpact, Dunia Finance, HCL, KPMG, MuSigma, Snapdeal, TCS, Universal Consulting, Wipro, ZS Associates and many more, recruited students in large numbers, while Amazon India made the highest offer.

The Average CTC increased from 11.43 lakhs p.a. last year to Rs. 12.02 lakhs p.a. and all 371 students participating in the placement process secured final offers.

Key Highlights

  • Participation by diverse set of companies across IT/ITES, Consulting, E-Commerce, Analytics, Telecom, Financial Services, Manufacturing, and many more
  • Maximum profiles offered in Sales & Marketing (32%) followed by Technology Consulting (31%) and Business Consulting (15%)
  • Average CTC offered for the Class of 2015 is of INR 12.02 lakhs p.a.
  • Median CTC offered for the Class of 2015 is of INR 11.50 lakhs p.a.
  • Highest offer made by Amazon India

Sales & Marketing was the top function of choice with 32% of the batch taking up profiles in the area followed by Technology Consulting (31%) and Business Consulting (15%). Sales & Marketing roles were offered by IT/ITES, E-commerce, Telecom and BFSI firms like Airtel, Mogae Media, Cognizant Technology, Snapdeal, TCS, Photon Infotech, Interakt, TVS Logistics, HCL Talentcare, GAEA Technologies to name a few. Techno-Functional/ Consulting roles were offered by firms like Amazon, ITC Infotech, Cognizant, Vitrusa, Wipro, Accenture, Photon Infotech, Infosys, TCS, L&T Infotech.

Industry Distribution

Industry Distribution

Function Distribution

Function Distribution
 

*Others include Advertising & Media, Education, Manufacturing, Pharma, Real Estate, etc.

While IT/ITES and Consulting remained the top recruiting areas with almost all large companies participating in the process, emerging areas like Analytics and E-Commerce saw many new roles being offered by major recruiters like Blue Ocean, LatentView, Musigma, Amazon, Caratlane, Indiaproperty.com, Matrimony and Snapdeal.

Mr. R. Shreenath, Director – Corporate & Career Services of Great Lakes Institute of Management, said, "We are very happy with the response we have received from the corporates with a larger and more diverse base of recruiters than ever before. This is testament to the confidence of our corporate partners in the quality of our graduates and we look forward to serving their talent needs in the years to come”.

List of Recruiters*

BFSI

Bank of America

Dunia Finance

HSBC Technologies

Credit Mantri

eInfochips

iNautix

DCM Shriram

Hansacequity

Scope International

Consulting

Cognizant Business Consulting

People Matters

Universal Consulting

Deloitte US

Prakash Kochar

Virtusa

KPMG

Syncore Consulting

ZS Associates

Mafoi Strategy

 

 

Internet Business/ e-commerce

Amazon

Indiaproperty.com

Snapdeal

Caratlane

Matrimony.com

 

IT/ITES

Accenture

HCL Technologies

Mindtree

Alliance Global Services

iKen Solution

Photon Infotech

Changepond

IMaCS

ZickPick.com

Cognizant Technologies Solution

Infosys

Rapid Value

Crayon Data

Infotrellis

Secova

Dell

Interakt

Saksoft

Fresh Desk

ITC Infotech

Sutherland Global Services

FSS

Kaar Technologies

Tata Consultancy Services

GAEA Technologies

KPIT Technologies

TCS BPO

Genpact

L & T Infotech

Wipro

HCL Talentcare

Maveric Systems

Zycus

Market Research Analytics

Blue Ocean

LatentView

Musigma

Infiniti Research

 

 

Telecom

Airtel

Lava International

Mauj Mobile

Others

Amrita Group

Mogae Media

True Value Housing

Galaxy Surfactants

Natural Remedies

TVS Logistics

Greenlam Industries

Next Education

VBHC

LeitnerShriram

 

 

* Partial list. Students had sabbaticals from E&Y, L&T - Heavy Engineering, Mindtree, TCS, Wipro Technology.

Associations

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