The students have bagged jobs across sectors with offers pouring in from consulting firms, investment banks, commercial banking, general management and marketing firms. Notwithstanding the prevailing negative sentiment especially in the international banking sector, IIM Calcutta has managed to buck the trend with an exceptional across the board performance in the summer internships.
Students have also been offered international profiles with BCG, Mckinsey, Bain and AT Kearney in the consulting sector and Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Barclays, HSBC, Credit Suisse and Citibank in the investment banking sector deciding to give out final job offers midway through the academic year itself. Macquarie, which is a first timer on campus, has also been impressed with the caliber of the students and has already made offers to all the India interns. The offers have been made across continents with students being offered prestigious profiles in Australia, Europe, US, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines and India.
With marketing and general management firms also offering international profiles on campus, the good news only gets better with HUL, P&G, Aditya Birla Group and TAS making pre-placement offers to students. Overall, the placement scene looks bright with the total number of pre-placement offers expected to increase as more firms announce the results of the summer internship process.
Over 85 companies had participated in the summer placement process at IIM Calcutta in November last year and offered both Indian and international profiles across different sectors. Krishnan Sekar, the External Relations Secretary, says "The number of offers made is a result of the strong internal practices followed by IIM Calcutta in training and honing the skills of the students to perform well in the corporate world. This combined with the academic rigour ensures a smooth transition into the corporate world for the students. Also, we expect the numbers to go up as more companies come out with their final offers once the process of evaluation of the internship performances is complete."
