The placement session in Nirma Institute of Management, for the batch of 2008-2010, turned out to be a carnival for the graduating students who emerged more fortunate than their seniors by grabbing a heavier average salary package.

The average salary shot up to Rs. 6.20 lakh in the current batch, which is a substantial 24% increase as compared to the last year’s average salary, which was recorded at Rs. 5 lakh.

Numerous companies spanning across a wide spectrum of sectors visited the campus to recruit the students, but Banking and IT were the ones to actually steal the show, both together accounting for a whopping 56% of the total recruitments.

Banking was the most preferred sector, with the highest 34% students opting to get recruited, followed by IT which captured 22% students.

Other sectors that followed were finance, which recruited 11% graduates, with remaining students opting for other sectors like Insurance, Market Research, Mining, Telecom, Automobile, Consulting, Manufacturing and Pharma.