According to information shared by SPJIMR with MBAUniverse.com, this year's final placements season saw rise of 63% in salary compared to last year's placement season. The highest domestic salary was pegged at Rs 15 lakhs per annum while the average salary has grown to INR 10.9 lakhs per annum.
The batch of 63 students of SPJIMR's dual degree program has received 104 offers on Day 1. In all, 145 offers were generated including 2 international offers from ConVista Consulting (Germany) and Cedar Consulting (UAE).
According to SPJIMR, "Almost 50% of the class of 2008 had bagged pre-placement offers soon after their autumn internships."
Aricent, Arthur D. Little, Capgemini Consulting, Cedar Consulting, HP, IBM, McKinsey KC and Mindtree were some of the companies that participated for the first time in the placements of this unique systems management program. Other companies on campus included Cognizant, CitiGroup Global Services, Frost & Sullivan, GE, HCL, Honeywell, HUL, i2 Technologies, ICICI, Infosys, KPIT Cummins, KPMG, Mphasis, Satyam, Siemens Information Systems Ltd, TCS and Wipro for day 1 placements. Genpact, NIIT, iNautix & Maersk Line were among the few other companies that visited on day 2.
IT consulting, strategy consulting, project management, pre-sales and business development were among the key roles offered, says SPJIMR.
Commenting on this year's placements season SPJIMR said, "These placement statistics demonstrate that there is a growing demand for managers with strong business acumen along with ability to appreciate and handle technology."
PGDSM-MIT is a two-year globally focused dual degree program in systems management awarded by SPJIMR in collaboration with Virginia Tech, USA.
