IIM Kozhikode scales new heights in final placements

IIM Kozhikode completed final placements for their 2014-16 PGP batch recently. The batch comprised 360 students, out of which 35% of the students were girls. A total of 119 recruiters participated in the placement process.The students collectively secured a total of 370 offers from recruiters, which included 100+ offers from new recruiters.The entire batch got placed in a record 7 days!

The following table gives the break-up of students placed into various sectors
Sector Percentage of students placed
Consulting 28
Sales and Marketing 27
Finance 21
Strategy and Operations 9
General Managment 7
IT/ITES/Analytics 8

Compared to last year, there has been a 16.5% increase in consulting job offers.

66 students secured PPOs from the companies.

Some of the top recruiters were BCG,Mckinsey, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Shell, Nomura, Accenture, Delloitte, Frost and Sullivan, KPMG, PWC, Amazon, Godrej, Edelweiss, 3M, TAS, PAYTM, Snapdeal, Credit Suisse, HUL, Idea, Reliance Industries Limited, Vodafone, Airtel, IBM etc.

The following table gives the average salary break-up of the batch
Salary offers of Average salary (lakh p.a.)
Top 25 offers 29.94
Top 50 offers 25.93
Top 100 offers 22.89
Top 150 offers 20.87
Top 200 offers 19.51
Top 250 offers 18.47
Top 300 offers 17.53
Entire batch 17.1

The highest domestic salary offered during the final placements was a whopping INR 37 lakh p.a. It was given in an operations and strategy role.The highest salary offered in a consulting role was INR 32.1 lakh p.a. As far as sales and marketing role is concerned, the highest salary was INR 22.5 lakh p.a. In a general management role, the highest salary offered was INR 28 lakh p.a. For a finance role, the highest salary offered was INR 21 lakh p.a.

Source - http://iimk.ac.in - Final Placement Report 2016