IIM Nagpur Achieves 100% Placements For Its Third Batch Of PGP Students With Highest Domestic Package Of INR 20 Lacs

IIM Nagpur completed the Final Placement process for the third batch of students enrolled in its flagship Post Graduate Program in Management (PGP 2017-19).  

The final placement process for IIM Nagpur witnessed 40+ recruiters, including many first-time participants, making a beeline to recruit the best available talent from the campus. The season saw participation from sectors like FMCD, Analytics, IT, Consulting, Logistics and others. Prominent recruiters included Deloitte Consulting, ZS Associates, MuSigma, Berger Paints, VGuard, Schindler, Sutherland Global, GroupM, Decimal Point Analytics, ValueLabs, JK Technosoft, FSS Global, Aspect Ratio Data among many others. This year also witnessed enthusiastic participation from start-ups like Moglix, Build Supply, Fortigo, Jigserv Digital making multiple offers in the campus.  

Consulting, followed by Analytics, Ecommerce, FMCD, IT and Manufacturing recruited more than seventy percent of the batch. The highest domestic package offered was ₹20 Lacs, and the average was ₹12.35 Lacs. Further, the average package offered for the top 10% and first quartile of the batch was ₹17.48 Lacs and ₹15.45 Lacs respectively, and the median package for the batch was ₹12 Lacs. Sales & Marketing, Consulting, and Analytics were the most sought-after roles, closely followed by Finance, and Operations, among students. Offers in Consulting sector increased by thirty-seven percent.  

This year IIM Nagpur also witnessed enthusiastic participation from senior executives of companies like Bank of New York Mellon, Flipkart, WNS Global, Barclays Bank, NTT Global, Lowe Lintas, Goldman Sachs, Absolute Data, Grofers, Bank of America, Ford Motors, Olam International among others, in the form of open seminars and guest lectures.   

“I am happy that this year too our graduating batch found challenging careers openings of their choice from the campus. I am confident that the education and personality development that they experience during their study time here would go a long way in putting them in good stead in their future journey. I am also very appreciative of the industry for their continued trust in us; and assure them that with their continued support, we will only improve on our contextual relevance as we go forward”. said Prof. L S Murty, Director, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur.   

“Many senior and experienced practitioners are partnering with faculty members at IIM Nagpur to jointly deliver courses at IIM Nagpur. IIM Nagpur is building on this model of industry inclusiveness to ensure a seamless integration and exchange between the academia and the industry. This model is delivering rich dividends and strengthening the industryacademia connect. Further, this model can potentially revolutionize the way companies hire from campuses and the way IIM Nagpur nurtures the future managers and entrepreneurs in the country” said Prof. Rahul Kumar Sett, Chairperson, Career Development Services (CDS) at IIM Nagpur. 

 “I would like to thank all our corporate partners for showing their confidence in IIM Nagpur and its students. We are in the process of automating the whole placement process which would result in managing the process efficaciously and thereby presenting our talent pool to our partners well in advance. We are sure of attaining greater strides in the coming years not only in the Indian market but International too”. said Mr. Souvik Roy, In-charge, Career Development Services (CDS), IIM Nagpur.