Number of students placed

383

Number of days to complete the placement process

5 days, The process took place in Slots with each slots lasting for two days.

Number of Pre-Placement Offers

92 (from 36 offers last year), 19 PPOs were for international locations that include the finance hubs New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

First time Recruiters

21 new recruiters included Nielsen & Co., Daiwa, Avendus, India Infoline, CRISIL, Arthur D Little selected students for their Dubai office, Other first time recruiters in the consulting domain included Essex Lake Group and EXL Services.

Key Highlights

The total of 200 offers (139 – Final Placement offers, 61 – PPOs) made during Slot Zero recruiters is the highest across all campuses of the country.

Slot 0 Finance firms compensation generally comprises of fixed component (Rs 30-40 lakh for Indian Locations and Rs 40-60 lakh for foreign firms) and the bonus ranges from 100%-200%).

Slot 0 Consulting firms generally offer around Rs 20-25 lakh base package for Indian Locations in addition to a bonus component.

Slot 0 Marketing firms offer in the range of Rs 15-20 lakh for Indian location. Students at IIM Calcutta are often recruited for senior positions directly owing to relevant prior work experiences and are offered commensurate packages.

First Day - International Investment Banks like UBS, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and HSBC, Bank of America Merril Lynch hired students. The offers were for desks across the globe. Students had already received PPOs from firms like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, Royal Bank of Scotland, Rothschild, Credit Suisse, and MacQuarie. Japanese investment bank, Daiwa Securities extended offers to 6 students.

Consulting firm Mckinsey & Co made 13 offers - the highest number of offers made by the firm at any campus in the country. The firm recruited for its Singapore and India offices and for the first time for its Sydney office.

BCG, Bain & Co and AT Kearney recruited in large numbers as well. IIM Calcutta had the highest PPO conversion rate among IIMs (87.5%) in the top 4 consulting firms Mckinsey, BCG, Bain and AT Kearney. Essex Lake Group, a global consulting firm, also recruited exclusively from IIM Calcutta.

Second Day - 23 companies visited campus to hire the talented bunch of students. Procter and Gamble made 11 offers in their sales and marketing roles, including roles in Singapore. Dabur made an international offer for New Business Development at their Dubai operations.

Marketing roles were offered by Hindustan Unilever, ITC, J&J Consumer Products, Nokia and Kraft Cadbury. Tata Administrative Services (TAS) recruited 5 students for their business leadership program. Consulting offers were made by Feedback Ventures, Hewitt and EXL services.

Finance - Indian Investment Banks like ICICI Securities, India Infoline and Allegro recruited students. On the other hand, International Banks such as HSBC, Standard Chartered and Development Bank of Singapore also extended offers. ICICI, the largest recruiter on day 2, made 19 offers in roles such as M&A and Treasury roles. The day additionally witnessed the participation of Bloomberg, recruiting from the campus first time after the financial crisis.

Third Day - Firms from various sectors with finance and telecom majors dominated the day’s proceedings. Bharti Airtel and Yes Bank with 8 and 7 offers respectively were the biggest recruiters of the day. Credit rating agency CRISIL also participated in the placement process for the first time and specifically selected students for strategy roles. KPMG, PWC, Vodafone, Aircel, Asian Paints and Castrol were some of the other companies that participated in the third day.

Fourth Day - Indian corporate giants like RPG, Tata Steel, Raymond and Bajaj. Students participated with an entrepreneurial inclination were picked up by firms like Flipkart for a variety of roles.

Lateral Placements

Number of Offers

145 (92 offers last year)

Number of Companies Participated

More than 50

Highlights

• Barclays Bank was back on campus recruiting in big numbers along with Olam International which made trading offers (derivatives trading in commodities) with posting at Singapore.
• Gaja Capital selected 3 students. Additionally, MCap Fund Advisors also visited campus for Lateral recruitments.
• IIM Calcutta has emerged as a clear favourite for global management consulting firms. The Lateral Placement saw an excellent performance in the consulting domain with firms like Deloitte, PWC and Accenture. Deutsche Post DHL selected students for consulting roles in their Miami office.
• For the first time, the process saw the participation of Bain & Co, a regular recruiter in Final Placements, offering senior roles during the Lateral Process.
• Indian corporate houses such as Reliance, Aditya   Birla Group, Mahindra & Mahindra, RPG, Hinduja and Adani recruited students for leadership roles in their respective General Management programs.
•  Amazon made the highest number of offers across IIMs as a part of the Lateral Placements for Operations profiles. Other companies who offered operations roles were TVS Logistics, Biocon and Glenmark.

Deferred Placements

This year 5 students have signed up for the deferred placement program. IIM Calcutta has introduced deferred placements this year wherein students who want to pursue entrepreneurship, work in the social sector, join a government organization involved in national service or pursue higher education are allowed to sign out of the current placement process and sit for the placement processes in the next 3 years. The idea is to mitigate the career risk students might face otherwise by offering a fallback option.