IIM Indore campus (Photo: Naveen Gupta)

As many as 126 companies visited the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore for final placements for the PGP batch of 2010-12. According to the placement team of IIM Indore, out of a total batch of 443 students, the institute is still ‘supporting’ nine PGP candidates in finding jobs. These students “are exploring the optimal match from the markets to suit their abilities”. In addition, three candidates who had been placed during the placement process, chose to decline the offers and start up on their own.

The average domestic salary offered across functions was Rs 13.3 lakh. The top five companies in terms of the number of offers were Cognizant Business Consulting, Tata Consultancy Services, Deloitte, Mindtree Consulting and Bharat Petroleum.

Function-wise breakup of offers

Finance profiles

Some other finance companies that came on campus and offered other finance roles included Crisil, Gail, L&T; Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Fino and American Express.

Consulting and General Management
A total of 107 offers were made to students across various profiles in the consulting function. In addition to the traditional roles offered by companies in the function, a number of niche profiles such as Process Consulting, Infrastructure Consulting, and Litigation Consulting were offered by international firms based out of Singapore and Middle East as well.

Sales and marketing

Some other companies (across sectors) that came on campus and offered strategy roles to students included,

The institute further provided the details of average salaries offered to graduates across all functions,