IIM-Lucknow achieves 100 per cent summer placements in record time

LUCKNOW: Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow has reported 100% placement in a tough economic environment. All 475 students were placed in a record five-and-a-half days, said an IIM-L official who did not wish to be named. At least 159 domestic and international recruiters participated in the recruitment process at the institute.

Some of the top recruiters were Aditya Birla Group, Accenture, Amazon, HSBC, HUL, Kraft-Cadbury, McKinsey, P&G, an SME advisory firm and the Boston Consulting Group. In addition to the traditional sales and marketing roles, firms in the fast moving consumer goods and telecom sector such as Asian Paints, Airtel, Coke, Dabur, GSK Consumer, Reckitt Benckiser and Vodafone offered roles in supply chain management, IT, finance, HR and analytics. In the consulting domain, McKinsey, BCG, AT Kearney, Deloitte and Accenture made a total of 29 offers with McKinsey and Accenture being the top 2 recruiters.