75 companies take part in IIM-L lateral placements

KOLKATA: IIM Lucknow has wrapped up its higher entry placement process (HEPP) with participation from over 75 firms offering roles across a variety of domains, including consulting, corporate finance, IT and sales and merchandising. ICICI Bank led the pack with 22 offers, followed by Deloitte with 20 offers. International offers were made by Ernst & Young, Dubai, Olam International and HCL, among others. This placement season also witnessed the participation of 25 first-time recruiters such as Adani Group, CEB, Ford IT, HP, i3 Consulting, Info Edge, Infomedia, JLT Group, Nereus Capital and Target.

This time around, over 50% of the graduating batch at IIM Lucknow were eligible for the lateral placements process. The average work experience of the batch was 34 months.

Among the most coveted offers made on campus was the one in the private equity space made by Baring Private Equity. Leading mail and logistics services group, Deustche Post DHL, made an offer for its in-house consulting profile in Singapore. Capgemini, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank, L&T, M&M, PWC and RPG were among the regular recruiters on campus, while niche profiles were offered by the likes of Thomas Cook and Fujitsu. Glenmark and BA Continuum recruited for HR as did Amazon, Google and Microsoft IDC for their product management and online sales and operations profiles.