IIM Lucknow concludes summer placements for post-graduate programme in sustainability
For the summer placements, only those companies which work in the field of sustainability, energy, environment, urban issues, smart cities.
By ET Bureau | Updated:
NEW DELHI: The summer placement process for the first batch of Post Graduate Programme in sustainable Management (PGPSM) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)Lucknow concluded recently, IIM Lucknow said in a statement.
PGP-SM is the third two year PGP offered by IIM Lucknow, but the first one to be offered from its Noida campus.PGP-SM was inaugurated in June earlier this year, and the first PGPSM batch now has 19 students with an average work experience of 4.5 years. Students came with a previous background of having worked in PSUs like Power Grid, NTPC, SAIL, Coal India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, BSNL, large private sector organisations Tata Teleservices, Ingersoll Rand, Tata Motors, Adani Power, ICICI Bank, TCS, Capgemini, Atos India and startups like Snapdeal.
For the summer placements, only those companies which work in the field of sustainability, energy, environment, urban issues, smart cities, CSR and related topics or have large practices in the one or more of above subjects were approached.
Overall 17 students received offers from 9 organisations spanning conglomerates (Mahindra, Tata Sustainability Group, Wipro), energy sector( Cairn Energy), developmental space ( Azim Premji Foundation, and Fortis Hospitals Group), sustainability and policy think-thanks (Wipro Earthian-CSTEP), and startups like Valluri Technology Accelerators, and Sweep Enviro. Two students opted out of the placement process to pursue other career interests. The roles on offer included roles on varied sustainability and CSR related aspects, smart cities, energy and policy analysis, and environment and waste management.
Professor Kalyan Bhaskar, the faculty coordinator for PGP-SM placements said apart from the 9 companies whose offers were accepted, there were close to a dozen more firms which either participated in the process or expressed interest in the process, but could not be accommodated mainly owing to the small batch size.
PGP-SM is the third two year PGP offered by IIM Lucknow, but the first one to be offered from its Noida campus.PGP-SM was inaugurated in June earlier this year, and the first PGPSM batch now has 19 students with an average work experience of 4.5 years. Students came with a previous background of having worked in PSUs like Power Grid, NTPC, SAIL, Coal India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, BSNL, large private sector organisations Tata Teleservices, Ingersoll Rand, Tata Motors, Adani Power, ICICI Bank, TCS, Capgemini, Atos India and startups like Snapdeal.
For the summer placements, only those companies which work in the field of sustainability, energy, environment, urban issues, smart cities, CSR and related topics or have large practices in the one or more of above subjects were approached.
Overall 17 students received offers from 9 organisations spanning conglomerates (Mahindra, Tata Sustainability Group, Wipro), energy sector( Cairn Energy), developmental space ( Azim Premji Foundation, and Fortis Hospitals Group), sustainability and policy think-thanks (Wipro Earthian-CSTEP), and startups like Valluri Technology Accelerators, and Sweep Enviro. Two students opted out of the placement process to pursue other career interests. The roles on offer included roles on varied sustainability and CSR related aspects, smart cities, energy and policy analysis, and environment and waste management.
Professor Kalyan Bhaskar, the faculty coordinator for PGP-SM placements said apart from the 9 companies whose offers were accepted, there were close to a dozen more firms which either participated in the process or expressed interest in the process, but could not be accommodated mainly owing to the small batch size.
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