XLRI Final Placements: Class of '08

XLRI Final Placements conclude with a bang The Placement season for the batch of 2008 ended on an exceptional note, with the batch of 180 students placing themselves in the crme de la crme of corporate responsibilities across the doma…

XLRI Final Placements conclude with a bang



The Placement season for the batch of 2008 ended on an exceptional note, with the batch of 180 students placing themselves in the crme de la crme of corporate responsibilities across the domain of business expertise. A notable feature of the entire process was not just the increased leeway for the average student to choose, but also depth of specific roles that were tailored to woo the best of the countrys business graduates. 298 offers were made for a batch of 180 students, with the average domestic offer coming in at 14.75 Lacs and the highest domestic offer being Rs. 28 Lacs. 12 international offers were also made with an average of $90,000 USD.

The first time recruiters included the likes of JM Financial, Barclays, Kotak, 8 Capital Hedge Fund, Centrum, Aptivaa among others. 8 Capital Hedge Fund recruited exclusively from XLRI while P&G; for the first time offered branding roles for XLRI students.

31% of the offers were made in the Finance domain, in Private Equity, Hedge Funds Investment Banking, Treasury, Commercial Banking, Relationship Management, Trading, Mergers and Acquisition Advisory, and Human Relations, among others. A plethora of multinational and domestic giants such as Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, JM Financial, HSBC, Citibank, Barclays, Deutsche Equities, Standard Chartered, 8 Capital Hedge Fund, ICICI Bank, ICRA, Kotak and Centrum were among the first to recognize the ever-increasing stature of XLRI in the Financial Domain. The quality of candidates was impressive enough for the recruiters to offer treasury roles at their offices in London, Toronto, and Bahrain.

Consulting roles offered on campus followed the same pattern. McKinsey, Accenture, The Hay Group, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Mercer, PWC, Hewitt Associates, Deloitte, Aptivaa were some of the Global players who contributed to the added portfolio of consulting options that the typical student found in her consideration set. 21% of the students accepted these offers which were spread across verticals Strategy, Banking and Financial Services, Human Resources, Risk Management, among others.

Keeping in tradition with its image of a veritable powerhouse of marketing and sales talent, XLRI was the hub of the best of the Global FMCG majors vying for a share of the marketing interest in the batch. Procter and Gamble, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Johnson and Johnson, Colgate Palmolive, Nestle, Cadbury, Asian Paints, Reckitt Benckiser, Marico, Glaxo Smithkline, ITC, Pepsi, were some of the recruiters to reinforce their traditional relationships with the campus and 23% of the students accepted offers in this domain. Along with the traditional sales positions, branding and marketing roles (with international locations) were the new positions that the same recruiters offered. Notably, Global Sales and Strategy were offered as lateral entry positions by IT majors like Infosys and HCL Technologies a paradigm shift from the traditional breadth of branding on campus.

General Management was the new flavour of a placement season that saw renewed interest in taking up dynamic responsibilities across a spectrum of verticals. TAS, Al Ghanim, The Aditya Birla Group, The Hinduja Group, Essar, The Murugappa Group, offered both national and international roles with compensation packages that reflected the gravity of responsibility thrust on the new recruits. 14% of the batch snapped up offers in this arena

Microsoft, HCL, Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro, and others lead the Technology Sector that offered lateral roles for students with previous experience in handling Information Services. 11% of the batch took to these offers.

With the students leaving such footprints, Professor Uday Damodaran, the Chairperson of the Placement Committee said, There is nothing more gratifying than seeing an entire batch of graduating students being rewarded for their two-year study with career starts in exactly the sort of roles they aspired for. This year, yet again, we at XLRI are happy that we have been able to provide each student with a dream start to his/her career. The quality and diversity of roles that were on offer this year surpassed all previous standards that we had set for ourselves.


This, after an excellent LRP that happened just over a month back successfully concluded the term of the class of 2008 on a resounding note.

Cheers,
Ninja

Hey, thanx for the info.
As i remember, XLRI has 2 different programs running. Could you please give an estimate on the breakup of these figures over the 2 programs. Also, we would be obliged if you could reveal the lowest salary package accepted (which company offered this for which role), along with the highest.
Thanx

Thanks for the report. I also heard from my friends that 17 people were not placed in XLRI and placements are already over at XL. Is it true? Can some XLer kindly clarify...

Hey, thanx for the info.
As i remember, XLRI has 2 different programs running. Could you please give an estimate on the breakup of these figures over the 2 programs. Also, we would be obliged if you could reveal the lowest salary package accepted (which company offered this for which role), along with the highest.
Thanx

Askth not the messenger but the source

In short, for the answer to both the Qs, as well as the 4 Qs put up by Aarav on the B-School report thingie on the home page, you'll have to get in touch with XL's placement committee.
But, still that info maybe--might be of import to a mba aspirant, why would an IIML fella be questioning XLRI placement details? :confused: Kindly enumerate!
And still if you want to go comparing placements of L & XL and others, you will have to get in touch with the placement committee. Please do call up XL office!

deepblue198 Says
Thanks for the report. I also heard from my friends that 17 people were not placed in XLRI and placements are already over at XL. Is it true? Can some XLer kindly clarify...


Lol! Generally I don't say this, but have to this time! This is XLRI boss!
We don't have that scenario. Even the summers placements was done for each and every person on the campus. Ye toh final placements ki baat ho rahi hai. :grin: Yes, each and every person got placed. Placements are long over, and the celebrations after it too 😁
Hey, thanx for the info.
As i remember, XLRI has 2 different programs running. Could you please give an estimate on the breakup of these figures over the 2 programs. Also, we would be obliged if you could reveal the lowest salary package accepted (which company offered this for which role), along with the highest.
Thanx

XLRI never reveals the break up of the BM and PMIR program placements.
Both courses are treated as one for placements and thus a common report.
You will have to fill a RTI if you want info :-P

But, still that info maybe--might be of import to a mba aspirant, why would an IIML fella be questioning XLRI placement details?

just coz som1 is from a b school he doesn't have to be comparing ...
I believe our lifelong commitment to PG and its vision entails us to query , post and reply :)

Also, if you could ask the placements committee to post the details and if they cant, I would ask you to get the info and post it ...
After all the forum was never for selective information :)
Could I ask you to be the messenger again

The problem is this is the only information you got and are allowed to post ...
baaki sab will remain a black hole
Nothing new ... wait for IIM K's report .. same situation hoga ;)



I also heard from my friends that 17 people were not placed in XLRI and placements are already over at XL. Is it true? Can some XLer kindly clarify...

10 % of the batch not placed in finals ... 😃 .. never happens ...
Summers .. :eh: .. yeah .. have seen it happen with a couple of good b schools this time ...
But finals main koi panga nahi leta ...
New rules and regulations are created if the scenario is worse than thought possible 😉 just to ensure every1 gets a good job

oh .. i forgot in all this replying ..

Great Show XL :thumbsup:

ninja - in sab ka kahan hua
Rajagopal
Shreyas
Pratik
Mansij

all were regulars on XL thread not long back
XLRI never reveals the break up of the BM and PMIR program placements.
Both courses are treated as one for placements and thus a common report.
You will have to fill a RTI if you want info :-P

As far as my info goes, even internally XL doesn't keep separate reports for BM & PMIR. All companies are invited for both the programmes, and its up to the company to choose applicants from a stream.
Final placements I'm not sure, but for summers we had a quite a few fin companies asking for BM shortlists and visa versa.

I don't know why people have this misconception that most of the big-name companies come only for PMIR, and BM is just a tag-along(or something of that sort) but that ain't true at all! You have to be here to know that! And this isn't a bummer speaking, ask Krishanu/Bugs or any other PMIR you know, they'll tell the same!


just coz som1 is from a b school he doesn't have to be comparing ...
I believe our lifelong commitment to PG and its vision entails us to query , post and reply :)

Also, if you could ask the placements committee to post the details and if they cant, I would ask you to get the info and post it ...
After all the forum was never for selective information :)
Could I ask you to be the messenger again

Being part of the placement committee (-->You! Correct me if I'm wrong ;))
I'm pretty sure you understand what I'm referring to for this query.


The problem is this is the only information you got and are allowed to post ...
baaki sab will remain a black hole
Nothing new ... wait for IIM K's report .. same situation hoga ;)

Exxactly. On a personal front, I'm 100% game for a complete open showout of placement results, each and every bare fact, but given that every college does that. And there lies the catch. No one, not XL, not K, not L, will agree to it.

Rajagopal - kpmg
Shreyas - Self Signout, dun't remember th company
Pratik - StanC
Mansij - Hinduja

P.S. Lets end this discussion plz! I'm neither the correct person to answer these queries, nor do I have the answers!

Just a typo correction

As far as my info goes, even internally XL doesn't keep separate reports for BM & PMIR. All companies are invited for both the programmes, and its up to the company to choose applicants from a stream.
...

Final placements I'm not sure, but for summers we had a quite a few fin companies asking for PMIR shortlists and visa versa.

Shreyas - Self Signout, dun't remember th company

Shreyas or Doc as we call him here is heading to Wockhardt hospitals 😃
he also had an KPMG offer ??:

the placement figures are really astounding... i am 3rd year student at nitt and these figures are really motivating me like anything towards an mba from the xlri...:rockon::rockon: