FMS completes Summer Placement for MBA batch 2011
Faculty of Management Studies, (FMS), Delhi recorded 100 percent summer placements for the Batch of 2011. FMS was able to place all 142 MBA students and 63 MBA (MS) students well within the planned timeframe of the process. The varied nature of the roles offered in diverse and niche sectors ensured ample pickings for the students.
All the traditional recruiters like Proctor & Gamble, Hindustan Unilever, Standard Chartered, Citibank, HSBC, Arthur D Little, etc. made their presence felt by taking in a good number of students. This year also saw a number of first time recruiters like Nomura Services, Lazard, JP Morgan Chase and others.
Some of the salient points of the summer placements are as follows:
A total of 140 companies confirmed while a total of 84 visited the campus
Some of the Top Recruiters (in terms of numbers) included Hindustan Unilever, Citibank, Standard Chartered, PepsiCo, Microsoft, Unicon Securities and PVR
The students were placed in 3 slots spread over 7 days with MBA getting placed in 5.5 days and MBA-MS in 7 days
All our legacy recruiters- – HUL , P&G; , Citibank , Standard Chartered , HSBC, Arthur D Little reaffirmed their relationship with the campus
The highlight of the placement process were 31 new companies, including international Investment banking firms and Business Houses, that visited the campus this year offering roles across all sectors like Investment Banking, Private Equity, FMCG marketing, Pharmaceutical, Media and Advertising. Some of the new recruiters were:
o Lazard , JP Morgan , Nomura Services , Fullerton Securities in Finance
o PVR, Astra Zeneca, Kelloggs, Eli Lily, Genzyme, O&M;, Cinepolis, B&L;, Casio in Marketing
International stints were also offered by companies like Juniper Capital, Arthur D Little, HUL etc
Stipend Details (the figures are for Cash-in-hand)
o Average stipend: Rs 30,000
o Highest Domestic Stipend: Rs 1 lakh
o Highest International Stipend : USD 2400
This year several new sectors like Pharmaceutical, Media & Advertising, Manufacturing were targeted since they have been doing extremely well despite the slowdown.
Sector wise breakup: General Management and Consulting: 16 percent
IT and Operations: 8 percent
Finance: 35 percent
Marketing: 41 percent
Domain and corresponding companies:
Finance: Deutsche Bank, Dun & Bradstreet, American Express, Unicon Securities
Private Equity and Investment banking: JP Morgan Chase, Nomura Services, Lazard, Avigo Capital Partners, Juniper
Capital: Langham Capital, IDG Ventures, Zeus Inframanagement
Banking: Citibank, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Axis Bank. ICICI Bank
Consulting: Arthur D Little, Growx Ventures, Q-Equip, Nodwin
General Management: Mahindra & Mahindra, GE Corporate, Wipro, Essar, DSCL, Cummins
FMCG: HUL, P&G;, Kellogg, Coca Cola, ITC, GlaxoSmithKline, Dabur, Nestle , Godrej, Cadbury, PepsiCo, Reckitt
Benckiser, Johnson & Johnson, SAB Miller, Perfetti and many others
Marketing: Microsoft, Idea, Airtel, Tata Communications, Tata Motors, ACC Cement
Media: O&M;, Starcom MediaVest, Dentsu, PVR, Cinepolis, 141 Sercon,
Pharma: Astra Zeneca, Eli Lilly, Genzyme
Entrepreneurial Ventures: Winnow Analytics, Redwood
Manufacturing: Tata Steel, Vedanta, Tata Motors, ACC Cement
Institute of Management Technology, Dubai: Marketing on Fire in the Middle East
“Job of a marketer is to understand the consumer, not to be rigid about his beliefs” said Dr Mohan Agarwal, Professor, marketing of the Institute of Management Technology Dubai inaugurated Marketing on Fire- Consumer Trends in the Middle East, Challenges and Opportunities on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at the IMT campus at the Dubai International Academic City. Marketing on Fire is an initiative by the student members of the Marketing Excellence Network (MEN) under the leadership of Dr Agarwal. The summit was attended by eminent faces of the corporate world, faculty and students of IMT Dubai.
The speakers on the occasion were Nidal Abou Zaki, managing Director, Orient Planet PR and Marketing; Brajesh Bajpai, Head, MENA region-Marico Industries, U.A.E and Ricky Husaini, the Chief Investment Officer, DARE, U.A.E
The conference began with the stimulus presentation by the IMT on the ‘Consumer Behaviour of the Local versus Overseas Students of the U.A.E by the marketing students at IMT. The research summarized the shopping patterns, and survey results to reveal the mindsets of students studying in the U.A.E
Each of the keynote speakers spoke about their experiences of working in the Middle East and questioned, criticized and appreciated the methods of understanding consumer behavior. They discussed most popular trends in the Gulf, demographics and other characteristics.
This event was preceded by the immense success of “Marketing on Fire – Trends in the Gulf” earlier in February 2009
An Evening with Deep Joshi at IRMA
Institute of Rural Management, Ahmedabad students had an opportunity to meet Deep Joshi, social activist and executive director of Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), and this year’s recipient of the Magsaysay award, one of Asia’s highest civilian honors. He recently received the award for bringing more than 100,000 families out of poverty. Formed in 1983, PRADAN believes that the way to conquering poverty is not through donations or handouts but by training and enhancing the capacities of the poor. He is also board member of IRMA. Prof Vivek Bhandari, Director IRMA introduced Deep Joshi to the students and faculty as a man with great vision and a helping hand. He had come with a packed schedule but found out time to have an interactive session with the students.
Education must serve social purpose first before venturing into other areas” was his starting statement which set up the tune for the whole interaction. He insisted students to put forth their queries and offered his insight into the changing global equation in terms of rural development. On being asked what prompted him to start PRADAN 25 years ago, he told the audience that when he returned from USA he joined an NGO which used to do public policy work and his first assignment took him to an NGO in Jamkhed in Maharashtra set up by a doctor couple. This is where he realized that this is what he wanted to do and thus the foundation for PRADAN was laid.
He emphasized that to bring about effective change in other people’s lives one needs to have a heart, empathy, but one also needs knowledge. He highlighted the importance of effectively managing rain-fed agriculture. He urged the students to indulge in endeavors to benefit the society and help in improving the lives of the people after graduating from IRMA.
He asked the students to not think about money in the initial years of their careers. He said, “Do what you like and be passionate about it and the rest will follow”.