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Entrepreneurship has attracted a sole Agribusiness Management student out of the 59 who post-graduated from MANAGE, Hyderabad this year.
Big corporates, both multinational and domestic grabbed the rest with attractive salary packages. The average CTC was Rs 7.53 lakhs, an increase of 15 per cent over last year. The international placement doubled to 4 with Edelweiss (commodities) and Skylark Group recruiting two each.
The campus placements for the 18th batch at the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (Manage), was 100 per cent. A total of 102 offers were made by recruiters across 8 sectors. Major companies included ITC (ABD), Adani Wilmar, Bunge, Spencer’s Retail, Tata Metahelix, National Bulk Handling Corporation, Dow AgroSciences, SAB Miller etc.
YES Bank retained the spot of highest domestic payer (Rs 13 lakhs CTC), said Manage. The one student who opted to take up entrepreneurship has chosen the dairy sector.
Among sectors, Banking and Finance was the biggest recruiter with 32.8 per cent, followed by Agri Input (27.6), Commodity (13.8), Food & Beverage (12.1), Consultancy (5.2). Retail was low with 1.7 per cent and poultry was just 3.4 per cent.
The PG diploma in Agribusiness management was started in 1996 at Manage, which was established in 1987. The demand for the students has been high consistently with placements being 100 per cent every year, it claimed.
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