The Indian School of Business witnessed robust campus recruitments, with a 39 per cent increase in the number of recruiters during the placement season. The average salary offer for the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) Class of 2017 was around ₹22 lakh.

The increased demand for leadership roles from government think-tanks, public and the private sector and the presence of marquee brands were the highlights of the Placements 2017 at the ISB.

More than 400 companies, both domestic and international, made 1,113 offers to the PGP Class of 2017, and ISB grads also secured a number of global placements.

Over 70 offers to ISB students for leadership roles were from leading corporates, including the Aditya Birla Group, Citibank, YES Bank, Philips India, Tech Mahindra, MAX, Mytrah Energy and Genpact.

Besides the regular recruiters such as McKinsey, BCG, Parthenon, AT Kearney, Apple, Microsoft, Citibank, Novartis, Amazon, who were on campus, there were several new companies such as Jones Lang LaSalle, Havells, Revigo, P&G, Reliance Jio, Bain & Co and Roland Berger.

The Andhra Pradesh government made 21 offers. Axis Bank continued to hire women students for their exclusive Leadership Programme for the third year.

Making its first appearance on campus, Ashok Leyland, the manufacturing giant, recruited women students for leadership positions across its product, general management and strategy categories.

The IT/ITeS and consulting sectors continued to be the largest recruiters, accounting for 20 per cent and 21 per cent, respectively, of the total offers, followed by BFSI and Healthcare & Pharma.

With a class size of 903, the PGP at ISB is one of the largest groups of top-notch talent in the region.

Placements process

The School follows the ‘Rolling Placements Process’, under which placements are conducted over a period, as opposed to a ‘placement week’ where interviews are conducted over seven to 10 days.

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