In keeping with the past records of 100% placements since its inception in 1979, all 169 students of the current batch at the Institute of Rural Management-Anand (IRMA) were placed within three days recently.

In a statement here, IRMA said on Tuesday the placements were held from February 6 to 11.

The average salary crossed the Rs. 10 lakh figure with the median at Rs 8.40 lakh per annum. The maximum salary for the batch stands at Rs 46.50 lakh and the minimum at Rs 4.5 lakh. Salaries offered by development sector organisations (NGOs, cooperatives and government development agencies) averaged at Rs 9.37 lakh per annum and at Rs 10.57 lakh per annum for jobs offered by the corporate sector. Prof. Pratik Modi coordinated the placements’ activities this year.

GCMMF hires 19 candidates

IRMA received 220 job offers from 92 recruiters for its current batch. This year, 21 students received Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) from various organizations. Like the previous year, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) emerged as the single largest head hunter recruiting 19 candidates from IRMA.

Cooperatives and producers’ collectives recruited a total of 28 candidates. The second largest recruiter this year was Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion (BRLPS) that came up with 11 selections. Not too far behind were Pidilite Industries Ltd (Rurban Division) and ICICI-Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd (Government Business Group), taking 9 and 8 students respectively.

A total of 22 students took up offers made by non-government development organizations and government development organizations including SRIJAN, Gujarat State Women’s Sewa Co-operative Federation, and Rajasthan Grameen Ajeevika Parishad, among others.

UNICEF, for the first time, participated in IRMA’s placements making offers to five students of which four were placed in UNICEF Wash in Gandhinagar (Gujarat).

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