IIM Sambalpur has concluded its summer internship placement for MBA batch 2023-25 with a 100% placement record. Some of the top recruiters that participated were Boston Consulting Group (BCG), PwC, EY, Accenture, Gartner, Vedanta Group, ICICI Bank, Micron, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. (The Times of India), Tata Capital, Red Bull, AkzoNobel, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd, ProcMart The Belgian Waffle Co, VEGROW and Perceptive Analytics.

The MBA batch 2022-24 also achieved a 100% placement for the batch of 193 students. The average stipend recorded was INR 65,382, which was 6.14% higher than the previous year. The median stipend stood at INR 40,000 and the highest stipend at INR 2,00,000. 

The average stipend for the female students was INR 69,256 and for the male students were INR 63,310. Most number of students received offers inthe Sales & Marketing domain, followed by Operations. The domain-wise offers made to the students are as follows:

Domain	Percentage of Offers
Sales & Marketing	49%
Operations	22%
General Management	10%
IT/ Analytics	5%
Consulting	3%
HR	3%

The sector-wise placement of IIM Sambalpur are as follows:

Sectors	Percentage of Offers
BFSI	27%
Media and Entertainment	22%
Ed-Tech	16%
IT/ ITeS	9%
Infrastructure and Manufacturing	6%
Pharma & Healthcare	5%
FMCG/ FMCD	5%
Consulting	4%
Conglomerate	3%
Others	3%

According to the summer internship placement of batch 2022-24, a total of 67 recruiters visited and made 279 offers. The highest stipend stood at INR 4.75 lakhs and the average and the median stipend at INR 2.06 lakhs and INR 2 lakhs respectively. The average stipend witnessed a growth of 18.86% from the previous year. 

Most of the offers were made in the Sales & Marketing domain followed by Consulting & Strategy. The highest stipend was offered in the Consulting & Strategy domain. The domain-wise placement statistics are as follows:

Domains	Percentage of Offers	Highest Stipend
Sales & Marketing	29%	INR 3.60 Lakhs
Consulting & Strategy	25%	INR 4.75 Lakhs
Finance	16%	INR 3.92 Lakhs
IT & Analytics	10%	INR 2.46 Lakhs
General Management	10%	INR 3.20 Lakhs
Human Resources & Operations	10%	INR 3.92 Lakhs

Also, most of the offers received were in the Consulting sector, followed by Manufacturing & Retail. The sector-wise data are as follows:

Sectors	Percentage of Offers
Consulting	24%
Manufacturing & Retail	23%
BFSI	20%
IT & Analytics	14%
Technology, Media & Telecommunication	8%
FMCG	2%
Others	9%

Master’s Union students have shown amazing results since its inception. During the 2023 placement drive of cohort 2023, around 137 recruiters visited to hire the batch of 163 students. The highest package offered was INR 57.08 LPA, the average package was INR 34.07 LPA and the median package was INR 32.18 LPA. The other placement details of the 2023 cohort are as follows:

• More than 180 offers were made to the students and among them, 142 were accepted by the students, 12 students opted out for family business & startups, and 9 students are seeking live projects.
• The PPO conversion rate was 75%.
• The sector offering the highest package was Large Tech, followed by Emerging Tech and FinTech.
• Most of the offers were made in the consumer sector, followed by the Finance & Fin-tech sector. 
• Some of the job roles offered to the students were Chief of Staff, Consulting & Strategy, Product Management, Marketing, Finance, Sales, Data & Operations, etc. 
• The students were placed in major cities like Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc and 2% of the students were also placed abroad. 

The final placement season usually begins in October with the Pre-Placement Talks (PPT), where the company introduces themselves to the students and their job roles. Companies start coming to the campus and begin with the interview process after that.

Talking about the academic assignments, students are given ample time to prepare and present the assignments to the professors, and in the meantime, they can visit the faculty for any doubts and queries. Looking into live projects, the students are offered a duration ranging from 15 days to 3 months for various roles, including research, HR, digital marketing interns, etc.

IMI Bhubaneswar is known for its specialization in the marketing domain. Despite this, companies are also looking for other domains where finance holds the second-highest share of placement opportunities. For batch 2022–24, 38.1% of the opportunities were from Fintech and the BFSI domain. Out of 130+ recruits, 23.1% offered roles in finance, with some of the roles being financial analysts and advisors. Big brands like Arcesium, Axis Bank, South Indian Bank, Federal Bank, Mahindra Finance, ICICI Bank, etc. visited the campus to recruit students for finance roles.

DFS DU doesn't offer specializations within its MBA program it only offers two distinct programs MBA Financial Management and MBA Business Economics. Placements are therefore only for finance. The highest placement was 27 lakh 60 thousand rupees while the average is of 14 lakh 55 thousand. The lowest package offered where 8 lakh 50 thousand. The top 25% of placements were 19 lakh rupees. The college wins in terms of ROI as its fees are only rupees 1 lakh.

DFS DU is known for its placement in the finance sector. 21% of students got placed in strategy and transactions, 12% in restructuring, 9% in Valuation Modeling and economics, 9% in Risk and Internal Audit, 9% in Project Risk Management, 9% in Credit Research, 7% in Model Risk and Management, 5% in Finance Operations, 5% in Structured Finance and Project Advisory, 5% in Investment Banking, 5% in Portfolio and Wealth Management and 5% in Business Analyst. Therefore there is a diverse range of sectors offered for placement.

As per the placement report of 2023, most of the offers were made in the Consulting domain, followed by Finance and General Management. IT/ Analytics was the domain with the highest CTC at INR 67.02 LPA. The domain-wise placement statistics are as follows:

Domain	Percentage of Offers	Average CTC	Highest CTC
Consulting	33%	INR 34.26 LPA	INR 40.25 LPA
Finance	26%	INR 27.97 LPA	INR 48 LPA
General Management	14%	INR 29.37 LPA	INR 49 LPA
IT/ Analytics	11%	INR 33.35 LPA	INR 67.02 LPA
Operations	6%	INR 31.09 LPA	INR 49 LPA
Sales & Marketing	10%	INR 28.29 LPA	INR 34 LPA

IIM Kozhikode witnessed a 70% increase in the number of offers rolled out in BFSI and a 136% increase in the General Management domain than the previous year.

The placement-related activities at IIM Kozhikode are held in 2 phases. In the first phase, the companies interested in joining the placement drive reach out to the placement committee, schedule a date and present their PPT to the interested and eligible candidates. Then the resumes of the interested candidates are sent to the company and they revert with the list of shortlisted candidates.

Then in the second phase, the companies visit the campus for the placement process. The slots for the selection process of various participating companies are scheduled by the placement company. This process usually takes 8 - 10 days. Students who are left to be placed during this week are subjected to the companies in a rolling process.

No, MDI Murshidabad follows a "one offer per student" policy, meaning each student can only receive one job offer. If a student happens to be selected by two companies on the same day, they are required to choose one offer by the end of the day.