IIM Calcutta completed the final placement process for the batch of 2018. The batch witnessed 100 per cent placement in just a little over two days, with over 130 firms offering profiles across diverse sectors.
A total of 481 offers were made, out of which nearly 50 per cent were from the finance and consulting sectors.
Consulting stood as the top recruiter, covering 27 per cent of the total batch; Accenture Strategy was the top recruiter followed by The Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, McKinsey & Company and AT Kearney.
Finance firms contributed to 23 per cent of the total offers with major recruiters being JP Morgan & Co., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Bessemer Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, CitiBank, Credit Suisse and IVFA. Bessemer Venture Partners visited IIM Calcutta for the first time.
Other major sectors included marketing (16 per cent), general management (14 per cent), product management & operations (12 per cent) and IT & analytics (8 per cent). Amazon, Aditya Birla Group, Star and EXL were the top recruiters in product management & operations, general management, marketing and IT & analytics respectively.
Other major firms included Flipkart, Microsoft, Uber, Tata Administrative Services, Hindustan Unilever Limited and Proctor & Gamble.