IIM Lucknow wrapped up its summer placements in just four days for its 31st batch, in a recruitment drive that saw 157 domestic and international companies participate and hire all 457 students of the batch.
The top segment-based on roles offered were sales & marketing (25 per cent), finance (22 per cent), consulting (21 per cent), e-commerce (15 per cent), systems/IT (10 per cent) and general management (7 per cent). The other offers came from domains that included operations/supply chain, general management, market research, analytics and HR.
Some of the top recruiters across different sectors were Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Auctus Advisors, Avendus, BCG, Deutsche Bank, Flipkart, Hindustan Unilever, MH Alshaya, McKinsey, P&G, and TAS, among others.
35 companies hired for the first time from IIM Lucknow with over 60 per cent coming from the Sales & Marketing, Finance, and e-commerce sector. Companies also picked summer interns for the first time from the IIML campus. Recruiters included AskMe.com, CarDekho.com, Hay Group, Nomura IB, and Uber, among others. International profiles were offered by MH Alshaya, Deutsche Bank, Hindustan Unilever and Kellogg's.