13 November 2017 11:43:49 IST

IIM-A concludes summer placements

Over 50 companies participate in the third cluster of summer placements

At the end of the third cluster of the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (IIM-A)’s summer placements for PGP batch of 2019, companies from cohorts of Consumer Technology, Pharma and Healthcare, Social Enterprises and NGOs, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance and Core Manufacturing made offers.

Singapore-based Financial products distributor, FinIQ made the highest number of offers in this cluster, with 10 offers. Other major recruiters included multinational players such as Microsoft, Uber, American Express, Abbott and Vedanta Resources.

In the Banking, Financial Services & Insurance recruiters, American Express, Axis Bank, DBS Bank, the Reserve Bank of India and RBL Bank were among those who extended offers.

Pharma and Healthcare firms like Abbott, AstraZeneca and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories also participated. The Renewable Energy and Green Tech cohort saw participation from Amplus Solar, Mytrah Energy and ReNew Power.

Sprinklr was a major recruiter in the Enterprise Technology cohort.

In all, over 50 firms participated in this cluster.

IIM Ahmedabad concluded the summer placement process 2017 within 3 clusters, an official statement said.

Clusters 1 and 2

Earlier, in Cluster 2 — which took place on Novermber 9 — saw participation from more than 45 firms . Consumer Goods and E-commerce firms led by HUL, Mondelez, P&G, Amazon and Flipkart made the offers for summer placements. Amazon made 12 offers, Flipkart picked up 8 students.

The Government of Telangana made five offers for the Industry & Commerce and ITE&C departments.

During Cluster 1. which took place on Novermber 6, Accenture Strategy had made 19 offers. Over 35 firms participated in this cluster from

various cohorts, which included the likes of investment banking and markets, management consulting, as well as private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.