The summer placement process for the first batch of Post Graduate Programme in Sustainable Management (PGPSM) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow concluded recently.
PGPSM was inaugurated in June earlier this year, and the first PGPSM batch now has 19 students with an average work experience of four and a half years.
For the summer placements, only those companies which work in the field of sustainability, energy, environment, urban issues, smart cities, CSR and related topics or have large practices in the one or more of above subjects were approached.
Overall, 17 students received offers from 9 organisations spanning across conglomerates (Mahindra, Tata Sustainability Group, Wipro), energy sector (Cairn Energy), developmental space (Azim Premji Foundation, and Fortis Hospitals Group), sustainability and policy think-thanks (Wipro Earthian-CSTEP), and start-ups (Valluri Technology Accelerators, and Sweep Enviro). 2 students opted out of the placement process to pursue their alternate career interests. The roles on offer included roles on varied sustainability and CSR related aspects, smart cities, energy and policy analysis, and environment and waste management.
Students came with a previous background of having worked in some of the largest PSUs (like Power Grid, NTPC, SAIL, Coal India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, BSNL), large private sector organisations (e.g. Tata Teleservices, Ingersoll Rand, Tata Motors, Adani Power, ICICI Bank, TCS, Capgemini, Atos India) and startups (e.g. SnapDeal, Taxi For Sure).