MDI Gurgaon, one of the top Indian Business schools, bid adieu to its graduating batch during the convocation held on 21st March at MDI campus. Union Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Arun Jaitley was the Chief Guest and provided an insightful understanding of the current scenario in banking, finance and management in India. He also spoke on the new business challenges in the market today.
“In the changed environment of India, we have to struggle to create institution of excellence. The level of competition has gone up and you have to beat the next best,” said Jaitely during his address.
Congratulating the students for their placements, he added, “The whole world will be your market place and you have to decide the pace for your career.” “All the students out of a batch of 336 have been placed with reputed companies with highest salary touching ₹25.18 lakh per annum and an average salary of ₹16.86 lakh for our PGDM programmes which, in comparison, to last year is 15 per cent higher," said CP Shrimali, Director MDI.
This year, a total of 71 students took the pre-placement offers and a meagre 8 students decided to plunge into entrepreneurship.
Niche profiles in finance, sales and marketing, consulting and operations were offered, along with big names in the FMCG sector such as Nestlé and Snapdeal recruiting for their HR profiles.