Gandhinagar: The second phase of placement session at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is in full swing, with over 20 offers made on Sunday i.e. February 21, 2010. As per sources, Deloitte made 10 offers (including lateral offers) for consulting roles, while other regular recruiters like TAS and feedback ventures offered general management and consulting roles and hired six students each. Himanshu Nema, Recruitment Secretary of IIM A, has said that it is heartening to see recruiters from a variety of sectors taking a liking to the new cohort based process.
In a statement issued by the IIM-A, it mentioned that Indian investment banks, corporate leadership programme and global Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) operations are among the several prominent cohorts constituting cluster two. Further, other recruiters on campus were Hindustan Unilever Limited, Procter & Gamble, American Express, Standard Chartered and Nestle. Apart from the offers extended on Sunday, Nestle also is in the process of exclusively hiring IIM-A students for its International Management & Sales Training Programme. This is the first time Nestle is offering this role in India.
