IIM-L Lateral Placement Session: 75 Firms Take Part

New Delhi: This year, the Indian Institute of Management – Lucknow (IIM-L) has witnessed the participation of over 75 firms across various domains, including consulting, corporate finance, IT and sales and merchandising.

As per sources, ICICI Bank tops the chart with 22 offers, followed by Deloitte with 20 offers. In addition, international offers were made by Ernst & Young, Dubai, Olam International and HCL, among others. This placement season also witnessed the participation of 25 first-time recruiters which includes names such as Adani Group, CEB, Ford IT, HP, i3 Consulting, Info Edge, Infomedia, JLT Group, Nereus Capital and Target. Moreover, this time around, more than 50% of the graduating batch at IIM-Lucknow were eligible for the lateral placements process. The batch had an average work experience of 34 months.

Furthermore, among the most popular offers made on campus was the one in the private equity space made by Baring Private Equity. Leading mail and logistics services group, Deustche Post DHL, made an offer for its in-house consulting profile in Singapore. Capgemini, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank, L&T, M&M, PWC and RPG were among the usual recruiters on campus, while niche profiles were offered by the likes of Thomas Cook and Fujitsu. Glenmark and BA Continuum recruited for HR as did Amazon, Google and Microsoft IDC for their product management and online sales and operations profiles