The series of pre-placement offers and laterals season earlier meant that 57 students had already been placed even before the final placements had started. The average compensation package this year rose to Rs 10.11 lakh per annum from Rs 9.3 lakh per annum last year. The highest domestic salary this year was Rs 25 lakh per annum whereas the highest international package was US $ 110,000 per annum.

Final Placements this year saw a number of consulting firms like McKinsey & Co., AT Kearney, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers , TAS and Bristlecone visiting the campus.

Five national finalists namely IIM- Ahmedabad, SJMSOM of IIT - Mumbai, two teams from NMIMS, Mumbai and SCMHRD Pune will compete to win the coveted contest. The winners of the National Finals will get an opportunity to go to Paris to participate in the 16th International Finals and compete with students from across the globe.

The finals of the contest will be held in Mumbai on Monday, March 10 at NMIMS University.

Placements culminated with the Class of 2008 achieving an average salary of Rs 14.83 lac per annum, a rise of 26% over last years figure. The highest domestic salary at IIM-K shot up by 28% to Rs 29 lac per annum. The highest international salary recorded a phenomenal 60% jump, capping at USD 175,000 per annum by an Oil & Gas conglomerate.

Laterals were conducted in the months of January and February 2008.

The significant amount of prior work experience of the batch of 2006-08 led to an increase in the number of students eligible for lateral placements. Many big names in fields such as consulting, private equity, general management and banking participated in the process.

With as many as eleven talented young people opting out of the placement system to start their own ventures, the trend of taking this less traveled road has grown stronger. These students have plans to start their ventures in areas as diverse as logistics, manufacturing, advertising, finance and agro-processing in addition to information technology.

New programs and initiatives are envisaged simultaneously in Pune, India and London, UK where the School of Entrepreneurship and Business centre is located at the UoEs campus in the Southend of London.

298 offers were made for a batch of 180 students, with the average domestic offer coming in at 14.75 Lacs and the highest domestic offer being Rs. 28 Lacs. 12 international offers were also made with an average of $90,000 USD.
Says XLRI, A notable feature of the entire process was not just the increased leeway for the average student to choose, but also depth of specific roles that were tailored to woo the best of the countrys business graduates.

with national and international experts in the higher education field highlighting the opportunities and challenges of globalisation of education in India. Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Smt. D.Purandeswari, was the chief guest for the valedictory function. Dr. K. Kasturirangan, MP and Chairman of the EDGE vision Group, narrated the deliberations that took place during the three-day conference.

Proton Business School will offer a 2 year UGC recognized MBA, along with Protons Post-Graduate Program (PGP) in Business Leadership and Corporate Excellence.
PT Education informed MBAUniverse.com that the program on general management will commence by July 2008 and the GD/PI is being conducted in the 1st and 2nd week of March. Apart from this GD/PI performance, admission points are also being allocated for basis of CAT / XAT / GMAT / MAT scores.