Software companies were the major recruiters: 42.5 % placements were made with IT companies, 18.5 % with the banking and finance industry, 14% with consultancy firms, and 9.5% with the consumer products industry.
In all, the institute got 146 offers from 45 companies. And the top five recruiters were Citibank, Infosys Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Asian Paints and Maruti Udyog. (These facts were shared by LBSIM in response to the questionnaire sent for the MBAUniverse.com MBA Placement 2007 report.)

Prof Malhotra was addressing the NASSCOM Leadership Summit in Mumbai this week. He started his talk by recounting how, early in the last century, the campaign manager for US President Theodore Roosevelt managed to avoid a crisis by understanding the negotiation process.

The Noida campus will focus on updating the skills and knowledge of working professionals. To start with, the center will offer a Working Management Program (WMP) that will commence from July this year, andthe program will be conducted three days in a week. Later, it plans to offer global management programs.

The three-year post-graduate degree in WMP is especially designed to meet the needs of working executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. Itwill inculcate in them the fundamentals and skills required to manage businesses of the future.

Almost all students were placed within a few hours of the commencement of the placement process. Major recruiting sectors were IT, consultancy and financial services (including banking). The highest salary reported is Rs.9.25 lakh per annum.

As many as 42 companies visited TAPMIs campus and handed out 184 offers; 127 students accepted offers in 38 companies. Nine students had received pre-placement offers of which two chose to accept the offers.

The CFAI ad, released in newspapers like The Times of India and The Economic Times, says There is a confusion over the CFA name in India, and you deserve to know the facts. The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation from CFA Institute is the only globally recognized CFA designation for financial professionals. The ad further states, On 4 August 2006, the Delhi High Court recognized that CFA Institute owns the exclusive rights to the CFA trademarks and that continued use by ICFAI causes irreparable harm.

I consider this award not as a recognition of my personal achievements, but recognition to the IIM family as a whole, he said. We have charted a course for IIM-A to put it in league with Ivy League business schools. We are focussing on implementing the OBC quota, a massive project which requires huge infrastructure.

Placements 2007 at GIM started in the early hours of 15 December and ended late in the evening next day. A total of 193 offers were made to 116 students. According to Goa Institute of Management, there is 40% increase in offers made in 2007 as compared to 2006. A total of 78 companies showed interests in recruiting students from GIM and 47 were slotted for the final placement process of these only 30 odd companies could recruit GIM students.

GIM signs an agreement with Fu Jen Business School (FJBS). Prof Anthony Kuo, Director, FJBS and Fr Joe Arun, SJ, Director GIM signed the agreement. This agreement will facilitate the arrival of FJBS students to spend a term in GIM and GIM students in FJBS. Summer Internships of GIM students will be organised by FJBS.
 

Over hundred companies were vying to recruit 253 students of the class of 2007 from the PGDBM, MHRM, and MIB courses. According to an IMT news release, the highest domestic salary offered this year was an annual package of Rs 17 lakhs whereas the highest international package offered was US $95,000.

The largest recruiter this year was Kotak Mahindra Bank, which handed out a whopping 31 offers. Infosys, Cognizant Technology Solutions, ICICI Prudential, Bharti, and Trident were also amongst the leading recruiters on campus.

Before joining PepsiCo, Ms. Nooyi had spent four years as Senior Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Strategic Marketing for Asea Brown Boveri (ABB). She had also worked with Motorola, as Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning.