he placement season with a large number of established and boutique consulting firms recruiting students for international and domestic strategy roles. Multiple offers were made by Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey and Co. Deloitte Consulting recruited for India as well as US roles for its Strategy and Operations and Human Capital divisions. Gallup Consulting was a first time recruiter at XLRI and offered multiple roles across divisions. Accenture Management Consulting maintained its strong relations with XLRI and made offers for its India and Global practices.
KPMG, Ernst and Young and IBM Consulting made the highest number of offers for their Human Capital as well as Business Services practices.
Other recruiters included Hay Group, Tata Strategic Management Group, Mercer, AonHewitt, Nielsen, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PeopleStrong, Wipro Consulting, Cognizant Business Consulting, Capgemini Consulting, Infosys Consulting and HCL.
Vector Consulting, a leading operations consulting firm, also recruited from XLRI for the first time. XLRI also established relevant ties with Strategic Decisions Group and Renoir Consulting.
Students
Total number of students
235 (BM: 115, PMIR: 120)
Opt-outs
1 (from BM batch)
Effective number that appeared for placements
234
Companies and offers
Number of companies that made offers
73
Total number of offers made
284
Average offers per student
1.21
Total number of Lateral offers made
52
Number of Lateral offers accepted
48
Total number of PPOs made
72
Number of PPOs accepted
62
Salary
Average Domestic salary of total offers
Rs 16.48 lakhs
Median Domestic salary of total offers
Rs 15.5 lakhs
Highest Domestic salary
Rs 40 lakhs
Highest International salary
USD 150,000
Finance
Goldman Sachs, which was the largest recruiter, made 12 offers for its Asset Management and Investment Research roles. Standard Chartered offered roles in Financial Markets while one student was made an offer in N M Rothschild’s Investment Banking division. A leading venture capital firm also participated in placements, choosing to recruit exclusively at XLRI. Other recruiters within the Banking and Finance Sector included Citibank, Nomura, Bloomberg, Edelweiss, Rabobank, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, L&T Finance, SBI Capital Markets and DBS Bank. Additionally, corporate finance roles were offered by Airtel, Cairn India Energy and Reliance Industries.
Consulting
Consulting was the highlight of the placement season with a large number of established and boutique consulting firms recruiting students for international and domestic strategy roles. Multiple offers were made by Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey and Co. Deloitte Consulting recruited for India as well as US roles for its Strategy and Operations and Human Capital divisions. Gallup Consulting was a first time recruiter at XLRI and offered multiple roles across divisions. Accenture Management Consulting maintained its strong relations with XLRI and made offers for its India and Global practices.
KPMG, Ernst and Young and IBM Consulting made the highest number of offers for their Human Capital as well as Business Services practices.
Other recruiters included Hay Group, Tata Strategic Management Group, Mercer, AonHewitt, Nielsen, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, PeopleStrong, Wipro Consulting, Cognizant Business Consulting, Capgemini Consulting, Infosys Consulting and HCL.
Vector Consulting, a leading operations consulting firm, also recruited from XLRI for the first time. XLRI also established relevant ties with Strategic Decisions Group and Renoir Consulting.
Marketing
XLRI has always been the favorite destination of all the leading marketing companies. Unilever, P&G, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, Nestle, PepsiCo, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages, Asian Paints, Marico, Castrol, Britannia, ITC, Kraft Cadbury, Lenovo and Airtel were among the top names which made their presence felt.
Airtel was among the largest recruiters with a total of 12 offers on campus.
General Management
TAS, Cairn India Energy, Aditya Birla Group, Mahindra, Hinduja Group, Lodha Group, Reliance Industries, RPG, Coromandel and Olam International were among the top names recruiting across BM and PMIR.
Technology companies also created a buzz on campus including names such as Facebook, Amazon, Flipkart and Redbus. Other companies which participated were Michael Page, Suzlon, HPCL-Arcelor Mittal Energy Limited, Tata Motors and Raymond.
In line with previous years, Global Pharmaceuticals major, Novartis AG offering its prestigious HR Leadership Development Role at Basel, Switzerland making it the highest international offer of US $150,000.