IIM-Lucknow claims 100% placement

Lucknow:  The Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Lucknow), one of the premier Indian B-schools, has claimed to break all previous records by providing 100 per cent summer placements for the largest batch of 475 students.
IIM Lucknow set the standards for Summer Placements last year with 100 per cent placements for 453 students. However, it yet again raised the bar by achieving the same feat but for the largest IIM batch of 475 students in a record time of five and a half days, IIM-Lucknow sources asserted.
This year, the 29th batch of 475 students, the largest batch, got 100 per cent placement in a record time. The recruitment saw participation from 159 domestic and international recruiters.
The top four segments based on roles offered were sales and marketing, finance, consulting and business development.
Some of the top recruiters across different sectors were Aditya Birla Group, Accenture, Al Shaya, Amazon, a Delhi based NGO, Headstrong, HSBC, Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints, Airtel, Coke, Dabur, GSK Consumer, Hindustan Unilever. In addition to the traditional sales & marketing roles, these firms offered roles in supply chain management, IT, finance, HR, analytics with some of them being exclusive roles for IIM Lucknow. P&G, which was the top recruiter in this segment, opened the highest number of profiles and hired 10 interns. Kraft-Cadbury and Hindustan Unilever were the next top recruiters. (UNI)