Welingkar Institute of Management sees a jump in the number of students placed on Day 1 this year over last year!

January 21, 2006.

Welingkar Institute of Management broke its own record with 189 students getting placed on Day 1 over 105 last year, a clear increment of 80 %! The total number of students getting placed by Day 2 was 225. Around 100 companies visited the campus this year.

Sector-wise break up of some companies that visited this year:

Banking & Finance: ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, HDFC Bank, Citibank, Sharekhan, Edelweiss Capital, ICICI Prudential Insurance Company Ltd., HDFC Ltd., Reliance Asset Management Co. Ltd., ING Vysya Bank, UTI AMC, ILFS Investment Commodities Ltd., SBI Life insurance etc.

Manufacturing, Consumer Durables & Automobiles: ABB Ltd., RPG Enterprises, Godrej & Boyce, Blue Star, CEAT, Atlas Copco India Ltd., Bharat Bijlee Ltd., Hero Honda, Paper Products Ltd. Etc.

FMCG, Pharma & Media: Nicholas Piramal Ltd., Radio Mirchi, Zee TV, UTV, Tata Chemicals, Ad Factors

Retail & Consultancy: Pantaloons Ltd., Donear Industries Ltd., Arvind Brands, Cerebrus Consultants, Ernst & Young, Universal Consulting Co. Ltd., Kaizen (Africa) etc.

IT & Telecom: Patni Computer Systems, Infosys Technologies, Mastek, TCS, Siemens Information Systems Ltd., Bristlecone, HCL Technologies, Mahindra Special Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, NIIT, GTL, etc.

 The below table illustrates % of students placed in particular sectors and companies that recruited in that sector

Companies that came to the campus for the first time were Infosys Technologies, Lehman brothers, JK Group, Jumbo Group (Dubai), Shaw Wallace, Skoda, Honeywell Ltd., NIIT, Ernst & Young, UTI AMC, Patni Computer Services, Radio Mirchi, Tata Motors, Jet Airways, Avalon Consulting, Bharat Bijlee, and Atlas Copco among others.

The largest recruiter was ICICI Bank recruiting 21 students. Highest package offered was 8 lacs p.a with the average salary being 5 lacs p.a.