While IIM Lucknow and IIM Kozhikode completed their summer placements within four days, XLRI Jamshedpur achieved 100% placement in two days. Photo:New Delhi: Amid a raging jobs debate in the country, several top Indian B-Schools, including some Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), have reported strong summer placements for their students with sales and marketing, finance and consulting being the top recruiters. While IIM Lucknow and IIM Kozhikode completed their summer placements within four days, XLRI Jamshedpur achieved 100% placement in two days. Though summer placements are not the same as final placement, they are indicative of the job environment these campuses may witness in a couple of months for the final placements of their outgoing batches. Though the school did not quantify the average stipend offered, it said the highest stipend offered was Rs3 lakh.

Source: Mint October 24, 2017 05:38 UTC