Xavier School of Management (XlRI) has successfully concluded placement for the outgoing batch of 2016-18 of its flagship programme of two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Management – HRM and BM— with all 358 candidates securing offers through the final recruitment process in around 4 days.
The final recruitment process saw participation from 132 recruiters with 370 offers, inclusive of 29 first-time recruiters.
The median salary offered to the batch is Rs 21 lakh per annum while the average is Rs 20.1 lakh per annum. PSUs like GAIl, IOCl and HPCl along with first time recruiters like National Housing Bank and India Health Action Trust participated in it.
Prof. Uday Damodaran, Chairperson, Placements (2 yrs. PGDM Programs), XlRI- Xavier School of Management said, “This has been a good year for both, students as well as final recruitments. We are extremely grateful to all the recruiters for showing belief in the XlRI brand and our students. We are hoping that our relationship with the recruiters will go from strength to strength and would be fruitful for all parties involved.”
XlRI’s unrivalled reputation for its Human Resources Program was clearly visible as the HR students secured excellent job offers across sectors viz. Consulting, FMCG, General Management and other sectors in large numbers.
Reputed Management Consulting firms such as The Boston Consulting Group, Accenture Technology Consulting, Deloitte S&O, KPMG, EY, Deloitte and PwC recruited from the Consulitng domain.
Sales and Marketing opportunities offered by the FMCG sector have contributed to establishing XlRI as one of the most preferred recruitment destinations over the years. This year, was no different with industry majors like P&G, Colgate Pamolive, Hindustan Unilever limited, Nestle, RB Johnson & Johnson, Mondelez, ITC India, AB InBev, and Heinz were among the regular recruiter from the FMCG sector.
Avendus Capital, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, DBS, Societe Generale, Edelweiss and Standard Chartered represented the financial services sector.
This year also saw healthy participation from PSUs with GAIl, IOCl and HPCl hiring in large numbers along with first time recruiters like National Housing Bank and India Health Action Trust.
Fr. E Abraham, Director, XlRI - Xavier School of Management commented, “We are happy to announce that this year’s placement season has witnessed a remarkable increase in both the number of offers and recruiters. Interest in XlRI’s students has been tremendous with top companies recruiting.
“We attribute the excellent placements this year as an affirmation by the industry of the high-standard of management-centric education that we strive to deliver to our students.”