FMCG fares well in the MDI Summer Placement Report 2018-20

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FMCG fares well in the MDI Summer Placement Report 2018-20

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Ranked amongst the top B-Schools of the country, MDI Gurgaon witnessed companies from diverse domains to recruit students for summer placements. From Finance and Operations to Sales and Marketing and Human Resources, several companies offered packages to the batch of 359, the highest recorded batch to sit for placements in the history of MDI. This report covers the primary details of the summer placement of MDI.

Overview:

S.No.	Parameter	Number
1	No. of participating students	359
2	No. of Recruiters	98
3	Average Stipend	2.10 Lacs
4	Highest Stipend	3.20 Lacs

This year, MDI had a batch size was 359, with 239 students from PGPM, 60 from PGP-HRM and 60 from PGP-IM. The sector wise recruiters are mentioned below:

S.No.	Sectors	No. of Companies
1	BFSI	20
2	Strategy & Consulting	11
3	FMCG	16
4	Healthcare	11
5	IT & Conglomerates	16
6	Others	24

Domain-wise Breakdown:

Sales and Marketing

With Samsung and BMW, MDI witnessed associations with new recruiters this year. Regular recruiters like Coca-Cola, Asian Paints, GCPL, Dabur, L'Oréal, ITC Limited, Nivea and Marico relied in the students of MDI again. While the prime recruiters were Pidilite Industries Limited and Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. who revisited the MDI campus for summer placement with fresh zeal, the college’s position strengthened in the Healthcare domain as well. Popular names in the Pharma sector such as Cipla, AstraZeneca and Novartis established associations with the campus.

Finance

Premier companies like Avendus Capital, Langham Capital and India Alternatives offered roles of front-end investment banking and private equity. Whereas regular recruiters like JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs and Nomura offered other investment banking roles. In corporate finance, roles were offered by companies such as General Electric, MARS and Cipla.

Operations, IT/ITES & Others

MDI witnessed first time recruiters from industry stalwarts in the domain of operations such as Uber and Maersk Line. In addition, Digital Advertising and E-commerce firms also recruited for their roles of operations and analytics.

General Management and Strategy

Major conglomerates such as Reliance Industries Limited and JSW offered lucrative roles in the general management function. In operations strategy and management, consulting firms like Digital McKinsey, Deloitte USI and PwC offered roles to the students.

Human Resources

A considerable demand from the industry was witnessed in the domain of human resources. Several firms such as Fresenius Kabi, OYO Rooms, Marico, Asian Paints, PepsiCo, RP-SG FMCG and Pidilite Industries Limited opened positions for HR profiles for the first time. For the regular recruiters, MDI upheld its position as the preferred institute. Famous names like Airtel, Aditya Birla Group, Godrej Properties Limited, EY, Reliance Industries Limited and ITC Limited trusted MDI again, offering roles in the HR domain.

The highest stipend was offered by the FMCG sector in both, PGPM & PGP-IM and PGP-HRM. While around 42% offers were made in the BFSI and FMCG sectors in PGPM & PGP-IM, around 25% offers were made in BFSI and Consulting in PGP-HRM.

With this, MDI reinforced its position in the list of top B-Schools.

To refer to the entire report, click here.

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