McKinsey visited on Day 0 only | IIM Kozhikode Placement Report 2019

D2C Admin

0 min read

McKinsey visited on Day 0 only | IIM Kozhikode Placement Report 2019

0 min read

IIM Kozhikode had a successful placement season lasting 6 days for its 2017-2019 batch.

The IIM Kozhikode placement rate was a pure and complete 100%.

Both median and mean salary hiked by 16%.

The average annual CTC increased by 13%.

Top consultancies like McKinsey & Co, BCG, and Bain & Co. visited the campus on day 0 only.

Rise in the number of roles offered in the consulting and finance sectors.

An overview of what happened in these 6 days:

S.No.	Parameter	Number
1	No. of recruiters	107
2	No. of offers	390
3	No. of participating students	366
4	No. of new recruiters	21
5	No. of students who opted out	7

Sector-wise breakdown

Recruiters flocked to the IIM Kozhikode campus in droves during the 6 days that the placement drive was held. More than 50% of these were Fortune 500 companies. Sector-wise details are provided below:

Domain	Top Recruiters	CTC
Consulting(offered roles to 30% of the batch)	Bain & Co. BCG Deloitte EY McKinsey & Co. KPMG, etc.	Average CTC: INR 20.84 lakhs Highest CTC: INR 34.00 lakhs Increase in avg. CTC: 20%
Finance (made 21% of the total offers)	Colgate Palmolive Deutsche Bank Goldman Sachs JP Morgan Chase, etc.	Average CTC: INR 18.41 lakhs Highest CTC: INR 38.00 lakhs Increase in avg. CTC: 15%
Sales & Marketing (offers made to 17% of the batch)	HUL HCCB ITC Nestle, etc.	Average CTC: INR 18.30 lakhs Highest CTC: INR 30.00 lakhs Increase in avg. CTC: 6%
IT and Analytics (offers made to 16% of the students)	Microsoft Mondelez American Express Wipro	Average CTC: INR 16.50 lakhs Highest CTC: INR 35.94 lakhs Increase in avg. CTC: 4%
General Management (offers made to 10% of the batch)	Capgemini ELITE Aditya Birla Group Tata Sky, etc.	Average CTC: INR 20.51 lakhs Highest CTC: INR 27.50 lakhs Increase in avg. CTC: 10%
Operations (offers made to 6% of the batch)	Amazon Flipkart Jubilant FoodWorks	Average CTC: INR 18.30 lakhs Highest CTC: INR 40.50 lakhs Increase in avg. CTC: 31%

Highlights:

In the sales and marketing vertical, Lenovo, Samsung, and HP offered B2B sales roles, while the rest offered B2C ones.

In the operations vertical, Amazon made the maximum number of hires.

Increased leadership roles were offered in the General Management vertical.

Finance offers were made in domains of Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, and Financial Markets.

IT and Analytics offers were made in the domains of Analytics, Product Management, EA, CXO, and allied fields

Comparative Analysis

The salary offered since 2016 has seen the following trend:

Placement Year	Salary (in INR lakhs)
2019	20.0
2018	17.8
2017	17.65
2016	17.1

The top 50 students this year bagged an average CTC of INR 23.73 LPA which is 13% more from last year. Specifically,

IIM Kozhikode Placement - Dare2Compete

Just like other IIMs, this was a good year for IIM Kozhikode. With a 100% placement record and new recruiters coming in with new roles and increased salaries, the future can only be bright for the institute and all those associated with it.

Source: IIM Placement Report 2019