Highest number of offers made this year | IIM Lucknow Placement Report 2019
- The highest number of offers were made during this year’s process.
- International offers were made by recruiters like IQVIA, Artefact, and Splash.
- Companies visiting for the first time included: Artefact, ACT, Axis Capital, Bain & Company, IQVIA, KOIS Invest, Ola, Optum, Udaan, Whiteboard Capital, Xiaomi, etc.
- Top 4 domains which offered jobs: Consulting, Finance, Sales & Marketing, Business Development
- Top recruiters: Alvarez & Marsal, Aditya Birla Group, Bain & Co, Hindustan Unilever, JP Morgan Chase, MasterCard Advisors, McKinsey & Company, and BCG
An overview
| S.No. | Parameter | Number |
| 1 | No. of recruiters | 147 |
| 2 | No. of students | 460 |
| 3 | Maximum offers made by | Consulting sector (32%) |
| 4 | Top recruiters | Accenture, Amazon, BCG, Deloitte, Flipkart |
| 5 | No. of international offers | 3 |
Salary packages, however, have not been disclosed.
Domain-wise breakdown
| Domain | Percentage of roles offered |
| Consulting | 32 |
| Finance | 16 |
| Sales & Marketing | 16 |
| E-commerce | 15 |
| General Management | 14 |
| Systems/ IT | 10 |
In the consulting domain, as many as 145 offers were made by recruiters like:
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Bain & Co
- JP Morgan Chase, etc.
In the General Management domain, the list of recruiters was as follows:
- Aditya Birla Group
- Airtel
- Hinduja Group, etc.
ABG and RPG were the top recruiters.
In the BFSI domain, 81 offers were made by the following companies:
- Axis Capital
- Avendus Capital
- Citibank, etc.
The roles offered pertained to front-end Investment Banking, Global Markets, Investment Research, Corporate/Wholesale/Retail Banking, Market Research, Trading, and Operations.
In the FMCG/ Consumer Goods/ Digital Media/ Telecom domain, 70 offers were made by recruiters such as:
- Airtel
- Colgate Palmolive
- Puma
Roles were offered in sectors like Supply Chain Management, IT, Corporate Finance, HR and Analytics, and some other exclusive roles.
Finally, recruiters in the IT/ Technology/ E-commerce domains included:
These firms offered not only IT/ Systems profiles but also roles in sectors like Category Management, Sales Enablement, Business Development, Supply Chain Management, Product Marketing, Strategic Alliances, Program Manager and Analytics.
Comparison with the previous year
Although data relating to salaries has not been released, we have the following comparison:
| Parameter | 2019 | 2018 |
| No. of students | 460 | 454 |
| No. of offers made | 460 | 454 |
| No. of recruiters | 147 | 143 |
| Top foreign recruiters | Artefact, IQVIA, Splash (Landmark Group) | Olam, TGI, AluZinc, ADM and Phoenix Commodities CP Group, British Telecom, DBS |
| Top recruiting domain | Consulting | Sales & Marketing |
With a 100% placement record, IIM Lucknow has joined the ranks of IIMs attracting top recruiters in the country. And as far as one can tell, it only plans to ascend those ranks.
Source: Placement Document 2019