IT major Wipro made the maximum number of offers across multiple roles in consulting, eco-energy and corporate finance at the end of cluster three of summer placements at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). However, the institute, which is conducting a cohort-based summer placement process for the first time this year, refused to divulge details about the number of offers.

Interviews in the third cluster of the summer placement process saw students being offered roles by more than 30 companies across a large spectrum of sectors including media, FMCG, telecom, pharma, apparels, advertising, IT, automobile, banking and consulting, stated an institute communique.

Several recruiters such as Airtel, Heinz, Britannia, Marico and Aircel offered sales and marketing roles, while Mahindra & Mahindra offered roles in general management. "This year once again, automobile giant Renault offered international roles," the institute further stated.

In line with the changing preferences of students to seek challenging roles in new domains, the third cluster also saw several first-time recruiters like Ogilvy & Mather, S.Kumar's Group, Arvind Brands and Onicra.

Continuing to opt for internship roles in politics and policy management as well, one of the IIM-A students has chosen to intern with PD Rai, Member of Parliament and an IIM-A alumnus. The student would support the legislator to participate actively in parliamentary and national policy making processes, as well as project management on specific initiatives at the national and constituency levels.

The National Innovation Foundation, an institute under the Department of Science and Technology has also offered summer placements to 12 students. The students will get an opportunity to work with grassroots technologies from different parts of the country including the north eastern region.