XLRI Jamshedpur's general management programme, the one-year full-time executive MBA course, has concluded a successful season of placement for its 2008 batch.
The batch has been offered plum roles highlighting the potential of the participants for middle and senior management roles.
Nearly 30 per cent of the batch went for a change from their earlier work experience.
The placement process attracted 54 companies as opposed to 23 last year, and made 101 offers to 53 participating students. The average salary offer stood at Rs 17.8 lakh (Rs 1.7 million), an increase of close to 20 per cent from previous year.
The highest domestic offer was Rs 33.8 lakh (Rs 3.3 million) and the average international offer was $130,000, an increase of 30 per cent over last year.
Sponsored candidates got elevated roles from their parent companies too.
The batch witnessed a good mix of participating companies from diverse sectors such as banking, energy, IT, Consulting, manufacturing, steel, real estate and telecom. ArcelorMittal, Reliance ADAG, Jindal Steel, DLF,
Tata Communications, Cairn Energy, L&T were some of the major recruiters.
Participants from the consulting field were McKinsey, Accenture, IBM S&C, ICRA Management Consulting (IMACs),
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