Consulting, Finance and Technology Majors Hire Over 95 percent of IFMR GSB students
Students Make it Big with New-age Roles in Risk and Financial Advisory, Digital Consulting, Financial Planning and Analysis, Risk Consulting and Modelling, Business Analysis, Management Consulting and Valuation Consulting
Chennai, March 24, 2022—IFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB) at Krea University today announced that 165 of the 175 students who sat for placements have been hired by leading global and Indian consulting, finance and technology companies, while others have been hired for roles in strategy, marketing and operat ions. Notably, students got new-age roles in valuation consulting, risk and financial advisory, digital consulting, finan cial planning and analysis, risk consulting and modelling, business analysis and management consulting.
This year saw a total of 78 recruiters, of which 34 were new recruiters. Some of the prominent recruiters include d Barclays, EY, Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, Accenture, Société Générale, CRISI L, Temenos, Tiger Analytics, ZS Associates, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, Oracle, HCL Technologies, Genpact, Phi lips, Tata International and Northern Arc, to name a few.
With next-generation finance, technology and manufacturing ope rations projected to be a more than a trillion-dollar opportunity for India between now and 2030 by consulting major McKinsey*, IFMR GSB’s focus in recent years has been to marry management with operations and technology that results in exciting careers and entr ep reneurial opportunities for students. This year the average sala ries were up by over 10 percent across the top 25%, 50% and overa ll, with the highest salary offered being Rs18 lakhs per annum.
“With the pandemic accelerating the shift to digital transformation, IFMR GSB’s focus on embedding data-sci ence across all subjects attracted a large canvas of new recruiters to the campus,” said Prof Lakshmi Kumar, Dean of IFMR GSB at Krea University “While the average salaries have grown across bands, it’s heartening to note that students are pivoting more to exciting roles that provide them long-term career growth than merely be fixated on compensation and benefits.”
About IFMR GSB
Propelled by a five-decade-long heritage of IFMR, and in line with Krea University’s ethos of re-imagining educ ation, the Graduate School of Business (GSB) prepares students who can effectively navigate an uncertain futu re. IFMR GSB offers a full-time MBA and PhD programme, as well as work-integrated executive and managem ent development programmes.Over the 20 years, IFMR has built a robust network of over 20,000 alumni across the spectrum of industries who bring invaluable insights and expertise to the students while the illustrious Acad emic Council provides deep insights and direction to IFMR GSB’s teaching, design curriculum, research, and rel ated activities.
