98% of XLRI students successfully placed in four days

Within four days, around 98 per cent of XLRI, Jamshedpur students have been successfully placed in reputed organizations across different industry sectors.

A batch of 240 students across the Business Management and Human Resource programmes were offered 225 job profiles by 75 recruiters.

The median salary package of the batch is more than Rs 16.2 lakh per annum.

The institute’s HR students secured positions across sectors viz; Consulting, FMCGs and other fields in large numbers, reported a leading daily.

Around 65 students got PPOs (Pre-Placement Offers) from their summer internships.

According to a press release, the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) firms hired in big numbers, with ITC being the largest recruiter.

"Against the backdrop of an economic slowdown this year it is truly gratifying to see many respected organizations coming to XLRI year-after-year for recruiting our talented students,” Fr. E Abraham, director of XLRI, said.

“We attribute the excellent placements this year as an affirmation by the industry of the high-standards of management-centric education that we strive to deliver to our students. The placement process at our campus concluded in a record time of just 4 days, with 98 per cent of the batch getting meaningful placement offers from reputed organizations across industry sectors," Abraham said.

In the finance sector, Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank, Nomura, Goldman Sachs and Development Bank of Singapore were among the prominent recruiters.

Among those who offered roles in Sales and Marketing and HR functions included Unilever, Procter & Gamble, ITC, Kraft Cadbury, Asian Paints, Castrol, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Loreal, Colgate Palmolive and Pidilite.