With the fourth and final cluster for summer internship closing on Friday evening, the entire first year batch of 379 students at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) got placed with internship offers, an official said here.
More than 20 companies conducted interviews in Cluster 4 held on Friday, which included Tata Steel, Aviva Insurance and Samsonite, according to an IIM-A release. The first cluster was held on November 11.
Tata Steel made the highest number of offers for the Post-Graduate Diploma (PGP) summer placement for 2011-12, Prof Saral Mukherjee, Placement Chairperson, said.
More than 115 recruiters visited the Institute to hire summer interns in four clusters this year, as against 102 last year.
In accordance with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS), the IIM-A will publish audited report for summer placements of PGP and PGP-AGM program.
According to an official, the office of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam also hired six students with internship offers to work on various social campaigns and roles related to rural development under the former President of India. Of the six, one student is from the PGP-Agricultural Business Management (PGP-ABM) and the rest from PGP.
Last year also, four students had done internship at Dr Kalam’s office.