The graduates of the 2011-13 batch of XLRI, Jamshedpur, secured over four per cent rise in median salary at Rs 16.2 lakh a year in the final placement process 2013. The median salary was close to Rs 15.5 lakh for the 2010-12 batch last year.

A total of 77 companies participated in the placement process and made close to 260 offers to a batch of 240 students, said a press statement from XLRI. Around 65 students got pre-placement offers from their summer internships.

“Against the backdrop of an economic slowdown this year it is gratifying to see many respected organizations coming to XLRI year-after-year. The placement process at our campus concluded with the entire batch getting meaningful placement offers,” said E. Abraham, Director, XLRI.

Financial bigwigs

Financial institutions including Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank, Nomura, Goldman Sachs and Development Bank of Singapore were some of the recruiters in the finance domain, the release said. Treasury roles were offered by Axis Bank and ICICI Bank. L’Oreal, Airtel, Dr Reddy’s and L&T Finance offered roles in corporate finance.

Some of the key recruiters in the FMCG domain include Unilever, Procter & Gamble, ITC, Kraft Cadbury, Asian Paints, Castrol, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Colgate Palmolive and Pidilite among others.

The consulting domain saw the participation of industry majors such as Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, Gallup, Vector Consulting, Ernst & Young, Cognizant Business Consulting, Deloitte and Capgemini Consulting among others. International roles were also offered to some students, the release said.

This apart, the institute also had recruiters from technology and e-commerce industry like Microsoft, Infosys and Mindtree which offered roles in program management, marketing, HR and operations.

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