Women students at the Indian School of Business (ISB), class of 2013 have come out with flying colours – getting more offers and bigger roles from Indian and global companies.

Women students bagged key posts of director, chief strategy officer, general manager, vice-president and regional managers in the placements for the one year, post-graduate programme in management, announced by the ISB today.

Technology and consulting companies offered the largest number of jobs at 300 of the total 798, with Apple, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Google, Facebook, HCL, Hewlett Packard, IBM, ITC Infotech, Microsoft, and Wipro Ltd being the major one’s. The average salary for the class of 2013 was Rs 18 lakhs.

In the first integrated placements, involving both the Hyderabad and the new Mohali campuses, about 762 students were on offer for recruitment, of which women constituted 29 per cent. Interestingly, Axis Bank-ISB leadership programme had already selected 12 women students.

Deepak Chandra, Deputy Dean, said the number of participating companies was 421 (21 per cent increase) and offers were 798 (27 per cent increase) over the last year. The ISB tried out the “ One school, two campus” model and it was fruitful, he said in a press release.

Only 21 students opted out of the recruitment process to start their own ventures, or return to their own companies or family businesses. ISB follows the ‘Rolling Placements’ concept – a lateral hiring process spread over several months.

The consulting sector was the second largest recruiter with 163 offers, while the Banking and Financial Sector saw a revival with about 75 offers. There was a steady increase for the third year from the pharma, healthcare and biotech sector with 58 placements.

somasekhar.m@thehindu.co.in

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