Placements 2004

IIFT, being one of the country's premiere business schools, boasts of producing India's finest global business managers. Its unique curriculum and pedagogy, attuned to giving students a well-rounded exposure to the nuances of international business, has made it a favourite recruiting destination for national and international conglomerates alike. With a 40-year strong brand image to its credit, IIFTians live up to the motto ‘where excellence is the way of life’.

IIFTians today are at the helm of various business divisions and holding eminent positions in companies across the globe.

Placements at IIFT have always been 100% and placements 2004 especially have been phenomenal: IIFT placed its entire batch of 2002 - 04 on the very first day of its hiring schedule. The icing on the cake - the average salary on offer was Rs 6.5 lakh per annum.

Based on the summer internships, 18% of the batch had already received pre-placement offers before the placement week had started. TAS, Hindustan Lever and Agrotech were some of the companies that participated in the pre-placement process. 20% of the batch was placed in trading majors, with Cargill visiting IIFT as the very first campus from where they are recruiting, while there were nine placements in international companies like Olam International, Wilson International and Nobel Grains.

Information Technology majors like Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies have recruited 20% of the batch. Pharma companies like Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Dabur Pharma, and FMCG majors like Hindustan Lever, ITC and Godrej also participated in the process. Banking institutions ABN Amro, HDFC Bank and Global Trust Bank, and energy sector giants like Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation are the other companies that have recruited this year.

Commenting on the offers that IIFT students have received, Mr. Prabir Sengupta, Director General, IIFT, said, “The boundaries between international and domestic business are fast disappearing and it is in this context that IIFTians have an unbeatable edge."


List Of Major Recruiters

Adani Exports Agro Tech Foods American Devices Angelique International
Apollo Tyres Arvind Mills Ashima Syntex  
Balmer-Lawrie & Co. Balsara Hygiene Products Beehives Systems BPCL
Bharti Tele-Venture Birla Management Corporation Bombay Dyeing Britannia Industries
Business Consulting Group      
Cadila Pharmaceuticals Care India Cargill India CII
Colgate-Palmolive CMC India    
Dabur India Daewoo International Dr. Reddy's Laboratories  
Eicher Goodearth Eicher International Electa Gulf Electrolux
Essar Group ESSEM International Exim Bank of India  
Frito Lay India      
Gas Authority of India GE Plastics India Global Trust Bank Godfrey Phillips India
Godrej      
HDFC Bank Hindustan Lever HPCL H & R Johnson India
Hyundai Motors      
ICI i-flex Solution i-Maritime IMRB
Indian Airlines Indian Aluminum Co. Indian Oil Corporation
Indian Rayon & Industries
Indo-German International Indo-Rama Synthetics India IndusInd Bank IPCA Laboratories
ITC Agro ITC-IBD    
Jindal Iron & Steel Jindal Strips J K Corporation  
Kaybee Group KSA Technopak India Kuok Oils & Grains  
Larsen & Toubro Louis Dreyfus Lupin  
Mahindra & Mahindra Maersk India Mafatlal Industries Marubeni Corporation
Maruti Udyog MMTC    
National Organic Chemicals NBCC Nestle India Nicholas Piramal
Olam International ONGC    
Paper Products Patni Computer Systems PlanetAsia.com PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Polaris Software Lab Power Finance Corporation Project & Equipment Corp.  
Ramco Systems Ranbaxy Lab Reckitt & Coleman of India Reliance Industries
Ruchi Worldwide      
Sara International Schuller Group Shaw Wallace & Co. State Trading Corporation
Sterlite Industries Sundaram Clayton Sun Pharma Industries Surya Pharmaceuticals
Tata Administrative Services Tata Consultancy Services Tata Exports Tata Infotech
Tata International Tata Motors Thermax TISCO
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Trident Group TVS Electronics TVS Motor Company
TVS Sundaram Fastners      
UB Group Usha Martin    
VJIL Consulting      
Welspun Polyesters (I) Whirlpool of India Wipro Infotech Wockhardt