Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad first cluster of the Summers Placement process for the PGP class of 2019 was held yesterday and it witnessed a large pool of recruiters taking part in it. Management consultation firm Accenture Strategy was top recruiter with 19 offers where more than 35 firms participated in the Summer Placements process. 

The companies that visited IIM Ahmedabad campus in Cluster 1 comprised various cohorts including investment banking and markets, management consulting, as well as private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.    

"We saw a large pool of recruiters in this space. More than 35 firms participated in Cluster 1. Accenture Strategy was the top recruiter with 19 offers," said a statement from IIM Ahmedabad.

The prominent recruiters in the consulting domain included A.T. Kearney, Bain & Co., McKinsey & Co., Monitor Deloitte, Strategy& and The Boston Consulting Group, among others.

Accenture Strategy Tops With 19 Offers In IIMA Summer Placement Cluster 1

Prominent recruiters in the investment banking and markets space include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, and Morgan Stanley. 

Avendus Capital and Citibank made 5 offers each across various roles. We saw active participation in the PE and VC domain this year with Kedaara Capital, Multiples Equity, Temasek and True North participating, among others. DSP Blackrock and Balyasny Asset Management were some of the asset management firms which participated in this year's process.

IIM Ahmedabad's Clusters 2 and 3 of Summer Placements process will be held on November 9 and November 12 respectively.