TAPMI SETS A RECORD IN PLACEMENT 2008

The T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal announced today that the Campus Placement for the Batch of 2008 was held on 20th December 2007. Amidst hectic schedules and students shuttling between interviews with different organizations on campus, almost all the students were “placed” within a few hours of commencement of the process. TAPMI adopted a dual offer system with an end of the day acceptance in order to allow students to have their choice of signing up for the most preferred organizations.

While 74 companies confirmed their willingness to recruit, 61 companies participated on the campus placement process on Day One, that is, 20th December. They together made a total of 197 offers (including 3 Overseas) to 125 students. Students exercised their choice and accepted offers in 50 companies representing diverse sectors such as Financial Services including Banking, Equity Research and Wealth Management, IT & ITES, Consulting, Telecommunication, FMCG, Manufacturing, Health Care, Entertainment and Infrastructure. 17 students had received Pre-Placement Offers for their outstanding performance during their summer internship of which 3 accepted.

The average salary offered this year is Rs. 7.40 lacs and the highest salary offered is Rs. 18 lacs (Rs.9.25 in Placement 2007).

Companies that visited TAPMI campus and recruited for the first time include Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, KPMG, SEBI, ICRA, Adventity, Bank of America, Standard Chartered Bank, CapGemini, D E Shaw, Big FM, GMR Group, Godrej & Boyce, JSW, Tata Capital, Reliance Capital, Pioneer Investment Corporation and Wockhardt Hospitals.