MY LITTLE DEVIL’S IDEA ON MARKCONF 2007

Marketing Conference 2007 seems like a great idea. Great idea because it is entirely an alumni event, which means we make or break it. It is being hosted by the institute and tentative dates look like Sept 28-29. The entire event design is clear. Speakers at the panel discussions have to be IMT grad, which means we are looking for the best speakers across segments. Appeared to be a little tricky initially but the initial speaker list which I have seen is a revelation, though I am not giving it out at this stage except saying that preparations are going on track. Meanwhile want to let you know that the organizers are already freezing on the lead and segment sponsors and on the speakers. Any suggestions on these, do rush them to alumni relationship office. Watch this space for more.

I have a devil’s idea here. Let’s conduct a surprise quiz for the faculty at the end of Day 2 :). Any volunteers for this?!

DEDICATED BUSINESS DISCUSSION FORUM FOR IT

No, I have no intention to write about the visual below. This one is about a dedicated discussion group created by Manish Bindra of 2006. A sector specific initiative, this group cuts across batches and sees sharing of resources, ideas and information pertaining to IT sector. If this interests you, do visit here to become a member. There are 70 guys on board already.

Nice visual though!

NILANJAN KEEPS HIS WORD- PLACEMENTS UPDATE

As I mentioned in the previous post, I had requested Prof Nilanjan Chattopadhyay to send a few lines on Placements 2007. He is the Chairman, placements at the insti. A detailed report on placements was waiting for me as I came back to Chennai. Some bytes I thought would be of interest.

1. They had placements completion party at the end of Day One.
2. Across the segment recruiter interest seen. Banks, Consulting, Manufacturing, CPG/FMCG, IT, ITES, Telecom, Media, you name it, all were there.
3. 253 students received 336 offers from 71 companies.
4. Average salary (well, I hate this bit but somehow this one generates lot of readers interest as well!) was INR 10.48 lakhs.
5. Highest domestic salary offered INR 17 lakhs.
6. Kotal Mahindra picked made 31 offers.

Recruiters include Henkel, Infy, Cognizant, Satyam, ICICI Prudential, United Bank of Switzerland, Dabur, Marico, HLL, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Radio Mirchi, Bharti, Avalon, Deloitte, Dell, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Genpact….. …. (This is not an exhaustive list but I feel lazy keying in all these names. Yes, cut paste can make you tired too!). Congrats to you all from the alumni. We hope to see you guys here soon.