Manipal: TA Pai Management Institute (
TAPMI) announced
placements for its flagship postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) general and PDGM-BKFS programmes for the batch of 2018-20. The institute witnessed an increase in average salary to Rs 11.5 lakh, from Rs 11.1 lakh last year.
The
highest package offered was Rs 25 lakh, an increase of 25% from last year. The average package of PGDM (BKFS), the specialist programme of TAPMI, designed on the lines of MS (finance), has increased to Rs 12.7 lakh from Rs 11.3 lakh offered last year. TAPMI students have achieved 2.8 times increase in their salary after completion of their programme, in comparison to the salary offered before the programme.
The BFSI sector was the largest recruiter (28%) followed by consulting (25%), IT, analytics and e-commerce (30%), FMCG and retail (12%), and manufacturing & core (11%).
The key recruiters included Bajaj Finserv, Arcesium, Lowe’s India, Diageo, Enhance Group, WCCLG, HDFC, Titan, Qualcomm, AB InBev, Salesforce, Deloitte, Godrej and Boyce, Aequs, Tresvista, Accenture, Citibank, Pin Click, Virtusa, Berger Paints, Capgemini, People Business, VIP, ITC, Next Education, Airtel Payments Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, Oyo, Tata Capital, Quess Corp, Brillio, Extramarks, Inspirage, Chai Point and AO Smith.
Congratulating the batch for their splendid performance, and reiterating TAPMI’s commitment towards quality academic inputs and career development, Madhu Veeraraghavan, director, TAPMI, said, “TAPMI’s consistent strong placements is a reflection of its academic focus coupled with real-world training, which enables students to take up the challenges in industry and carve a great career for themselves.” He also said, “Placements for the specialist PGDM (HR) programme have commenced and are on track, and will be completed by the second week of March.”
This year 428 students were eligible for placements of which five students opted out of the placements to venture out on their own. A total 421 students got placed in 102 companies. Some 78 students were offered placement before passing out, through summer internships, at an average package of Rs 12.9 lakh, of which 76 students accepted the offer. The highest package offered before passing out was Rs 25 lakh.