Nagpur: Organizations around the world, including educational institutions, are working to fend off the repercussions of Covid-19 and the indefinite lockdown it has caused. In such a scenario, the Career Development Services (CDS) office at Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIM-N) has ensured both the first and second-year students in its flagship two-year Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management retain their summer internship and final placement offers, respectively.
All students of the PGP Batch of 2019-21 had received summer placement offers and the process was declared closed on January 29, the premier B-school informed in a press release. Following the Covid-19 outbreak, some of these offers had to be rescinded, owing to the nature of these projects that involved, for instance, intensive fieldwork or interpersonal interaction. However, the proactive approach of the CDS team ensured no student lost the opportunity to undergo an internship, and well within time, these students received offers from other companies.
The summer internship being an essential part of the PGP curriculum that promises exposure to organizational functioning, it was ensured the prevailing situation did not hamper the learning. As on date, all students have begun their internships on a work-from-home basis.
As geography is no longer a limitation, several students are working on more than one project. The internship period remains as eight weeks, as has been stipulated and conducted for all previous batches.
For the second consecutive year, IIM-N became the first of the new-generation IIMs to report 100% placement for the Batch of 2018-20 in its final placement season, which was closed around the end of February 2020. All the offers made to the students are intact. The CDS team has been in constant touch with the recruiters, who have assured that the offers will be honoured.
Students typically join their organizations between mid-May and early June every year. While some organizations have deferred the joining date by a few weeks owing to the lockdown, several others have begun documentation and background verification process for the new recruits.
“The institute is positive that with the support of the partner organizations and recruiters, the present situation will be overcome to serve the best interests of the students and further their learning and careers,” IIM-N stated in a press release.
All students of the PGP Batch of 2019-21 had received summer placement offers and the process was declared closed on January 29, the premier B-school informed in a press release. Following the Covid-19 outbreak, some of these offers had to be rescinded, owing to the nature of these projects that involved, for instance, intensive fieldwork or interpersonal interaction. However, the proactive approach of the CDS team ensured no student lost the opportunity to undergo an internship, and well within time, these students received offers from other companies.
The summer internship being an essential part of the PGP curriculum that promises exposure to organizational functioning, it was ensured the prevailing situation did not hamper the learning. As on date, all students have begun their internships on a work-from-home basis.
As geography is no longer a limitation, several students are working on more than one project. The internship period remains as eight weeks, as has been stipulated and conducted for all previous batches.
For the second consecutive year, IIM-N became the first of the new-generation IIMs to report 100% placement for the Batch of 2018-20 in its final placement season, which was closed around the end of February 2020. All the offers made to the students are intact. The CDS team has been in constant touch with the recruiters, who have assured that the offers will be honoured.
Students typically join their organizations between mid-May and early June every year. While some organizations have deferred the joining date by a few weeks owing to the lockdown, several others have begun documentation and background verification process for the new recruits.
“The institute is positive that with the support of the partner organizations and recruiters, the present situation will be overcome to serve the best interests of the students and further their learning and careers,” IIM-N stated in a press release.
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