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XLRI RECORDED 100 percent Summer Intern-
ship Placement for its 2017-19 batch. A total of
364 students were placed within two days.
The SIP process saw participation of over 90 companies
offering roles across domains including consulting, finance,
sales and marketing, operations, business development
(BM), human resources (HR) and industrial relations (IR).
The highest stipend offered for two months was Rs 5
Lakhs. This year the median and average stipend also
increased by over 20 percent.
This year multiple new companies were added
to the recruiters’ list, not to mention the tradi-
tional recruiters who hired a large number of
students as well. The top recruiters this year
include BCG, PWC, Coca-Cola and HCCB,
Mondelez, HUL, ITC, P&G, TAS, RB, RPG,
Microsoft, Uber, GSK CH, and ABG among
others.
There was also a significant increase in Op-
erations roles with firms like Reckitt Benckiser
and Colgate-Palmolive opening their Operations
roles for students. The sales and marketing roles
topped the charts with 25 percent share in recruit-
ments, followed by finance with 20 percent. The per-
formance in finance sector this year has been exception-
ally good with many regular recruiters opening up multiple
roles. Many offers were made by Kotak Wealth Manage-
ment, Mondelez Corp Fin, Avendus capital, GoldmanSachs,
JPMC Markets. With 17 percent Operations and 17 percent
General Management, and 11 percent consulting roles, the
diversity was clearly evident.
XLRI also continued its Parivartan Internship Program,
founded on the principles of Magis- Greater Good, to
advance student inclination towards development sector.
Parivartan, the social sector internship program of XLRI
was instituted in 2014, with the objective to provide relevant
avenues for students interested to work on social projects.
Multiple students were recruited by firms such as Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation, Tata Trust, Dr. Reddy’s Founda-
tion, and E-Vidyaloka through Parivartan.
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Successful
SIP Recorded
SECTOR-WISE SPLIT
FMCG stayed at the top with 27 percent share.
The participation of technology firms like Uber
saw an increase, with 20 percent roles in Business
Management being offered in technology sec-
tor. Other sectors in the process were, BFSI (13
percent), Consulting (11 percent), Conglomerates
(16 percent), and a 13 percent share split between
Media, Pharma, Auto and Telecom.
FMCG
Technology
sector
BFSI
Conglomerates
Consulting
Media, Pharma,
Auto and
Telecom