Accenture made 19 offers in IIMA summer placements

Global management consulting firm Accenture Strategy became the top recruiter in cluster-1 of the summer placements that concluded at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) on Monday. The clusters 2 and 3 will be held on November 9 and 12.

Companies that visited the campus comprised various cohorts including those from investment banking and markets, management consulting and private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.

An official statement from the placement cell of the institute said, "We saw a large pool of recruiters in this space. More than 35 firms participated in Cluster-1 placement. Accenture Strategy was the top recruiter with 19 offers. The prominent recruiters in the consulting domain included AT Kearney, Bain & Co., McKinsey & Co., Monitor Deloitte, Strategy and The Boston Consulting Group, among others."

Prominent recruiters in the investment banking and markets space include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, and Morgan Stanley. Avendus Capital and Citibank made five offers each across various roles.

"We saw active participation in the private equity and venture capital domain this year with Kedaara Capital, Multiples Equity, Temasek and True North participating, among others. DSP Blackrock and Balyasny Asset Management were some of the asset management firms which participated in this year's process," it read.