As another batch treads the path of fulfilling their dreams of an MBA degree from DMS, it's time we bring forth the story of the batch making its glorious exit. After going through the rigmaroles of the making of a successful manager, the students went on to script a stellar performance in the recruitment process.

The astounding success of the Placement season for the Class of 2008 has once again reaffirmed DMS's reputation of being a centre of excellence for management education. Some of the most respected and prestigious brands from the corporate world visited the campus to recruit the finest of management graduates.

For a batch of 63 students we had a participation of 46 Companies. A total of 91 offers were made to the outgoing batch. Offers per student stood at 1.44, the average salary this year was a whopping 11.92 Lakhs p.a, which witnessed a surge of 33% compared to the last batch. The median salary turned out to be 11.7 Lakhs p.a. The highest domestic salary for the class of 2008 was a staggering 20.7 Lakhs p.a. offered by Reliance Energy. Quite a few companies could not recruit anyone as the process got over on day zero itself.

This year also witnessed a slew of laterals being offered to the students where in the average salary for the laterals stood at 13.15 Lakhs p.a., while the median salary stood at 12.5 Lakhs p.a.

The profiles offered by the companies spanned across every vertical of management from Finance, Consulting, Marketing, Operations and IT to HR.

Some of the star recruiters in the Banking and Financial sector included names like Lehman Brothers, GE, Citibank, HSBC, Kotak Mahindra, SBI Caps, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered, Crisil, SEBI, IDBI, Irevna, Westend Capital, E-Clerx etc.

Companies like Bristlecone, Ernst & Young, IBM Business Consulting, MB Petroleum (Oman), Cognizant (Market Rx), KPMG, Avalon Consulting etc. handpicked students for Consulting Profiles. Marketing profiles were given by FMCG majors like Reckitt Benckiser, Coke, RPG Retail, Bombay Dyeing, GSK etc. while Idea, AC Nielsen, Pfizer, DCM Shriram, Maruti Limited, Balmer Lawrie Ltd. etc. offered Operations Profiles. Companies like Bharti Enterprises, Vodafone, Pfizer, Maytas Infrastructure etc. offered profiles in some of the emerging sectors like telecom, retail, pharmaceutical, infrastructure etc.

The Recruiters for IT/ITES sector included Industry Bigwigs like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, IBM, CapGemini, Tech Mahindra, Patni Computers, Infosys, US technologies etc.

Please click on the following thumbnail to view the functional break-up of the "Placements 2008":



Placements at DMS, is a student managed process, with faculty supervision and co-ordination. The Student Placement Committee and can be reached at