Record summer placements at XLRI

Jamshedpur, Nov 23 (UNI)

IBM has emerged as the biggest recruiter, picking up 13 candidates in the summer placements of the batch of 2006 of the premier B-school Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) here.



HLL and ICICI Bank followed closely to pick up 11 candidates each while BPCL managed to recruit nine candidates. The FMCG Sector - comprising Arvind Brands, Asian Paints, Cadbury, Castrol, Coke, Colgate Palmolive, Gillette, Godrej, HLL, ICI, ITC, Pepsi, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagrams and Titan - was the top recruiter, picking up 54 students (30 per cent of the batch) while ITC and Gillette took 7 and 6 respectively. The Pharma industry was represented by Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Ranbaxy.



The number of offers accepted from Consulting firms - which included Accenture, Ernst & Young, Hay Group, Hewitt, Mercer and PwC - went up by a whopping 67 per cent compared to last year.



Informing this to the mediapersons here today director of XLRI N Casimir Raj said the cent per cent placement was an indication that XLRI was recognised as a brand name in the corporate world. He said this was rated as one of the best summer placements in recent memory.



Placement Coordinator Dr Sabyasachi Sengupta expressed his pleasure commenting, ''The positive response from companies this year is heartening: this is evident from the growing number of Companies visiting XLRI with every Placement session. The enthusiasm of Companies also strikes an optimistic note for the final placements scheduled this February.''