Summer Placement coverage in the Hindu

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The Xavier's Labour Research Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, has added yet another feather to its cap. After a successful placement sting for the 2004 batch, it is the turn of the 2006 batch with 189 students - 126 in Business Management and 63 in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations to enjoy their summer placements.



Taking the lead was IBM, which picked up 13 candidates followed by HLL and ICICI Bank, which have taken 11 students each, while BPCL was close behind with nine students. 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 the number of offers accepted from consulting firms like Accenture, Ernst & Young, Hay Group and Hewitt among others saw an increase of 67 per cent over last year, the IT/ITES Sector accounted for 22 per cent of the batch. The core sector picked the next highest numbers with 36 offers made in all by Aditya Birla Group, BPCL, Murugappa Group, Shree Cements, TAS and Tata Motors.