Updated as on Jan 13, 2020. The final placements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) Programme of IIM Calcutta, ISI and IIT Kharagpur for the PGDBA 2017-2019 batch saw the 52 students receiving altogether 66 offers from 35 firms, with the average salary going up to INR 25.05 Lac per annum, a press release issued by IIT Kharagpur said on Tuesday. The programme, ranked topmost in India and 14th globally among full-time business analytics course by the QS Rankings, witnessed a record 11% increase in domestic offers.
The highest domestic offer made was INR 35 Lac per annum, the release said. The overall average CTC has risen to INR 25.05 Lac per annum from INR 22.89 Lac per annum last year. Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) made up for about a third of the total offers emerging as the biggest sector.
The major recruiters from the final placements include JP Morgan Chase, Adani Group, Viacom18, Myntra, Flipkart, United Airlines, Piramal Group. Two international offers were also received.With an impressive conversion rate of 63.5%, the pre-placement offers make up the majority of the offers made.
The major recruiters in the internship process included D.E Shaw & Co, ABInBev, Amazon, PwC, Barclays, Gartner, Johnson & Johnson and Master Card. The average monthly stipend of the internships bettered last year’s number by 22.8% reaching INR 1,13,565 this year. The median monthly stipend rose by a remarkable 29.4% to reach INR 1,11,100.The Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics is a two-year full-time residential program in Business Analytics and Data Science started jointly by three premier institutes of the country – IIM Calcutta, ISI, IIT Kharagpur. Source: The Times of India
