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<ul><li><keyword id="63618" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Management">Indian Institute of Management</keyword> (IIM) Shillong witnessed a whopping 73% jump in the highest salary offer received this placement season — at ₹ 48.5 lakh per annum. </li><li>The top 50% of the cohort bagged offers above ₹23 lakh. </li><li>As many as 60 companies visited the campus this year, including Cognizant, Capgemini, BirlaSoft, HSBC Bank and Thomson Reuters. </li><li>Consulting and Strategy was the most sought after domain this year, accounting for 29% of the total offers. </li></ul>Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong witnessed a <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/iim-shillong-finishes-final-placements-for-the-batch-of-2018-20/articleshow/74876595.cms">whopping 73% jump in the highest</a> salary offer received this placement season — at ₹ 48.5 lakh per annum. The institute said that the top 50% of the cohort bagged offers above ₹23 lakh. In fact, the average compensation also increased to ₹18.7 lakh, up by 11% as compared to last year. As many as 60 companies visited the campus this year, including Cognizant, Capgemini, BirlaSoft, HSBC Bank and Thomson Reuters among others. The list also includes first time recruiters — Aditya Birla Capital, ByteDance, FIITJEE, Mahindra &amp; Mahindra and international employers like ShopUp, and Tillomed Laboratories, hiring for operations and consulting profiles. Consulting &amp; Strategy accounts for almost a third of the total job offers As expected, consulting and strategy was the most sought after domain this year, accounting for 29% of the total offers. The sector offered the highest salary packages at an average remuneration of ₹24 lakh per annum. This includes roles like investment banking, supply chain management, advisory, analytics and corporate strategy. Other job offers came from sectors such as finance, analytics, general management, Human Resources, IT, operations, sales and marketing. The maximum number of job offers came from top multinationals like — ByteDance, Cognizant, Deloitte, JP Morgan and TATA Steel. Highest stipend at ₹3 lakh during summer placements The growing trend of summer placements and pre-placement offers too might have had an effect on the increased interest of recruiters. The graduates also secured pre-placement offers from Goldman Sachs, DE Shaw, Emami Group, Titan and more. During the summer placements too, the institute saw a 17% surge in the average stipend offered to the interns — <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/average-stipend-for-summer-internships-at-iim-shillong-jumps-17-120030601223_1.html">from ₹1.1 lakh to ₹1.3 lakh for two months</a>. The highest stipend secured by the students stood at ₹3 lakh. General management roles witnessed an increase in the number of offers as well as the stipend. On the other hand, sales and marketing was the most sought after sector during summer internships, accounting for 33% of the offers, followed by consulting profiles. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/iim-visakhapatnam-places-all-its-students-at-an-average-salary-of-13-lakh-highest-package-stood-at-27-lakh/articleshow/74803421.cms">IIM Visakhapatnam places all its students at an average salary of ₹13 lakh; highest package stood at ₹27 lakh</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/these-are-the-starting-salaries-offered-to-b-school-students-in-india/articleshow/74168696.cms">These are the starting salaries offered to B-school students in India</a>

IIM Shillong witnesses a whopping 73% increase in highest package at ₹48.5 lakh

India’s 11th President, Dr <keyword id="2972752" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Avul-Pakir-Jainulabdeen">Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen</keyword> (APJ) <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Destiny-always-has-a-different-plan-Dr-APJ-Abdul-Kalam-planned-an-assignment-which-he-couldnt-give-to-IIM-Shillong-students/articleshow/48248849.cms">Abdul Kalam</a>, who died on Monday at the age of 83, addressing students at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=IIM+Shillong">IIM Shillong</a>, wanted to be remembered as “teacher”. 
 
Kalam’s adviser <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Srijan+Pal+Singh+">Srijan Pal Singh</a> was on the same stage with him in Shillong when he collapsed and was taken to hospital where he later died. 
 
The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=IIM+Ahmedabad+">IIM Ahmedabad</a> alumnus, Singh, paid tribute to the ‘<keyword id="445273" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Missile-Man">Missile Man</keyword>’ on Tuesday. He has also co-authored two books with the former President. 
 
He posted on Facebook: Once Kalam asked me, “You are young, decide what will like to be remembered for?” 
 
Singh kept on thinking for impressive answers and then one fine day he counter-questioned him. He asked Kalam: “First you tell me, what you would like to be remembered for? President, Scientist, Writer, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Missile+Man">Missile Man</a>, India 2020, Target 3 billion…What?” 
 
Kalam replied: “Teacher”. 
 

	In his touching post on Facebook, Singh said two weeks back they had a long discussion about his missile days. He was worried about the way children behave with their parents. The former President said: “Children need to take care of their parents. It is sad that sometimes this is not happening.”
 
Singh quoted Kalam as advising parents: “Two things. Elders must also do. Never leave wealth at your deathbed – that leaves a fighting family. Second, one is blessed is one can die working, standing tall without any long drawn ailing. Goodbyes should be short, really short.” 
 
He said in his post: “Today, I look back – he took the final journey, teaching, what he always wanted to be remembered doing. And, till his final moment he was standing, working and lecturing.” 
 
“He left us, as a great teacher, standing tall. He leaves the world with nothing accumulated in his account but loads of wishes and love of people. He was a successful, even in his end,” he added. 
 
“Will miss all the times you surprised me with your humility and startled me with your curiosity, will miss the lessons of life you taught in action and words, will miss our struggles to race to make into flights, our trips, our long debates…The man is gone, the mission lives on. Long live Kalam,” he concluded. 
 Kalam was awarded the <keyword id="100256" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Bharat-Ratna">Bharat Ratna</keyword> in 1997, the Padma Vibhushan in 1990 and the Padma Bhushan in 1981. 
 
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Neither president nor scientist, APJ Abdul Kalam wanted to be remembered as a ‘teacher’

Working tirelessly even on his last day, former President <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Dr+APJ+Abdul+Kalam+">Dr APJ Abdul Kalam</a> had planned a surprise assignment for the students of <keyword id="138328" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="IIM-Shillong">IIM Shillong</keyword> which he could not give it to them. The assignment was about finding new and innovative ways to end disruptions in <keyword id="6354721" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="parliament">Parliament</keyword>. 
 According to Kalam's close aide <keyword id="983173" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Srijan-Pal-Singh">Srijan Pal Singh</keyword>, who was with him on his last day, they discussed about disruptions in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Parliament+">Parliament</a> on their way to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Shillong">Shillong</a>. 
 
He told PTI from Shillong: "He was very worried and said he had seen the tenures of many governments but disruption keeps on happening every time. He had told me to prepare a surprise assignment for the students which would be given to them at the end of the lecture." 
 
Srijan Pal Singh, who co-authored two books with Kalam, said the former President wanted the students to come up with three innovative ideas to make Parliament more productive. 
 
"We had also decided to include this topic of disruptions in Parliament into our next book 'Advantage India' which would be released in September-October. I'll do that now before the book comes into the market," the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=IIM+Ahmedabad+">IIM Ahmedabad</a> alumnus said. 
When asked about Kalam's last wish, he said Kalam always wanted a billion smiles on a billion faces in the country. 
 
He further said that Kalam wanted rural India to develop, adding “he kept on talking about youth empowerment. Now his ideas are more alive as the man who was leading it from the front is no more," he said. 
 
The only regret the <a href="file:///C:/Users/gunja.d/Documents/July%202015/Missile%20Man">'Missile Man</a>' had in his life was not being able to provide facilities like 24-hour electricity to his parents during their lifetime "That is I think one regret he always had in his life," Singh said. 
 
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Destiny always has a different plan! Dr APJ Abdul Kalam planned an assignment which he couldn’t give to IIM Shillong students

Former President, top scientist, <keyword id="100256" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharat-Ratna">Bharat Ratna</keyword>, these are just some of the titles that come before the name of Dr AJP Abdul <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=kalam">Kalam</a>, who passed away on Monday while delivering lecture at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=iim">IIM </a>Shillong. 
 
Born on October 15, 1931 in a family of a boat owner in Tamil Nadu’s Rameshwaram, Kalam survived all hardship to grow big in life. He distributed newspaper at one to time to support his family and education. 
 After pursuing graduation in Physics from Madras University, AJP <keyword id="5141" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Abdul-Kalam">Abdul Kalam</keyword> decide to take up Aerospace Engineering as he then desired to become a fighter pilot. But the destiny had some bigger plans for him. Traversing through his career journey at the <keyword id="6355142" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="DRDO">DRDO</keyword>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=isro">ISRO</a>, Chief Scientific Advisor to the <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword> in 1992, the <keyword id="858029" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pokhran-nuclear-test">Pokhran nuclear test</keyword>, he was ultimately elected as India’s 11th President in 2002. 
 
And what Kalam will always be remembered for is, a President who brought people to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and this is what made him the ‘People’s President'. 
 
Once the 83-year-old had said, “It is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win someone.” And certainly it’s his inspiring words through which he rules over a million hearts. 
 
Abhishek Sharma, a software developed, shared on Quora, “Once, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam rejected the suggestion to put broken glass on the wall of a building that needed protection. Why? Because broken glass would be harmful for birds! This happened when Dr Kalam was with the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=drdo">DRDO </a>and his team was discussing options to secure the perimeter of a building that needed protection. Dr Kalam reportedly said, “If we do that, birds will not be able to perch on the wall.” 
 
The other instance is when Quora user Naman Narain drew a sketch of Dr Kalam and sent it to the President. To his surprise, the President sent him a thank you card, with a short handwritten message and personalised with his signature. 
 
At a convocation ceremony of IIT (BHU) Varanasi, Dr Kalam was the Chief Guest. There were five chairs on the stage, the centre one being for him, the other four designated for the top university officials. Noticing his chair being bigger in size than the others, Dr Kalam refused to sit on it and offered the Vice Chancellor to sit in stead. Immediately, another chair was made available for the ‘People’s president.’ 
 Another action that displays down-to-earth demeanour of Dr Kalam is that during his first visit to <keyword id="165422" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Trivandrum">Trivandrum</keyword> as the then President, he was entitled to invite anyone as the “Presidential Guests” to Kerala’s <keyword id="138" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Raj-Bhavan">Raj Bhavan</keyword>. And as Dr Kalam had spent a significant time as a scientist in Trivandrum, he invited a road-side cobbler – who was quite close to him during his time in Kerela; and so was the owner of the small hotel where Dr Kalam would often have his meals. Can you ever imagine any other politician or a celebrity of his stature inviting a cobbler and a small business owner as his/her most prestigious guests? 
 <keyword id="6359039" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sourav-Ganguly">Sourav Ganguly</keyword>, who received the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=padma+shri">Padma Shri</a> from Dr Kalam in 2004, recalls instances of the Indian <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=cricket">Cricket </a>team's interactions with the former President after finishing runners-up in the 2003 <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=world+cup">World Cup</a> in South Africa. "I remember he wished the team. I remember <keyword id="6364325" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anil-Kumble">Anil Kumble</keyword> asked him about his subject. He knew little about cricket and we tried to explain to him how 11 men move around a cricket ball. But whenever we met him we realised that his world and thinking was different. He has become the President of India but his thought process is different from the others," said Ganguly, regarding India’s missile man as a visionary. 
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This is how Dr APJ Abdul Kalam touched lives of #AamAadmi

Deeply distressed by the disruptions in the Parliament, former President of India, late <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Destiny-always-has-a-different-plan-Dr-APJ-Abdul-Kalam-planned-an-assignment-which-he-couldnt-give-to-IIM-Shillong-students/articleshow/48248849.cms">APJ Abdul </a><a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Destiny-always-has-a-different-plan-Dr-APJ-Abdul-Kalam-planned-an-assignment-which-he-couldnt-give-to-IIM-Shillong-students/articleshow/48248849.cms">Kalam</a>, had plans to come up with ways to make Parliament sessions productive. 
	 Dr. Kalam, popularly known as the People’s President, had planned a surprise test for his students at <keyword id="138328" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIM-Shillong">IIM Shillong</keyword>, in which they had to come up with three innovative ways to make the Parliament more productive and vibrant. 
	 “Our second discussion was more national. For the past two days, Dr. Kalam was worried that time and again Parliament, the supreme institution of democracy, was dysfunctional. He said, "I have seen two different governments in my tenure. I have seen more after that. This disruption just keeps happening. It is not right. I really need to find out a way to ensure that the parliament works on developmental politics." He then asked me to prepare a surprise assignment question for the students at IIM Shillong, which he would give them only at the end of the lecture. He wanted them to suggest three innovative ways to make Parliament more productive and vibrant,” remembered his close aide, <keyword id="983173" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Srijan-Pal-Singh">Srijan Pal Singh</keyword> in his post on Facebook while paying a tribute to the visionary leader. 
	 
	But, being the empathic teacher that he is, after a while Dr. Kalam went back to the topic and said, “But how can I ask them to give solutions if I don't have any myself.” 
	 
	 
	But this was not the only topic that was discussed between them while they were on their way to IIM Shillong on Monday. Former President Kalam was also deeply disturbed by the terror attacks in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Top-security-officials-fear-more-Gurdaspur-like-terror-attempts/articleshow/48250531.cms">Gurdaspur</a> in Punjab. Interestingly, he was to deliver a lecture on how to create a livable planet at the said venue. 
	 
	“…The loss of innocent lives left him filled with sorrow. The topic of lecture at IIM Shillong was Creating a Livable Planet Earth. He (Dr. Kalam) related the incident to the topic and said, “it seems the manmade forces are as big a threat to the livability of earth as pollution". We discussed on how, if this trend of violence, pollution and reckless human action continues we will forced to leave earth. "Thirty years, at this rate, maybe", he said. "You guys must do something about it... it is going to be your future world,” recalled Singh in his post. 
	 
	But this wasn’t all. Dr Kalam, who is remembered for his humility and kindness towards others, irrespective of their position in the society, displayed yet another example of his love. 
	 
	While travelling in a convoy of six cars, as a protocol, a security personnel in the car ahead of the dignitary’s vehicle, is supposed to stand. Late Dr. Kalam too had a similar convoy but what he did next for his security personnel is truly touching. Dr. Kalam noticed that one of his security personnel had been standing since the beginning of their journey from the airport to the venue. Worried that the personnel will be exhausted, Dr. Kalam asked his aide to make radio communications to the car ahead of them to signal the personnel to sit down. Unfortunately, this couldn’t happen. So, later when he reached the venue, he asked Singh to call the personnel in order to personally apologize for making him stand so long. 
	 
	“…One hour into the road journey, Dr. Kalam said, "Why is he standing? He will get tired. This is like punishment. Can you ask a wireless message to be given that he may sit?" I had to convince him, he has been probably instructed to keep standing for better security. He did not relent. We tried radio messaging that did not work. For the next 1.5 hours of the journey, he reminded me thrice to see if I can hand signal him to sit down. Finally, realizing there is little we can do - he told me, "I want to meet him and thank him". Later, when we landed in IIM Shillong, I went inquiring through security people and got hold of the standing guy. I took him inside and Dr. Kalam greeted him. He shook his hand, said thank you buddy. "Are you tired? Would you like something to eat? I am sorry you had to stand so long because of me,” said Singh. 
	 
	Touched by his gesture, the personnel just uttered, “Sir, aapke liye to 6 ghante bhi khade rahenge (Sir, we can stand for another six hours for you).” 
	 
	In his post, Singh recollects that Dr. Kalam’s last words for him were, “Funny guy! Are you doing well?” Two minutes into the lecture, Dr. Kalam collapsed and later passed away, leaving behind his legacy for generations to come. 
	 
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#KalamSir: Former President’s APJ Abdul
Kalam’s ‘funny guy’ pays a tribute to the great man!

Former <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="President">president</keyword> <keyword id="6402687" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="APJ-Abdul-Kalam">APJ Abdul Kalam</keyword> passed away after collapsing during a lecture at <keyword id="138328" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="IIM-Shillong">IIM Shillong</keyword> today. 
 
Doctors of the Bethany Hospital put him on oxygen and tried to revive him. He was reportedly in a critical condition. 
 
"He is in the intensive care unit. We are examining him. We suspect that it could be cardiac arrest," John Sailo Ryntathiang, Director of Bethany Hospital, told IAN. 
 
Kalam was the President of India from 2002-2007 and was there at IIM to attend a course on Liveable Planet Earth. Meghalaya Governor V Shanmughanathan and the Chief Secretary P B O Warjri visited the hospital. 
 
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Ex-president Abdul Kalam passes away

In India, there are 20 IIMs at present. In all of these institutions, the selection process consists of three stages. However, each of these IIMs follow an independent admission process. A good performance in the CAT examination is mandatory for admission to any IIM. However, the other factors considered for admission include academics, diversified interests, work experience and GD-PI-WAT performance of the candidate also play a decisive role in the admission. Here is an overview of the three stages of the admission process in IIM. Stage-1: CAT Performance Performing well in the CAT examination is the primary requisite to qualify for the IIM selection process. The candidate’s percentile score in the CAT examination will decide if he or she can hope to get into IIM at all. A high score in CAT examination is the first step of the selection process. The minimum requirement prescribed for admission to different IIMs range between 70 to 85 sectional percentile and 80 to 95 overall percentile. For example, IIM Ahmedabad needs 70 sectional and 80 overall percentile for admission while some new IIMs require 75 to 85 sectional percentile and 90 overall percentile. Thus the sectional and overall percentile requirement differs between different IIMs. Stage-2: IIM Shortlisting process Once the candidate has obtained the percentile score specified by the given IIM, the shortlisting process starts. Each of the IIMs has its own policy regarding the shortlisting in the second stage of admission process. The aspects considered for shortlisting include the CAT examination score, academics, diversity, and work experience besides some others. Stage-3: Final selection process The final selection process at the IIMs comprise of personal interview, an ability test (written) and Group Discussion (in some IIMs). Those candidates shortlisted are invited to attend the PI round in number of cities depending on the choice given by the candidate while applying for admission to the IIM during the CAT exam registration process. The PI-WAT round is given a higher weightage than the CAT score by the IIMs. The final selection of the candidate will also depend on the academic performance and diversity of the candidate. IIM Shillong and IIM Kozhikode conduct GD round on the basis of WAT. Each of the IIMs have their own independent policy of preparing the merit list considering the candidate’s performance in the final selection round, CAT scores, academic profile, diversity, work experience and gender diversity. Common Admission Process (CAP) in the new IIMs Around 10 IIMs in the country including IIM Kashipur, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Trichy, Udaipur, Bodh Gaya, Jammu, Sambalpur, and Sirmaur adopt a common admission process. This common admission process is coordinated by IIM Ranchi. The two components of the CAP coordinated by the IIM Ranchi consist of WAT and PI. All the IIMs participating in the CAP will not conduct their own independent final admission round. Instead, they will take into account the scores of the candidates in the CAP along with the performance in other individual admission components to make the final admission offer.

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IIM Ahmedabad With 18 offers, e-commerce major Amazon has been the biggest hirer during the summer placements of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Amazon made the maximum 18 offers, followed by McKinsey &amp; Company with 15 in the consulting domain and Goldman Sachs with nine among the banks.In the general management cohort, Tata Administrative Services was the largest recruiter with 10 offers. In the consumer tech area, Sprinklr made nine offers. Good offers also came in for sales and marketing, with Hindustan Unilever making seven and Procter &amp; Gamble, SC Johnson and <keyword id="10591" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Samsung">Samsung</keyword> making six offers each. Prominent recruiters in the investment banking and markets space included Citibank, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Kotak IB and Standard Chartered. Banking, financial services and insurance hirers included American Express, FinIQ, Fullerton and RBL. Accenture Strategy, AT Kearney, Bain &amp; Co, Oliver Wyman and the Boston Consulting Group represented the management and niche consulting domain. 
 
IIM Nagpur 
The highest stipend offer that was bagged by a student of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) batch was of Rs. 1.6 lakh for a duration of two months.Vijay Phate, in-charge of placement office, said, "This year, the highest and the average stipend offered saw a significant jump. The highest stipend offered was Rs1.6 lakh, and the average stipend of the batch also increased by 24% to Rs56,900." This year more than 40 recruiters from across sectors have found IIM-N students suitable for the summer internship positions, the premier institute said in a press statement. IIM-N has seen a significant increase in number of first-time recruiters, even for the second batch of PGP students, it added. 
 
IIM Amritsar 
With Ernst &amp; Young as the top recruiter, IIM Amritsar witnessed 100 per cent placement for its largest ever batch. Ernst and Young was the top recruiter followed by ICICI Lombard, Maruti Suzuki, Shopclues, Toyota, SBI, EXIM Bank, Adani, DHFL Pramerica, PayU, IFFCO, Tega, RBI, Canara Bank and Choco-Swiss. A total of 51 companies had participated in the IIM Amritsar summer placement. While the highest stipend offered is INR 1.1 lakh, the average stipend offered is INR 49780 thus marking an increase in 49.64% in the average stipend on a year-over-year basis. 
 
IIM Shillong 
The season witnessed a highest stipend of INR 2,50,000 and an average total stipend of INR 81,000, a significant jump of 17% from the previous year. A total of 184 roles were offered across various functional domains. Sales &amp; Marketing emerged as the most sought-after domain with 36% of the total offers made to the candidates. Prominent recruiters such as Mahindra GMC, Aditya Birla Group, <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword>, Dabur, <keyword id="6358584" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="HSBC">HSBC</keyword>, Perfetti Van Melle, ICICI Bank, Amazon, <keyword id="28721" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cognizant">Cognizant</keyword> Business Consulting, Titan, GSK Pharmaceuticals, TATA Steel, Fidelity Management Research and Wipro continued to show faith in the caliber of the students. The Institute also played host to an array of new and eminent recruiters this year including ITC, <keyword id="6358918" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Deloitte">Deloitte</keyword> S&amp;O, Kohler, Beiersdorf (Nivea), Yes Bank, Piramal Enterprises, Cummins, VMware, Aviva Life Insurance, Lava, and Metlife. Deloitte emerged as the largest recruiter in Consulting domain offering the highly coveted Strategy and Operations profile. HSBC made the maximum offers in the Finance domain while ITC, Tata Motors and Tata Steel made the highest number of offers in Sales &amp; Marketing domain. Apart from the increasing number of offers made in FMCG, Manufacturing &amp; Retail sectors, the season also saw participation of unconventional sectors such as Healthcare and Social Sector offering Strategy and Development roles. 
 
IIM Udaipur 
Of the 181 students in the batch, 157 sought placements through the Institute while 8 students opted for the summer entrepreneurship programme offered by IIMU. A total of 46 firms made offers for summer internships, an increase of 9.5% over the previous year. While regular recruiters like General Electric, RBL Bank, Amul, Xpress Money, NMC Healthcare, Snapdeal and ICICI Bank among others continued to show their faith in the potential of the students at IIMU, eighteen new firms joined the recruiters’ list. The average stipend offered stands at INR 52,653 while the highest stipend offered jumped to INR 1,60,000, a 10% rise over the previous year. The average stipend offered to the top 10 percentile increased by 5.3% over the previous year to INR 1,30,497. The average stipend offered to top 25 percentile students stands at INR 1,06,100 and for the top 50 percentile it is INR 81,366. All figures are for the entire duration of the internship. This year also witnessed a 100% increase in the number of international placements with 14 students bagging offers outside India. The average stipend for the international placements is INR 1,08,425 for the two months excluding benefits such as accommodation, travel, and flight-tickets. 
 
IIM Trichy 
The average stipend offered for the internship period was Rs. 53,030 and the highest domestic offer was Rs. 2.50 lakhs. Roles were offered across various domains like Sales &amp; Marketing, Finance, General Management, Consulting, Strategy, Operations &amp; HR. Some of the major recruiters taking part in the process were Microsoft, Dabur, World Bank, Mahindra, Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, Yes Bank, etc. There was an even distribution in the companies visiting from various sectors like BFSI, Consulting, Manufacturing, IT &amp; Services, FMCG, Retail, E-commerce, Supply Chain &amp; Infrastructure. The average of the top 10% offers for the domains like Sales &amp; Marketing, General Management &amp; Finance witnessed a growth in the range of 20-25% compared to the previous year. The median stipend offered to the top 10 percentile of the batch was Rs. 1.31 lakhs and that offered to the top 25 percentile of the batch was Rs. 1 lakh.

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Finally, the much awaited CAT Results are out, with 20 candidates securing 100 percentile! What's interesting this time is that all the students who scored 100 percentile marks are engineers. 
 
As per reports, this year the number of applicants rose to 2, 32,434 compared to last year's 2,18,664, as per the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The exam was conducted in 138 cities across the country and the duration of the exam was of three hours. IIM Bangalore was the convener of CAT 2016. 
 The CAT entrance test, thought to be one of the toughest exam, is a gateway to admissions in <keyword id="125199" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Managements">Indian Institute of Managements</keyword> and other Business schools in the country. So, for qualifying students eyeing admissions to the Top B-schools in India, here's everything about application that you may want to know: 
 
Admission procedure: 
These are the 20 IIMs which are operational right now - IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Amritsar, IIM Bangalore, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Jammu, IIM Kashipur, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIM Nagpur, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Rohtak, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Shillong, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIM Udaipur and IIM Visakhapatnam. Amongst them, IIM Calcutta is the oldest one and IIM Jammu is the youngest one. 
 
All the candidates who successfully cleared the selection process will make their way to these 20 different IIM institutes on the basis of Written Ability Test, Group Discussion followed by Personal Interviews round. However, not every IIM follows the same procedure, it also varies from institute to institute. IIMs may additionally use other factors like previous academic performance of the candidates, relevant work experience and other similar inputs in short listing and ranking of candidates at various stages of the admission process. It is best for candidates to refer to the admission policies of IIMs from their respective websites. 
 
Here's a list of PG programmes in various IIMs: 
IIM Ahmedabad: PGP, PGP-FABM 
IIM Amritsar: PGP 
IIM Bangalore: PGP, PGPEM, PGPPM 
IIM Bodh Gaya: PGP 
IIM Calcutta: PGP-PGDM 
IIM Indore: PGP (Indore, Mumbai), EPGP 
IIM Jammu: PGP 
IIM Kashipur: PGP, EPGPM 
IIM Kozhikode: PGP 
IIM Lucknow: PGP, PGP-ABM, PGPSM 
IIM Nagpur: PGP 
IIM Raipur: PGP, PGPWE 
IIM Ranchi: PGDM, PGDHRM 
IIM Rohtak: PGP, EPGP 
IIM Sambalpur: PGP 
RGIIM Shillong: PGP, PGPEX 
IIM Sirmaur: PGP 
IIM Tiruchirappalli: PGP, PGPBM 
IIM Udaipur: PGP 
IIM Visakhapatnam: PGP 
 
Eligibility verification: 
If a candidate is shortlisted for interviews or selected for a program by any IIM, he/she must comply with the eligibility verification by presenting Marksheets, Degree Certificates and Certificates to prove the reservation/disability category, if there are any. 
 
The candidates in the Final Year of Graduation have to show an original certificate from the Principal/Registrar/Director of the university/institution certifying that the candidate has obtained 50% marks or equivalent (45% in case of the candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PWD category) based on latest available grades/marks.

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Brush your skills and prepare yourself for the interview as consulting firms such as <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=EY">EY</a>, <keyword id="6358918" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Deloitte">Deloitte</keyword>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=cognizant">Cognizant</a>, etc are shopping for talent and they might come to your campus as well. 
 
The consulting firms are going to more Indian Institutes of Management to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=hiring">hire</a> fresh MBA graduates as initiatives like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=digital+India">Digital India</a> are driving demand for management services. 
 
These firms are approaching IIMs at Kashipur, Trichy, Udaipur, Rohtak and Shillong, looking for talent in financial services, technology and consumer goods. 
 This time, the <keyword id="3276809" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="big-consultancies">big consultancies</keyword> are looking for talent apart from IIM Ahemdabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata. 
 EY, Deloitte, <keyword id="28721" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cognizant">Cognizant</keyword> and The Boston Consulting Group said they hired more <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=mbas">MBAs</a> offering 30% higher salaries. 
 "Clients are fairly positive about campaigns such as Make in India, <keyword id="1929810" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Digital-India">Digital India</keyword>, etc. The outlook for growth is quite positive and all this is translating into a rise in hiring numbers this year," Sandeep Kohli, national director for HR at EY, told ET. 
 
Sandy Gopalan, vice-president for consulting at Cognizant, told ET that more focus on digital is giving way to more hiring. 
 
"We are in the midst of a once-in-a-decade shift in the technology landscape. While continuing to drive down costs in core operations, clients are also shifting towards digital in order to remain competitive. This trend is creating significant opportunities for B-school graduates," said Gopalan. 
 
Typically, biggies pay between Rs 20 and Rs 30 lakh annual package to B-school talent at the entry level. 
 
IIM-Rohtak, which was founded in 2010, saw the sharpest jump in offers from the consulting space. 
 
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Mortal remains of late former Indian President <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=APJ+Abdul+Kalam">APJ Abdul Kalam</a> arrived at Palam Airport in New Delhi from Guwahati on Tuesday. 
 Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, <keyword id="6354814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="prime-minister-Narendra-Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>, along with Three Service Chiefs paid homage to Kalam. 
 
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were also present. 
 
 
 
Public can pay homage to the late President from 3pm onwards at 10 Rajaji Marg in New Delhi. 
 
 
 
The last rites will take place at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. 
 
People from all walks of life took to social media and paid homage to the apolitical President. Kalam led the scientific team that developed missiles able to carry India's nuclear warheads. 
 
He became a national hero after helping oversee nuclear tests in 1998 that solidified India's status as a nuclear weapons state. India's first atomic test was in 1974. 
 
Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smriti+irani">Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani</a> announced Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan to be renamed as APJ Abdul Kalam Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan. 
 
Telangana Government has announced holiday, whereas the Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to work one hour extra to pay tribute to the late President. 
 
Kalam died on Monday (July 27) from a cardiac arrest at the age of 83. 
 
Kalam, popularly known as 'Missile Man', was delivering a lecture in Shillong when he collapsed and was rushed to Bethany Hospital. 
 
Kalam’s last tweet was: 
 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		Going to Shillong.. to take course on Livable Planet earth at iim. With <a href="https://twitter.com/srijanpalsingh">@srijanpalsingh</a> and Sharma.
	— In memoryof Dr.Kalam (@APJAbdulKalam) <a href="https://twitter.com/APJAbdulKalam/status/625546195205648384">July 27, 2015</a></blockquote>
 
We at Business Insider have created this unique platform for anyone who wants to pay homage to this the beloved Former President, APJ Abdul Kalam- the great leader, teacher, scientist and amongst many other things a visionary par excellence, even as he embarks upon his last journey. Just click on the link to pay your respects: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/social/48249034.cms">http://www.businessinsider.in/social/48249034.cms</a> 
 
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President Pranab Mukherjee, PM Modi pay homage to Dr Kalam at Delhi airport

What is the favourite point of discussion when you have a journalist, an academician, a businessman, a housewife and taxi driver inside a cab going from Guwahati to Shillong? No guesses, it is Politics. 
 
People from all spheres of life in the north-east want to know who is winning in Assam and the moment you tell them you are from Delhi, they want to listen more. 
 The counting of votes for the 126-member assembly in Assam will take place on May 19 and the <keyword id="43771" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Exit-polls">exit polls</keyword> have already given the verdict, and it is exactly what majority of the people from Assam want. 
 
As per the exit polls, BJP will leapfrog through the 64-seat mark. Yes, they want Narendra Modi to win, badly! 
 
Read again. 
 
They want MODI to win. Assam has not voted for BJP the party, but only for the prime minister, whose wax statue recently got inducted in the much-famed Madame Tussauds. 
 
Be it a PhD from IIM Guwahati or a housewife, who has two bagsful of household materials, they want Modi to win as they believe he will address their problems and can take the state forward. 
 
“You will see how Modi will transform this place. He has done so much for Gujarat and is getting big companies from across the world to India. He has dreams to transform India. We believe he will bring about a change here also,” said the businessman, only to be seconded by the driver. 
 
As we took the sharp turn in the hilly terrain through torrential rain, the housewife chipped in, “Major thing is we want to get rid of the curfew. We want Sonowal to become the chief minister who should, under the guidance of Modi, listen to our grievances. The way Modi has reached out to us, no one has.” 
 
Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah are master strategists when it comes to campaigning. Even during the Assam campaigning, various social media tools were used to woo voters. 
 
“At least Modi is coming out in the open to speak to us. Tarun Gogoi never knew what to do with the region. We are hard working people,” said the driver. 
 
The local sentiment is not gauged by these four people only, others in local market, shops, hotels also want him to come, which means Modi’s BJP is definitely coming to Assam, ending the 15-year Congress rule. 
 
Modi, during electioneering, appealed to the Assamese to give him five years and lambasted Congress over water, power and employment issues. 
 
He in fact went a step ahead to gel with the crowd and also invoked goddess Kamakhya and sang an Assamese song to connect with the locals. 
 
“Business is not easy here. We are also fed up of migration and people from Bangladesh are a major point of contention for us,” said the businessman. 
 
Any criticism of Modi and his government almost certainly falls on deaf ears, or people reply with a curt, “He should be given time. Rome was also not built in a day. What he is doing now, will bear fruits in next five years. People of Assam are very patient. You should be too.” I was left without a reply there. 
 
If Modi does win the Assam battle, it will come as a huge sigh of relief after the BJP lost in Delhi and Bihar. 
 
If at all Modi, who played his development plank once again during campaigning, wins election in Assam, he will have to deliver his ‘all-round’ development pitch. Else, voters, might not be so welcoming. 
 
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