MBA

Mentorship Programme

Placements form an integral part of B-schoollife and the first time that one gets to experience the whirlwind experience is during the Summer Placements. It is crucial for any future manager as it is an excellent opportunity to work in the corporate sector, decide on one’s career path and make a smooth transition from academic life to life as managers and leaders. While being a great opportunity it is also a great challenge for them.

At IIM Calcutta, the culture is one of knowledge sharing and mentorship. As such, every year, the second year students of the Institute organize a mentorship programme for the first year students to prepare them for the summer placement process. The Mentorship programme begins right from the stage of CV making, wherein each first year student is assigned 2-3 mentors, who have backgrounds similar to him/her. These mentors lead the first years through the entire process of CV making, guiding them at each and every step. As far as the preparation for GDs and interviews is concerned, no stones are left unturned to ensure that the aspirants are ready for the D-day. Various clubs such as Finance and Investment Club, Consulting Club, Marketing Cell conduct sessions for them wherein they are made aware of the nuances of their chosen field. Mock interviews are conducted and the aspirants are judged on a variety of parameters as a real interviewer would. Further, detailed feedback is provided about their areas of strengths and weaknesses to every student as also means to build on the strengths and negate the weaknesses.

Placements

Summer Placements

IIM Calcutta’s Summer Placement process for the batch of 2019-21 kicked off on October 20, 2019. It was one of the largest batches in IIMC’s 56-year-old history with 480 students. The process saw a participation of 136 firms giving a total of 495 offers, with the whole batch getting placed in a record time of two days.

Final Placements

IIM Calcutta completed its final placement week for the 58th batch of its flagship 2-year MBA programme on 24th February 2023 by securing 573 offers for the 465 students.This placement drive followed a cluster-cohort process with all firms of a cluster getting equal opportunity to interview. The process was conducted in a hybrid mode and saw the expansion of Hold and Wait (16 extra offers) and Dreams (34 extra offers) policies. IIM Calcutta implements cluster-cohort, hold and wait and dreams policies to enable recruiters to find a better Company-Student fit.