- Vinod Gupta School of Management at IIT Kharagpur achieved 100% placement for its 123 students in the 2019 placement season, with a total of 151 job offers. - Over 70 companies participated in recruitment, and roles were offered in various domains including consulting, analytics, FMCG/retail, operations, BFSI, and IT/ITES. - The report expresses gratitude to alumni and recruiters for their continued support, and optimism for ongoing and new partnerships in the future.

1. VINODGUPTASCHOOL
OFMANAGEMENT
finalplacementreport
2017-2019
iitkharagpur

2. Dr.ArunKumarMisra
AssociateProfessor
PlacementCo-Chairperson
arunmisra@vgsom.iitkgp.ac.in
ANotefrom thePlacement
Chaiperson
Inthe26thyearasapremierB-Schoolofthecountry,VinodGupta
SchoolofManagement,IITKharagpurhasmovedto6thpositionin
thisyear'sQS WorldUniversityRankingsofIndianBusiness&
ManagementStudiesuniversities.Recentlywe have also been
adjudged6thbestManagementinstituteinIndiabytheMHRD,
Govt.ofIndia,underNIRFRankings2019.
VVantage2019,thefinalplacementseasonofVGSoMsawsomeof
thebiggestnamesinthecorporatereaffirmingtheirfaithinVGSoM
andparticipatingintheplacementprocess.Theplacementseason
was successfully completed with 100% placements,with 123
students bagging a totalof 151 job offers, including 31
Pre-PlacementOffers.Morethan70companiesvisitedthecampus
forplacementsandthisitselfisatestimonytothecalibreofthe
studentsofVGSoM.studentsofVGSoM.
Onsuccessfulcompletionofthisyear’splacementseason,we
wouldliketoextendourimmensegratitudetotheillustriousalumni.
Theyhavebeeninstrumentalinprovidingguidanceandconstant
supportto theiralma mater.We would like to appreciate our
PlacementCommitteefortheircontinuouseffort.Wehopetocarry
thismomentumontothenextacademicyear.
Dr.PrabinaRajib
Professor
PlacementChairperson
prabina@vgsom.iitkgp.ac.in

3. ExperienceDistribution
EngineeringBackgroundDistribution
KeyStatistics

4. KeyStatistics
DomainDistribution

5. ProfilesOffered
FMCG/FMCD/E-Commerce/Retail
EsteemedEsteemedcorporationslikeAkzoNobelandTitanofferednicheroles
inthefieldofSalesandMarketingandOperations.E-commerce
giantsAmazonandeBaycontinueditslong-standingassociation
offering coveted roles like Account Management, Product
Management,Program Management,Catalog Managementand
SupplyChainManagement.
Consulting
VGSoMVGSoM hasgrownasoneofthemostsoughtaftercampusfor
consultingrole.Theschoolsaw participationfrom leadingregular
recruiterslikeDeloitte,PwC,ZSAssociatesalongwithfirsttime
association with EY,RedSeer and Cedar Consulting.These
consulting stalwarts offered mostofthe coveted roles like
ManagementConsulting,Strategy Consulting,Advisory Digital
Consulting,andTechnologyConsulting.
AnalyticsAnalytics
MajorindustryleaderslikeAccentureDigital,HSBC,TigerAnalytics,
AffineAnalytics,Axtria,ClustrandVirtusaofferedfewoftheniche
roles in analytics thereby making VGSoM as one ofthe top
destinationsforpotentialrecruiters.Therolesofferedinthisdomain
were FinancialAnalyst,Marketing Analyst,Credit-riskAnalyst,
Fraud-riskAnalyst,SupplyChainAnalystandBusinessAnalyst.

6. ProfilesOffered
Operations
IndustryIndustryleaderslikeTrident,Vedanta,TataPowerandSchlumberger
offereddiverserolesinSupplyChainManagement,Procurement,
DeliveryManagement,ITOperations,SalesandMarketing.PSUs
likeRuralElectrificationCorporationoffereduniqueroleinProject
Financing.TheseasonforgednewassociationswithFordandLet’s
Transportandcontinuedthelongterm partnershipwithCummins,
HalmaandQuESTGlobal.Theseindustrystalwartsofferedroles
acrossOperations,Sales&MarketingandacrossOperations,Sales&MarketingandAnalytics.
BFSI
TheBFSIsectorwitnessedparticipationfrom prominentrecruiters
like Maybank,CRISIL,Kotak Mahindra,Edelweiss Tokio Life
Insurance,ICICIBank,CapitalFirst,J.P.MorganChase& Co.,
TresVistaandAdityaBirlaCapital.Thecohortofcompaniesoffered
roles ofFinancialanalyst,ProductManagement,Relationship
Management, Banking Operations and Human Resource
Management.
IT/ITESIT/ITES
VGSoM continueditsrelationshipwithITgiantslikeIBM,Wipro,
Infosys,andTCSandcementednew associationswithfirsttime
recruiters like Genpact,MAQ Software and Hexaware.This
placementseason witnessed varied roles ofIT Consulting,IT
Operations,Pre-Sales,ProjectManagementAnalystandAccount
Managerinthisdomain.

7. MajorAssociations

8. ClosingNote
Anotherexcellentandfruitfulseasonoffinalplacementshascometo
anend.VinodGuptaSchoolofManagementwouldliketothankall
itsregularrecruitersfortheircontinuedassociationandfaithinthe
skillsofthestudentsofthisinstitute.Wewouldalsoliketoextendour
heartywelcomeandgratitudetothefirst-timerecruitersandwishthe
associationgoeslong.Wewouldliketoexpressourgratitudetothe
DeanandtheentirefacultymembersofVinodGuptaSchoolof
ManagementManagement(VGSoM)fortheirconstantsupport.Alumsofour
prestigiousinstitutionhavealwaysbeenactivein helpingtheteam
connectwithorganisationsandwearethankfulfortheirefforts.
Theinstitutewishesgoodlucktothestudentsfortheirbrightfuture
ahead.TheInstitutetakesimmenseprideinthestudents’abilities
and is confidentthatthey would add significantvalue to the
organisationstheyjoin.VGSoMconveysitsdeepexcitementforthe
severalgreatpossibilitiesthatlieaheadintheroadandhopesto
sustain its special bonds with all its industry partners.

9. PlacementTeam
AbhilashKollipara HarshAgrawal
k.abhilash31@iitkgp.ac.in harshag@iitkgp.ac.in
+91-81067-05667 +91-91169-72553
JayantTaparia MadhavKrishna
jayant.taparia@iitkgp.ac.in madhav.krishna@iitkgp.ac.in
+91-89613-95525 +91-81308-67849
PaParam Sharma SomaBhattacharya
param.sharma@iitkgp.ac.in soma.bhattacharya@iitkgp.ac.in
+91-97393-65432 +91-86952-14138
SurajBhandare UtkarshDobhal
surajbhandare@iitkgp.ac.in utkarshdobhal@iitkgp.ac.in
+91-97688-86270 +91-90453-61503
YashLahoti
yyash.lahoti.iitkgp@gmail.com
+91-95713-14986
PlacementandCorporateContact
VGSoM,IITKharagpur
Prof.PrabinaRajib
Chairperson,PlacementsandCorporateContact
placements@vgsom.iitkgp.ac.in
placements.vgsom.iitkgp@gmail.com