Packages rise by 45 pc for IIM Indore passouts

Bhopal, Mar 1 (UNI) The 115 students of the 2007 batch from the Indian Institute of Management Indore received 329 offers, including 12 international ones, from 67 companies -- 29 for the first time -- and the average salary exceeded Rs 12 lakh per annum, an increase of 45 per cent over last year.

Offers came from Brazil, China, Kuwait, Australia and Africa, a statement said.

The companies included McKinsey, Accenture Business Consulting, KPMG, Stern Stewart and Co, Deloitte Consulting, Aptivaa Consulting, Price Waterhouse Coopers, SAP Labs, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Ocwen Financial, Bank of America, HSBC, Citigroup, Standard Chartered, JP Morgan, State Bank of India, UTI, Yes Bank, Horizon Asset Management, Max New York Life, Barclays Capital, FMCG, Alghanim Industries, Asian Paints, ITC, Reliance, Dabur, Astro MEASAT, Infosys, Oracle ETC, the statement added.

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