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BITSoM’s founding class achieves 100% placement for summer internships

 Bain & Co, Arthur D Little, Kearney, EY, PwC, HUL, Cisco, Hershey among the top companies that pick students

BITSoM, the new-age business school based in Mumbai today announced that its founding class has achieved 100% summer placement, with students being picked by many leading corporates in the country.

Coveted names among B-School recruiters made offers to students of BITSoM, including Bain & Co, Kearney, Arthur D Little, Deloitte, PwC, E, Korn Ferry (Hay Group), Hindustan Unilever, Tata Consumer, Beiersdorf (Nivea), Pidilite,  Hershey, Aditya Birla Group, Cisco, Tata Capital, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Cervin Ventures (a Silicon Valley-based VC fund) and ICICI Prudential AMC among others. In all, 50 organisations made offers in the summer internship process. The students will join their respective organisations for internships from April to May 2022.

With the full batch being placed, the average stipend amounts to Rs 1,61,610 for the two-month internship. The top 10% of the accepted offers have an average two-month stipend of Rs 3,01,538, and the top 30% have an average two-month stipend of Rs 2,61,712. The top half of the class has an average two-month stipend of Rs 2,29,280.

Commenting on the summer placements of the founding class, Dr Ranjan Banerjee, Dean BITSoM said,  “We have made a strong start for an institute in its first year. Many top companies visited our campus, and we received positive feedback on the quality and energy of our founding class. We thank our corporate partners for their enthusiastic support. Many more recruiters whom we are in conversations with have committed to participate both in final placements and in next year’s internships. We are confident of an even stronger showing next year.”