As of May 10, 137 companies have been on campus recruiting PGDM batch of 2011-12 students and of the 515 students participating in the placement process, 467 have already received lucrative job offers.

With the average salary-CTC offered being Rs 8.4 lakhs per year, the highest international offer is Rs. 22 lakh and the highest domestic offer is Rs. 21.68 lakhs.

IMT Ghaziabad saw all major firms from sectors such as: fast moving consumer goods; consulting; market research; manufacturing; pharmaceutical; information technology and information technology enabled services; banking, financial services and insurance; telecom; automotive; energy and power, and education recruiting in large numbers.

Among the major companies seeking IMT Ghaziabad graduates are: Colgate Palmolive, Reckitt Benkiser, Airtel, Aircel, Wipro, Goldman Sachs, Iffco Dubai, Abbott, Jumbo Electronics, Olam International, ITC, Wrigley, Tata Motors, Cognizant, Infosys, Mahindra & Mahindra, HSBC, Delloite, J.P. Morgan, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Ernst & Young, Welspun and Hewlett Packard.

This year saw several new organizations lining up to hire IMT students in large number. Among the first-time recruiters are: Abbott India, Aircel, Ashok Leyland, Barclays Shared Services, Cavincare, Dell, Gallup, Max Newyork, MAQ Software, HSBC Global Resourcing, Iffco Dubai, Technopak, Polaris, Google, Carlsberg, Vinculum, Mindtree and Vistasoft.

Students have been recruited as: relationship managers, business managers, analysts, credit and equity analysts, research associates, roles in global operations, commercial banking, risk and audit, pre-sales/sales, treasury, consulting, investment banking and advisory services, project management, IT process management, product management, strategy and business development, business analysts and business consultants to name just a few.

IMT Ghaziabad is successfully continuing its legacy as one of the top 10 business schools in India. The amalgamation of IMT’s experienced faculty, talented students, passionate alumni base and most importantly its corporate liaising has been responsible for their 100 per cent placement record in previous years. Every year, the campus has been visited not only by traditional recruiters but also by new companies and the institute is always keen on exploring new avenues and companies.

In India for the first time, with IMT Ghaziabad as Academic host, GBSN’s 7th annual International conference is titled Making the Connection: Management Education Powering Development.

With IMT Ghaziabad as 2012’s Academic host, the GBSN’s 7^th annual conference is being held at Taj Palace, New Delhi, from 11 June, till 14 June, 2012. This is the first time GBSN is being held in India and is doing so with the unstinted support of IMT Ghaziabad.

GBSN has grown into an important platform where Management Gurus and thought leaders from countries across the world assemble discuss the meaningful impact an MBA could make in a changing world. Since 2003, Global Business School Network (GBSN) is working towards making management education more significant, especially in developing countries.

The programme includes a line up of impressive speakers. Talks and discussions are planned on Regional Trends in Business Education; Sourcing, Scoping and Aligning Student Consulting Projects; Going Beyond Accreditation: How to Measure Quality; Successful Strategies: Executive Education for Emerging Markets; Creative Approaches to Internationalization, etc.

The Opening Session has a talk by Kamal Nath, Union Cabinet Minister of Urban Development. As President of the Board of Governors with IMT, Mr. Nath is a thinker and a change ambassador. His bold, brave and very contemporary views have gained him respect, bringing India closer to the world. His foresight with relation to Management education has taken IMT Ghaziabad to the top ten list of B-Schools in India.

Padma Bhushab Anjalit Singh, a self made entrepreneur, is a self-motivated individual. He is Founder and Chairman of Max India Limited. On the board of several companies, Singh is an active member of the Prime Minister’s Joint Indo-Us CEOs Forum, and will talk at the GSBN Opening Session.

Guy Pfeffermann, Founder and CEO of GBSN (USA), has many honours to his credit. Starting his career in the 1960s he served as Chief Economist for the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Prior to founding GBSN in 2003, Pfeffermann worked as Director of the Economics Department and Chief Economist for the International Finance Corporation.

Dr. Bibek Banerjee, Director, IMT Ghaziabad is a change catalyst. To him, education is not a zero sum game. At IMT, exchange of ideas and knowledge transcends political borders. Dr. Banerjee’s thought process and organization skills are legendary.

“Going beyond business, GBSN helps B-Schools take bold initiatives that impact the world,” Dr. Banerjee, Director, IMT Ghaziabad says.

Eminent Management leaders and speakers from across the world include:

• Ashok Alexander, Director, Avahan India AIDS Initiative, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation India
• Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Nigeria
• Dr. Ronald Chua, Center for Development Management, Core Faculty, Asian Institute of Management, Philippines
• Jonathan Cook, Executive Director, Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) South Africa
• Prof. Stephen J. DeKrey, Senior Associate Dean, Director of Masters Programs and Adjunct Professor of Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology School of Business and Management, China
• Rajeev Karwal, Founder, Milagrow Business and Knowledge Solutions, India
• Seema Khosla, Founder, Owner, and Manager, IDEAS Kitchens, India
• Dr. Enase Okonedo Dean, Lagos Business School, Nigeria
• Dr. Anjali Sastry, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
• Dr. Eon Smit, Professor, University of Stellenbosch Business School South Africa
• Dr. Ashok Som, Associate Dean and Director of the Global MBA, ESSEC Business School,
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You, the students of the 2012 – 2014 at IMT Ghaziabad are a fortunate lot. Your faculty belong to an enviable global network and your B-School has made differentiating mark for itself in the Management arena.

The days of theory-oriented learning belong to your past. The whole pedagogy at IMT Ghaziabad is built to keep you abreast of global business practices. Here, you will find a new, interesting, challenging and different style of knowledge growth. Instead of days filled with boring stuff, you will find yourselves engrossed in analysing case studies from across the globe and will seek answers to questions like, ‘What makes a certain organization succeed?’ ‘Where did Company B, with all its preparation, strategy and statistics go wrong?’ Sometimes, you will surprise yourself with what you find.

At IMT, you will learn to be managers, leaders and the creators of the future of industry. During these two years, you will be groomed in many subtle and not-so-subtle ways to face your future. Yes, the business world is changing at lightning speed. Yes, the pressures are far more complicated today. But, you have the backing of IMT Ghaziabad. An institute that will give you tools to stay grounded focused, creative and flourishing.

With a top class infrastructure, and more than a hundred electives to choose from, there really is never a dull moment at IMT Ghaziabad. Spinning with lively activity, the two years you will spend here will pass in a flash, and before you know it, you will be ready for a career that you will shine at, thanks to the backing of IMT Ghaziabad. Here, you will forge a lifelong bond with your peers and with the institute. Because, once an IMT-ian, always an IMT-ian.

Welcome, once again. We are happy to launch you into your future.

PGDM 2012-2014 students, mark these dates:

Date of Pre-Foundation Course: June 01, 2012

Date of Foundation Course: June 20, 2012

Date of Reporting to IMT Ghaziabad: June 19, 2012

He’s certainly in the position to do so, currently working as CEO of Caretel Infotech, a Dalmia group company and a top-end domestic BPO, which he said has seen double-digit growth in last seven years.

“We already are serving blue-chip clients and doing a big number of E-governance projects.”

His role is to provide leadership for the growth of the company, ensuring it meets revenue and people targets while keeping customers happy.

A graduate of the 1999-2000 batch, Sehgal said a quest for knowledge and personal growth led him to the IMT-Ghaziabad PGDM Executive programme.

He was working as a manager at Food MNC when he realized to handle higher responsibilities and bigger roles he needed more education in the field of management. The PGDM Executive programme at IMT-Ghaziabad provided the right platform to achieve it, he said, noting “We were fortunate to have excellent faculty who guided us well in terms of academics as well as ethics.”

Looking back on his years at IMT, he said “I feel a total transformation in my personality and knowledge level. I have acquired new skills in finance, human resources and marketing.”

Saying he got hands-on experience, Sehgal noted “the time at IMT taught us how to perform in large groups, handle pressure and respect other points of view. It inculcated the spirit of winning and seeking opportunities out of challenges. I also acquired skills to successfully execute the projects while beating time lines.”

The most important skills needed to succeed in his field, said Sehgal are: communication and presentation; the ability to manage a large team and work with them; conflict resolution abilities and good negotiation skills seeking win-win solutions.

To those considering an PGDM Executive programme, he says go for it if you want long-term personal and career growth. The course broadens the way you see things he said and “after the programme I had new confidence about my success in future years. My advice: take the plunge, work hard and you will gain a lot in long term.”

You stay with 1000 students around and everything is driven by students- right from hostel to mess to all the activities on the campus. The preparation for the corporate life starts here itself. And you can network at IMT like never before. Ever since IMT G happened in life, there were no limits and no looking back thereafter.

IMT got me more focussed and I happened to establish my own company in entertainment industry called “MindScrewers Entertainment, LLP”. Dilli ARTS Junction (DAJ) being our initial product, an annual arts festival in Delhi. We established a strong team of 30 odd people working from the campus itself and fortunately we got tremendous support from various people in entertainment industry like Imtiaz Ali, late Shri Jagjit Singh, Hariharan, Vipul Shah, JD Majethia, Chetan Bhagat, Rashmi Bansal, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Kalki, VJ Kim, Tom Alter and a lot of others. Though DAJ is yet to hit you in November 2012, this has been the biggest victory of my life. And it was IMT-G campus that triggered it.

We made a community called MindScrewers too which was distinguished as a community of artists and go-getters. And under the name of MindScrewers, we won all the events of the Marketing Club in the first year including the grand ‘Marketing World Cup’. This was the phase when MindScrewers were acknowledged as the invincible!

Furthermore, under the name of MindScrewers, I and Gaurav Sharma (my partner in film-making) made a lot of movies at IMT. I pursued my interest in movie-reviewing/movie-making without interruption- ceaselessly. We made short films, ad films and films for various competitions. We were approached by a budding entrepreneur during first year and since then we also started making professional ad films for corporate.

Apart from the brand MindScrewers, together in the second year, we built a brand called “Ice Heaven”. It took more than 50 odd people to build this place where we all used to chill and hang out for the whole of second year. The place which would surround us for the rest of our lives, the place which became a hub for every kind of artistic and creative activities in the campus, the place where we had heavenly rides, the place where we came back to LIFE, the place where we indulged in some dangerous but irresistible pastimes and the place where we lived our dreams. Ice Heaven still stays alive & decorated with the JOKER, Lord Shiva and a VOID Temple where we worshipped LIFE!

Writing, reading & politics interest me too. And for all of these, there were a lot of provisions at IMT!

Well, this is just a glimpse of how fertile life has been at IMT. With an unparalleled desire, ambition and an unsatisfied hunger, we move on to the next chapters of our lives, still living on Higher Hopes. Cheers.