The SJM-SOM had their placements on the 3rd of January, 2002. Inspite of
all the fears and apprehensions of a slump job scene, the placements
worked out rather well with 47 of the 51 being placed during the two days
of the campus interviews. The remaining 4 students are awaiting placements
in the second round as a few companies are yet to come. According to the
SOM students the placements went off well inspite of the class being
larger as compared to last year's class of 38.
About 23 companies had come to the campus for the placements and leading the pack were Trinity, TCS, GE-CAS, ICICI Infotech, McKinsey (KC), Aditya Birla, Cummins. Companies like TCS, GE-CAS and Cummins who could not recruit anybody last year took 5,5 and 3 candidates respectively. This could be attributed to the fact that IT giants like Wipro, Satyam, Oracle who had recruited a major chunk last year, made a last moment pullout this time. A few companies which had been visiting the school regularly and aimed at a long term association and relationship were given preference.
The students of SJM-Som expressed their gratitude to Prof. Koregaonkar and the IITB placement cell for the help they had received from them.
Zishaan M. Hayath is a second year dual degree student in the Civil Engineering
Department. He can be contacted at d0zmh@civil.iitb.ac.in.