Global consulting firms including those of A T Kearney, Bain & Co, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Co, Booz & Co, Global e-Procure and Hay Group have started making Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) to students of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), with still four months to go for final placements. According to a press statement issued by the institute, the Class of 2012 has received 71 and requests for 37 pre-placement interviews (PPIs) so far, ahead of the lateral placements scheduled in December and the final placements scheduled for March next year.

Apart from the global consulting giants, global financial majors including Blackstone (London), Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank (Global Markets, London), Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, RBS, Standard Chartered (Global Markets) and UAE Exchange have extended offers to IIM-B students. Further general management conglomerates such as Aditya Birla Group & TAS, FMCG majors including HUL, P&G and Pepsi along with Microsoft, American Express and Philips have also made pre-placement offer.

Source: The Economic Times