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Ahmedabad : IIM-A students are burning the midnight oil and cleaning their suits these days. And, with a good reason too. Their placements have suddenly shifted ahead of schedule.

First it was IIM-C and now IIM-A and IIM-B have followed suit. Placements are suddenly so much nearer for students of three premier B-schools. Advanced dates of final placements for batches passing out in 2009 with recession in backdrop has become a favourite topic for chatting among student community.

With many recruiters visiting all three IIM campuses, there is a race to grab attention at the earliest, with a hope to place as many students as possible.

IIM-C started with its final placement week from February 21. IIM-A has declared final placements commencing from February 25 and IIM-B will follow from February 27. In 2008, placement season was initiated by IIM-B on March 4, IIM-A following it on March 6 and finally IIM-C commencing from March 8.

Professor Saral Mukherjee, faculty in-charge of placement at IIM-A said, “All three institutes decide on placement dates independently. And, placement dates of three campuses keep on shuffling and there is no set pattern.”

However, a student on campus opined, “Advanced IIM-C placement dates became a topic of discussion on all campuses. Anything like this at this point in time becomes a matter of concern as the uncertainty rises. A number of recruiters go to all three campuses. If they feel students of IIM-C can be accepted for the same profiles at a lower salary, why wouldn’t they recruit them, leaving lesser opportunities for us.”

The decision of advancing placement dates for IIM-A also seems like a recent decision because official website of the institute still says that pre-processes by companies and final interviews will take place in March, 2009.

Professor Mukherjee added, “IIM-A has recruiters who come exclusively to this institute. There are recruiters who go to all three but they know the quality that IIM-A offers, so it won’t affect us.”

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Source:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/IIMs-placements-to-take-place-early/articleshow/4171689.cms