Year 2006

This year, the placements at Great Lakes Institute of Management at Chennai were in an upbeat mode; We have recorded a good 20% increase in the average salary over our maiden year. The average Domestic salary offered was Rs.7.2 lakhs p.a. and the average Domestic and International salary on offer was at Rs.7.4 lakhs p.a. This year, the graduating class of 2006 also saw an increase in the number of companies participating in placements over the previous year. The class strength was at 130 and 146 offers were made.

The students were also offered placements in locations abroad as Amsterdam, Warsaw, Dubai with the highest Foreign Currency offer made by Siemens Global at USD 75000.

The highest Domestic offer made was by S&S Technologies at Rs.24 lakhs p.a.

Cognizant was the top-recruiter with 18 offers being made and Infosys not far behind with 14 offers.

We are thankful to all our Corporate participants who have made all this possible and look forward to continued association with you in the years to come.

Companies which came to campus

	Birlasoft		Cognizant		Covansys
	Crisil		e4e		Wipro
	Genpact		Godrej Industries		HCL
	HDFC Bank		HDFC Limited		IBM
	INFOSYS		Irevna		ITC INFOTECH
	Kotak Bank		MindTree Consulting		Murugappa Group
	Satyam Computers		Taj Hotels		TCS
	Thermax		Threshold M&A		TVS Electronics
	Virtusa		Emirates Financial Services

Onsite interviews

	ACES		Tricolor Consulting		TVS Motors
	BASF		Bharti		British Telecom
	Caliber Point		Citibank		Datamatics
	Symphony		E-Serve		Ford India
	Grey Worldwide		Gujarat Gas		H&R Johnson
	Henkel - Spic		HP		I-nautix
	Indium		ITC Limited		Kotak Mahindra Capital
	Meritrac		NCDEX		Oracle
	Orchid Chemicals		Pantaloon		Progeon
	RK Swamy BBDO		S&S Technologies		Scandent Solutions
	Servion		Shankar Netralaya		Shasun Chemicals
	Shining Universe		Siemens Global		SodexHo
	Ashok Leyland Properties		Dexterity Business Analysts

Telephonic interviews

	Adventity		ARANCA		Deutsche Bank
	Dr. Reddy's Lab		DSCL		HSBC Bank
	Infotech		Microsoft		Motorola
	UTS

Placement Statistics

	Total batch strength	130 students
	No. of students enrolled for placements	127 students
	No. of total campus offers	146 offers
	Highest CTC (in INR)	24.00 Lakhs per annum
	Highest CTC (in Foreign Currency)	USD 75000
	Avg. CTC (Domestic)	Rs.7.2 Lakhs p.a
	Avg. CTC (Domestic + International)	Rs.7.48 Lakhs p.a
	No of companies who participated in the placement	75 Companies