Brushing aside apprehensions regarding impact of the prevailing global crisis, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has managed to uphold its reputation of being the top choice of recruiters yet again. The institute has managed to lure the highest number of companies at its summer placement which was conducted recently.

Close to 300 PGP students are eligible for Summer Placements 2009, which kicked off on November 13, due to a considerable increase in the batch size.

The first day saw the banking firms like Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Rothschild and UBS among others making several international offers with attractive summer packages, according to IIM-A.

Among the consulting firms, Booz & Co, a first time recruiter in the summer process, made three offers - the highest for the firm across campuses.

McKinsey & Company had the highest number of acceptances across consulting firms with five students choosing to join them next summer.

The first day of placements saw over 80 offers being made to students and by the end of Slot Zero, around 115 students had been placed in a job of their choice and had opted out of the placement process.

It is for the first time that companies like Yahoo, Amazon, Provogue, DHL Logistics, Reebok, Century Ply and the Mahindra Group participated in the summer placement. Apart from this, HT Media, Times Group and Star TV selected students interested in the emerging media sector.