Kolkata, February 17, 2010: Despite the impending gloom of recession and job scarcity Bengal Institute of Business Studies, Kolkata has managed to achieve 100 % placement this year. The highest salary offered in campus was Rs 48 lakh pa and it was offered to three students by London based consulting company Judicium. The chairman of the company Mr. Subhash Shukla handpicked the students from the campus.
Apart from Judicium some other companies present in campus for placement this year include Mahindra finance, Standard Chartered Bank, Eureka Forbes Times of India and many others. Bengal Institute of Business Studies, Kolkata has in fact been lucky enough to witness tremendous record of placement since its inception. One of the major reasons which is behind the placement success of this institute is that they have an excellent academic corporate interface by means of which they ensure that their students are industry ready managers right from day one.
Bengal Institute of Business Studies, Kolkata has strived consciously to develop a curriculum especially designed keeping the present corporate requirements in mind. There is a well established mentorship concept in the institute which allows the student to find their role model in corporate sector and shape their careers in a similar fashion. The institute also organizes regular programs called Corporate@ Campus which allows the students to interact with top corporate and learn from them.
The Executive Director of Bengal Institute of Business Studies Sonali Lahiri says that this regular interaction with the corporate is probably the reason behind the placement success of Bengal Institute of Business Studies. “We have a well researched curriculum and an excellent academic corporate interface at BIBS. It is this reason for which the recruiters have realized that at BIBS they can get future managers who can stick to the global standards,” she says.
Almost all students of this B school has got placements in different reputed companies across India. The national and international placement this year has proved the fact that the corporate companies also look beyond the IIMS while they select their man power.
The students at the Bengal Institute of Business Studies feel that the institute has played a decisive role in strengthening their strategic thinking abilities and grooming them as future global managers. Sumona Sen, one of the students who were absorbed by London based company Judicium at an annual package of Rs 48 lakh opine that the excellent faculty, the quality of projects as well as the wonderful and well researched curriculum has played a decisive role in her success. “I give full credit to the institute for the wonderful offer which I have received,” she says.
About BIBS: Bengal Institute of Business Studies aims to create future leaders on a global perspective. With this aim in mind, this institute was opened so as to provide quality business education in Kolkata. The campus, located at the heart of Kolkata has excellent infrastructure. Qualified teachers, superior curriculum and wonderful academic corporate interface ensures that the students of this institute are among the best B school graduates in India.
