The two week long placement drive at IIM Lucknow (IIM-L) concluded with moderate participation of firms across finance, real estate, media, general management and consulting firms.

Total of 105 companies made 284 offers to the 235 students with 25 students accepting pre-placement offers (PPOs) as per reports from the management institute.

Top recruiters included McKinsey & Co, The Boston Consulting Group, Proctor & Gamble, Hindustan Unilever Limited, TAS, HSBC, Axis Bank, ICICI Group, Deutsche Bank, American Express, Frost & Sullivan, Asian Paints, Alshaya, Cadbury, Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline and Reckitt Benckiser.

Finance and marketing sector ranked top recruiters this year. These sectors made 40 per cent and 31 per cent job offers respectively. Some international firms including Barclays Capital, Frost & Sullivan, Ernst & Young and Alshaya also selected students for overseas assignments.

About 50 companies including Jaypee Capital, Siva Ventures, L'Oreal, Tholons Consulting, Virgin Mobile, Religare Securities, Darashaw & Co, Allegro Advisors, Eli-Lily, Jindal Steel, Kellogg, Maersk and Bharti Telesoft recruited students of IIM Lucknow this year.

Public sector firms including Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, ONGC, SIDBI, BHEL, NTPC, SAIL, GAIL and Coal India also visited the campus.

Mr. Sushil Kumar, Chairman, Placements said, "Despite the market scenario, the campus succeeded in securing handsome job offers for the entire batch, while strengthening its relationship with several regular recruiters and establishing new associations with many firms."