INDIAN INSTITUTE

OF FOREIGN TRADE
Under the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry- Established 1963
FINAL
PLACEMENT
REPORT
2021-23
 MESSAGE FROM
THE LEADERSHIP
I I F T i s c o n s i s t e n t l y r a n k e d a s o n e o f th e to p d e s tin a tio n s f o r p r e m i u m r e cr u i t e r s
i n t h e c o u n t r y o w i n g t o i t s r i g o r o u s c o u r s e c u r r ic u l u m , a c o m p e t i t i ve ba t ch a n d a n
e x c e p t i o n a l t r a c k r e c o r d i n c o r p o r a te c o m p e titio n s . T h e I n s ti t u t e p r o vi de s
t r a n s f o r m a t i o n a l l e a r n i n g e x p e r ie n c e to th e s tu d e n ts , n u r tu r e s t h e m t o be a
t h o r o u g h p r o f e s s i o n a l , a n d c u l tiv a te s in th e m a l e a d e r s h ip a cu m e n .
Dr. (Mrs.)
T h e c o r p o r a t e s e c t o r h a s c o n tin u e d to s h o w f a ith a n d c o n f id e n ce i n o u r g r a du a t e s Satinder Bhatia
a n d m a k e l u c r a t i v e o f f e r s t o t h e m . T h e I n s titu te c o n tin u e s to h a ve a p l a ce o f Vice Chancellor
p r i d e a m o n g s t t h e l e a d i n g B - S c h o o l s o f th e c o u n tr y a n d a f r o n t r u n n e r i n t h e fi e l d
o f i n t e r n a t i o n a l b u s i n e s s . I w o u l d l ik e to ta k e th is m o m e n t in t h a n ki n g a l l t h e
r e c r u i t e r s f o r t h e i r u n w a v e r i n g s u p p o r t a n d c o n tin u e d f a ith b e s t o w e d u p o n t h e
institute including the students.

T h e p l a c e m e n t s o f t h e M B A ( I B ) 2 0 2 1 - 2 3 b a tc h o f o u r I n s titu te h a ve w i t n e s s e d
r e m a r k a b l e o f f e r s b e i n g m a d e to o u r s tu d e n ts a c r o s s v a r io u s i n du s t r i a l s e ct o r s
a n d f u n c t i o n a l d o m a i n s a n d I ta k e th is o p p o r tu n ity to th a n k t h e r e cr u i t e r s t h a t
p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e p r o c e s s . W e a r e g r a te f u l to th e b u s in e s s e n t i t i e s t h a t h a ve Dr. Rohit
k e p t t h e i r f a i t h a n d c o n f i d e n c e a l iv e in th e p o s t- p a n d e m ic w o r l d a n d h a ve Mehtani
c o n t i n u e d t o p a r t n e r w i t h u s a l l th e s e y e a r s . Head, Corporate
Relations and
T h e e c o s y s t e m t h a t p r e v a i l s i n th e in s titu te p r o p e l s th e f a c u l t y t o de l i ve r t h e i r Placement
b e s t a n d t h e s t u d e n t s t o a t t a i n th e ir m a x im u m p o te n tia l . T h e m y r i a d o f a ct i vi t i e s ,
Division
a c a d e m i c a n d e x t r a - c u r r i c u l a r , a t th e c a m p u s h e l p th e s tu d e n t s i m bi be t h e
l e a d e r s h i p m i n d s e t . I w o u l d a l s o l ik e to e x p r e s s m y g r a titu d e t o t h e a l u m n i o f t h e
i n s t i t u t e f o r t h e i r u n r e l e n t i n g s u p p o r t a n d th e m e n to r s h ip o ffe r e d t o o u r s t u de n t s
in these challenging times.

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 60 YEARS
OF EXCELLENCE
Deemed to be University under the Ministry of Commerce:
O n l y B - S c h o o l u n d e r t h e M i n i s tr y o f C o m m e r c e , g e ttin g e x p o s u r e t o dy n a m i c L i ve
p r o j e c t s , I n t e r a c t i o n s a n d C o n f e r e n c e s u n d e r v a r io u s m in is t r i e s t o g e t r e a l - l i fe
l e a r n i n g o p p o r t u n i t i e s . I I F T i s a c c r e d ite d a s a n “ A ” g r a d e in s ti t u t e by N AAC .

Accreditations and Memberships:

I I F T i s a m o n g t h e T o p 5 % B S c h o o l s in th e w o r l d to b e a c c r e di t e d by Th e
A s s o c i a t i o n t o A d v a n c e C o l l e g ia te S c h o o l s o f B u s in e s s , a l s o kn o w n a s AAC SB
I n t e r n a t i o n a l , u p h o l d i n g t h e h ig h e s t s ta n d a r d s o f e x c e l l e n c e , p r o vi di n g q u a l i t y
a s s u r a n c e , b u s i n e s s e d u c a t i o n in te l l ig e n c e a n d l e a r n in g a n d de ve l o p m e n t
services.

India's Most Competitive B-School:

C o m p e t i t i o n s a r e a p l a t f o r m f o r B - s c h o o l s tu d e n ts to s h o w c a s e t h e i r s ki l l s by
p r o v i d i n g s u s t a i n a b l e b u s i n e s s s o l u tio n s to a p l e th o r a o f b u s i n e s s p r o bl e m s . I I F T
RANK 1 ST
h a s c u l t i v a t e d a c u l t u r e o f h o n in g its s tu d e n ts a s c o m p e titive bu s i n e s s l e a de r s
INDIA'S MOST
o f t o m o r r o w d r i v e n b y h a r d w o r k a n d z e a l , w h ic h w a s e v id e n t t h r o u g h t h e s t e l l a r
COMPETITIVE
p e r f o r m a n c e s d e l i v e r e d i n a w id e r a n g e o f c o r p o r a te c o m p e t i t i o n s , a m a s s i n g
B-SCHOOL '23
o v e r 3 0 + n a t i o n a l w i n s i n t h e l a s t y e a r . A s a r e s u l t, I I F T h a s b e e n R a n k e d 1 s t a s
t h e M o s t C o m p e t i t i v e B - S c h o o l i n In d ia 2 0 2 2 - 2 3 b y U n s t o p . I I F T m a i n t a i n s i n t h e
t o p - p e r f o r m i n g c o l l e g e s o v e r th e p a s t th r e e y e a r s a n d it a im s t o a ch i e ve g r e a t e r
h e i g h t s i n t h e y e a r s t o c o m e , w h il e s tr iv in g f o r e x c e l l e n c e .

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 BATCH
PROFILE
BATCH DIVERSITY WORK EXPERIENCE
Professional Background
Freshers

25+
68%
36%
Males
28%
With CA CFA, FRM, CS
& Actuarial Science
certifications 25%
90+
11%
32%
Females From IITs, NITS, DTU,
BITS, SRCC,
LSR, etc.

0 TO 12 12 TO 24 25 TO 36 > 36 19.20 Months

MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS
Months Average Work Experience

BATCH DEMOGRAPHICS DOMAIN WISE EXPERIENCE

Educational Background
Engineering Eco/Stats/Law and Arts IT/ SALES &
ANALYTICS OPERATIONS MARKETING FINANCE CONSULTING OTHERS
61% 10%

Commerce/
Business Science/Pharma
21% 8%
26% 24% 16% 13% 12% 9%

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 FINAL PLACEMENT
HIGHLIGHTS
(All figures in Lakhs INR) SECTOR WISE DISTRIBUTION
23% Professional Services
85.4 L Highest International CTC 108 21% BFSI
Total
Recruiters 17% Information Technology
Highest Domestic CTC
14% FMCG/FMCD/Retail
76.5 L
36 8% Energy/Industrial/Materials/Real Estate
New 6% E-commerce & Telecom
Association
29.1 L Average CTC 5% Transportation/Logistics/Trade

17+ 4%
2%
Pharma & Healthcare
Automobile
26.5 L Median CTC International
Positions
DOMAIN WISE DISTRIBUTION
16%
Top 10%
Average CTC
Increase in 22% SALES & MARKETING
Average CTC
62.6 L 20% CONSULTING
18% FINANCE
8.5%
Top 25% Top 50%
Average CTC Average CTC

46.5 L 37.0 L Increase in 13% GENERAL MANAGEMENT

Median CTC
10% PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

62% 9% TRADE & OPERATIONS

Percentage of PPOs 39% Increase in 8% IT/ANALYTICS
Domestic CTC

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SALES AND
MARKETING
Sales & Marketing occupied the top spot
with 22% offers, acting as a testimony to
the pedagogy and talent pool for this
domain at IIFT. The roles on offer
included diverse opportunities across
digital marketing, business development,
market research, international marketing
and sales leadership programmes.

Notable associations included Amul,

Bajaj Auto, Becton Dickinson, Cipla,
Dabur, Emami, Games24x7, Godrej, ITC,
Landmark Group, Merino, Nucleus
Software, OfBusiness, Oxane Partners,
Pidilite, RPG, Signify, Tata Steel, Titan
among many others.

New associations were also forged in the

domain with recruiters like AMNS, Asian
Paints, Cargill, Diageo, Grasim, Relaxo,
Samsung, TVS Motor, United Breweries
and Vedanta Group.

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CONSULTING
As a testimony to IIFT’ s growing expertise in various niches of consulting, both the number of recruiters from
the domain and the students placed in them saw a healthy growth. The institute’ s current cohort of students
were extended offers for roles varying from Management Consulting to Technology Consulting from top firms
in the respective sectors.

This placement season also saw a significant number of offers rolled out in the coveted Consulting domain.
Major consulting firms included Accenture Strategy, Acuvon Consulting, Capgemini, Deloitte, EY, McKinsey &
Co, Incedo, Infosys Consulting, Praxis GA, Wipro, attracting 20% of the total offers made.

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FINANCE
The Finance domain continued to form an important contributor to the overall offers for roles like Corporate
Treasury, Investment Banking, Risk Management, Wealth Management, Equity Research and FinTech,
contributing 18% of the offers to the batch.

Eminent recruiters in this domain included Affinity Global, Barclays, Citi Bank, Client Associates, Crisil, DE
Shaw, Edelweiss, Goldman Sachs, HDFC Bank, HSBC Bank, ICICI Bank, IndigoEdge, Indus Valley Partners, JP
Morgan & Chase, Kotak, L’ oreal, Synergy Consulting, Tata AIA, Tesco, Tresvista, Yes Bank to name a few.

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GENERAL
MANAGEMENT
The reputed General Management & Strategy domain witnessed a notable increase with 13% offers, from
companies like Adani, Axis Bank, Fast Retailing, Flipkart, Haleon, JSW, Landmark Group, Mahindra Group,
Shell, State Street, Trident Group among others.

The placement season witnessed companies recruiting for their coveted leadership roles such as Mahindra
GMC and Aditya Birla YLP.

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TRADE AND
OPERATIONS
Trade and Operations witnessed an increase to 9%, with offers made for Management Trainees. Prestigious
recruiters such as Amazon, Cargill, ETG, Flipkart, GAIL, Louis Dreyfus Company, Maersk, Mjunction,
OfBusiness, Tata Steel, Tolaram and Vikram Solar visited for a multitude of roles in these domains.

Notable recruiters like ETG, SSOE and Tolaram extended lucrative international opportunities for the
students, increasing such exposure for IIFT.

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IT ANALYTICS AND
PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
The IT/Analytics and Product Management domains have become increasingly attractive with 8% and 10%
offers each. They saw participation from a mix of legacy recruiters and first-time associations. IIFT had
the privilege of hosting companies like Amazon, Boston Scientific, Capgemini, CarDekho, EXL, Games
24x7, Hexaware, IGT Solutions, Jio Platforms, Justdial, Lowes, Merilytics, Microsoft, Nucleus Software,
Optum, Paytm, Wipro and many others.

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LIST OF
RECRUITERS

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CORPORATE
WALL OF FAME
MOST COMPETITIVE B-SCHOOL OF THE COUNTRY 2022-23

WITDA The JSW Innovation Bond with

Showstopper CFA RC Interrobang
National Winner National Winners
Case Study National Winners
Challenge Launchpad Pidilite
National Winners National Winner National Winner National Winner

FNB Challenge Sustainable

Rise LTGT I.Envest Quest Transcend
National Winners National Winner Runners Up
Challenge Runners Up
National Winner National Winners
Runners Up

The Governance
Challenge Icreate Stylbiz Ace GSK E^3 PM Challenge FinValley 4.0
National Finalist National Finalist National Finalist National Finalist National Finalists National Finalist National Finalist

Ascend Welspun
Canvas Verve Gameplan Loud IB League
National Finalist National Finalist National Finalist Disruptor National Finalist
National Finalist National Finalist
National Finalists

Reimagine Steel-A-Thon IDFC Fame Imagination Acumen Thinkaloud

T.U.P
National Finalist National Finalist National Finalist National Finalist Challenge National Finalist National Finalist
National Finalists

NOTABLE MENTIONS

Sun Tzu
Vantage Elevate Atom CEO Ingenious
Wired B-PRO 2.0 Challenge
National Semi Finalist
National National Semi
National Semi Finalist Challenge National
Semi Finalist Finalist Semi Finalist National
National Semi Finalists
Semi Finalist

E.P.I.C Young
Bespirited Disrupt Stratos
Trendsetter Strategy Product Spotlight Leadership
National National Semi
National Semi Finalist National Semi Finalists Second Runner Up
Semi Finalist Challenge Program
Finalist
National Semi Finalist Second Runner Up

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CORPORATE RELATIONS &
PLACEMENT DIVISION

Shreya Bansal Abhilash Pani Akash

Convener Pattanayak

B Ateeth Chitra Gandhi Gauri Diwan

Dr. Rohit Dr. Preeti Tak Dr. R.P. Sharma

Mehtani Faculty Faculty
Head, Corporate Coordinator Coordinator
Relations and Placements (Delhi Placements
Placement Campus) (Kolkata Campus)
Division
Manisha Nishith Bhat Rahul Gandhi
Mazumdar

GRATITUDE TO THE ALUMNI

Rashika Raina Riya Rithvik Saxena
The support extended by IIFT's alumni has Chaudhary

been imperative for the institute to maintain

its position as one of India's premier B-School.
Their stellar achievements in various domains
Siddhi Kansal
serve as an inspiration for generations to
Sanyam Garg Shweta Iyer

come. We take this opportunity to thank our

alumni for the guidance,mentorship and
assistance in making the placements cycle a
grand success. Tanvir Zaman Yogesh Yadav

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 Delhi Campus
IIFT Bhawan,
B21, Qutab Institutional Area,
New Delhi - 110016

Kolkata Campus
IIFT Kolkata
1583 Madurdaha, Chowbagha Road,
Ward No. 108, Borough Xll,
Kolkata - 700107

placements@iift.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/school/indian-institute-of-foreign-trade/

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