Vanguard B School achieves 100% placement
New Delhi, 8th May 2013: The Vanguard Business School has achieved a 100 per cent placement record for students this academic year, due to its extensive tie-up and connectivity with the industry. Defying the trend of adopting caution and restraint in some sectors of the industry, Vanguard Business School, Bangalore has registered full placement for the 1st Batch (2013) of its flagship PGPM.
Mr. Arks Srinivas, Director, Vangaurd Business School exalted his team’s efforts behind this feat. “The success of the placement for the PGPM, Class of 2013 represents the triumph of 2 years of continuous efforts from Vanguard’s Team Management, Placement Committee and Students.”
A total of 35 students from a batch of 2013 opted to be placed through the Institute’s Campus Placements process. A total of 26 companies representing as many as 16 sectors participated in the process.
There were offers at the highest salary level of Rs. 5.90 lpa. The average salary crossed 4.22 lpa lakhs for the first time in any business school which is two years old.The largest intake was from FMCG, Analytics, Retail, Personal Care, ITES, Logistics, BFCI and Education.
Financial Analyst Role was offered on campus by Everstone Capital and Market Analyst Role by TVS Logistics. Account manager roles offered by Photon Infotech and Data Analyst role by Latent View and V2 Solutions were some of the dream profiles that were offered to VBS students. These are profiles that are otherwise offered only to those from the top business schools of the country. Business Analyst roles were offered on campus by Wipro Analytics and Dun and Bradstreet.Corporate Sales in SAS, EA to COO in Rio Tinto were some other exciting profiles on offer. Apart from these, traditional profiles such as Business Development and Relationship Manager were offered by many companies. BFSI majors like Cholamandalam, Reliance Capital, ICICI Securities and India Infoline made their presence felt with multiple offers. Retail sector saw Mahindra Retail and YLG from Retail Personal Care sector making multiple offers on campus. Finally, Sales and BD profiles in the FMCG and Education Sector were offered by General Mills and Jaro Education.
Commenting on placements this year, Sri Srinivas, Director, Vanguard, pointed out, “The industry, across verticals, is attaching a premium to the value that Vanguard’s bringing in, especially in their ability to focus on innovative, creative solutions and multiple bottom-lines - with equal emphasis on financial, cultural and human quotients.”
Vanguard Business School is speeding up in the rank of B Schools in Bangalore. This can be well ascertained owing to their 100% Placement in the midst of cut throat competition. Photon Infotech, Latent View, YLG, Four Fountains Spa, V2Solutions, FACE, Redwood Associates etc. are few of the reputed organizations who came for a visit and placed students. A noteworthy highlight of the entire process was the inclusion of Everstone Capital, from the extremely coveted sector of Private Equity in the placement process, confirming that even as an emerging Business School, Vanguard‘s fundamentals and reach match those of the best (Top 20) in the country.
A total of 40 offers were made which meant that a few companies had to go back empty handed, highlighting the ability of VBS, Bangalore to place greater number of students over the coming years.
About Vanguard Business School:
IIM & XLRI alumni with an objective to create frontline managers for Corporate India incepted Vanguard. Vanguard is a uniquely designed Mentorship Program where more than 50 young and dynamic industry experts provide personalized guidance to each student. The programs at Vanguard are designed keeping in mind the right-mix of practical Business Knowledge, Industry Skills and the Attitude of an achiever. It also has been designed keeping in mind the flaws and discrepancies in the quality and expense of education offered at most B-schools.
