More than 100 global firms participated in placement procedure for postgraduate programme(PGP)  in management class at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad  (IIM-A) this year. During the placement process there are 110 students received offers from the companies.

Global e-commerce major Amazon hired 18 graduates of the Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad (IIM-A) in the summer campus hiring, said the prestigious B-School on Tuesday. Apart from that the e-commerce company Flipkart did not participate in placements this year.

“Amazon made the most offers (18) at the end of the final placement process, followed by McKinsey & Company with 15 in the consulting domain and Goldman Sachs with 9 among the banks,” said IIM-A in a statement here.

With 10 placements offers, Tata Administrative Services (TAS) was the largest recruiter in General management unit. About 30 companies hired from technology, consulting, pharmaceuticals and analytics sectors.

“The placement process was open to all companies, but Flipkart did not join it this year,” said a source in the IIM-A. Flipkart had postponed the dates for six months, after promising jobs to 18 students, last year.

“At IIM-A the placements process is the students and company friendly. We try and provide opportunities to students to ‘live their dreams’ and companies to float diverse, non- traditional roles,” said Placement Committee Chairperson Asha Kaul in the Statement.