Placement Brochure

2009-10

Department of Industrial & Management Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure
without losing your enthusiasm.
- Sir Winston Churchill
CONTENTS

Director’s Message 01

From The Head’s Desk 02

Students Class of 2010 03

Student Profile 2010 04

Students Class of 2011 10

Student Profile 2011 11

Contacts 16
 IIT Kanpur

The Institute
I ndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur is a premier institution established
by the Government of India. The combined record of its past and present
faculty and students along with the alumni spread across the world is awe-
inspiring. With path-breaking innovations in both curriculum and research,
the Institute is rapidly advancing and adapting, thus maintaining its legendary
reputation.

The Institute is ideally located in a sprawling campus, spread over an area of

420 hectares. The campus is home to about 1850 undergraduate & 1800
postgraduate students, 320 faculty members & more than 1500 supporting
staff. Since its inception, IIT Kanpur has been striving to develop itself into an
institution of excellence in education and research in consonance with the
contemporary and future needs of India.

The combined record of its faculty and students along with the alumni spread
across the world is awe-inspiring. With path-breaking innovations in both its
curriculum and research, the Institute is rapidly gaining a legendary
reputation. The Institute offers its students an outstanding academic
environment coupled with world-class infrastructure. Not only does it
celebrate freedom of thought, cultivate vision and encourage growth,
but also inculcates human values and concern for the environment and the
society.

The special efforts to recruit talented faculty on a global basis and stringent
admission procedures to select brilliant students across the country, ensures
a pool of formidable intellectual capital at any given time in the campus. This
helps in a healthy and dynamic exchange of ideas which incubates leaders for
the corporate world.

2
 IIT Kanpur

Golden Jubilee @ IITK

“The institute has seen five decades so far and each decade was marked with a story.
The first decade was the decade of growth after the inception of the IIT-K but the
second decade registered unrest from the staff of the institute. The third decade was
a soothing balm after the institute faced a lot of agitation. In the fourth decade,
prosperity and development was at its peak, which led to the entry into the fifth
decade, which came roaring and now the institute should reach at an international
height for, which the mantra would be research”
-Prof S.G. Dhande
Director

T he journey has been immense. Now its time to rejoice. The institute kicked
off its Golden Jubilee Celebration on 8th August 2009, with the esteemed
presence of the IITK Alumnus and the non-executive chairman and founder
of Infosys, Mr. Narayan Murthy. Mr Murthy emphasized that the thrust of this
institute should be to provide quality education to even such students who are
brilliant but unable to afford the fees. Such students should be given scholarship.
Also more focus should be given to post-graduate and post-doctoral programmes
so as to produce more Phd scholars. He also laid stress on research work and added
that more research projects should be done to compete with the institutions of
global repute.

The audiences present at the inaugural ceremony of the golden jubilee of the
coveted IIT-K were left mesmerised with the screening of the documentary on the
institute, directed by Sunil Shanbag. The documentary showed the initial days of IIT
when the classes were conducted in the rented part in the Hartcourt Butler
Technological Institute. The laying of the foundation stone of the IIT-K, the
infrastructural growth it received, the expansion of buildings that took place and
the student activities were also highlighted in the film.

The evening programme was proceeded by a cultural extravaganza by special

invitee Shubha Mudgal who set the ball rolling for the good moments to continue.

The following day was proceeded by a Workshop on Challenges in Higher

Education, which had eminent personalities like Sam Pitroda (National Knowledge
Commission) and Arun Shourie (Author & Journalist).

3
 The Department

IME Department

W
ith the establishment of the Department of Industrial and Management
Engineering (IME) in 1974, the institute extended its technical supremacy
to managerial disciplines. The IME department was established with the
aim of synergizing technology with management. This synergy, which
commenced with the M.Tech and Ph.D. programmes offered by the department, was
consummated with the introduction of the MBA programme in the year 2001.

Technological advances have brought changes to organization and industries across

the world. This had led to ever-increasing need for professionals who have analytical,
managerial skills along with sound technical knowledge. Foreseeing this need, IME
Department designed its M.Tech programme to help existing engineers gain
managerial skills.

Keeping up to its tradition of innovation, IIT Kanpur also

introduced its 2-year MBA programme in the year 2001. This
programme aims at creating business leaders and entrepreneurs
by leveraging on its strength in technology, computing and social
sciences.

The department is currently engaged in a diverse set of

activities including teaching, academic research, industry
consulting, management development programmes, and public
sector projects.

SIDBI Innovation The department is endowed with the state of the art interactive teaching facilities
and Incubation Centre that help to augment the endeavour of the faculty in creating both knowledge and
opinion leaders. Classrooms, labs and hostel rooms are provided with continuous
connectivity through the extensive LAN and Internet facilities. SIIC (SIDBI Innovation
and Incubation Centre) is a live management laboratory where MBA students have
opportunities to implement the theoretical understanding on practical problems
faced by the start-up firms. Facilities like lecture halls, seminar rooms and audio-
visual aids have been inspirationally designed to promote learning and interaction.
Excellent recreational and sporting facilities further enrich the environment.

4
 Infrastructure

State of the Art Facilities

Computational Facilities
The department has been endowed with enviable computational facilities. The hostels,
labs and classrooms are provided with broadband internet and LAN connectivity round the
clock for fast and efficient access of information. Apart from the central computer centre,
the department has its own computer lab which includes necessary computational tools
and facilities like NAG (Numerical Algorithms Group), SPSS; Statistical packages like
Matlab, SAS; Simulations like Arena, SilverSuit and graphics like Axum 6. A large numbers
of newsgroups existing within the network make it a formidable information highway. The
institute also has one of the best video conferencing facilities and the whole campus is Wi-Fi
enabled.
Knowledge Resources
With a need to supplement and support the students and faculty with knowledge resources
to keep themselves abreast of thoughts and latest developments in the corporate field, a
vast database of information in the form of periodicals, journals, CDs, magazines,
machine readable databases, technical reports and books in the central as well as
departmental library. The P.K. Kelkar library, rated among the best libraries in the nation,
has about 3,80,000 books that deal with the various aspects and intricacies of science and
management in addition to about 1500 periodicals and journals thus fortifying its existing
setup with a vast repertoire of current knowledge base. Each year, on an average 4500
books and journal volumes are added to the collection.

E-resources like online databases and archives of journals are also provided to facilitate
easier access to knowledge. The IME department subscribes to online databases like
Prowess, Infraline, Alpha, EBSCO, EMERALD, Indiastat, Proquest, Capitaline etc. and is
part of INDEST consortium. Besides this, there are regular subscriptions to a gamut of
reputed management journals and magazines like Journals on Marketing, Strategic
Management, Manufacturing System, Financial Economics; apart from the Harvard
Business Review, Sloan Management Review, etc. In addition, the department M.Tech
thesis is also archived to highlight the excellence of the students, some famous ones out of
which include:
Impact of aggregating supplies from single supplier to a cluster of producers:
?
opportunities for third party logistics service provider.
Machine scheduling problem in cellular manufacturing plant.
?
Portfolio Optimization Considering Uncertainty of Parameter Estimates and Non-
?
Normality of Asset Return Using RBDO, EVT and Copula Theory
General genetic algorithm based heuristic to solve integer linear programming
?
problems
Awareness, attitudes and buyer behaviour of solar photovoltaic products
? 1
 Selection

Stringent Screening
S tudents are selected through a rigorous admission process comprising
of two phases. The first phase consists of a Joint Management Entrance
Test (JMET) or GATE conducted for admission to MBA and M.Tech
programmes in various IITs.

In the second phase, the short listed candidates are subsequently screened
through inter personal interaction to select a pool of the most talented
budding managers for the Management Programme at IIT Kanpur.

PERSONAL
APPLICATIONS INTERVIEW FINAL
SELECTION TO
MTech
COMPREHENSIVE
QUALIFY PROGRAMME
GATE & QUANTITATIVE
SKILLS TEST

JMET WORK
ACADEMICS
EXPERIENCE

APPLICATIONS

STATEMENT GROUP PERSONAL

OF PURPOSE DISCUSSION INTERVIEW

FINAL SELECTIONS TO
1
MBA PROGRAMME
 Curriculum

Coping with the Changes

The course pedagogy is divided into two modules. The first module is common for all
students and comprises of foundation courses spanning over two semesters. This is
followed by a valuable association with the industry in the form of a summer
internship programme. The third and fourth semesters, which form the second SPECIAL STUDIES
module, are made up of specialization courses and electives. Students also work on a
faculty-supervised project by the name of Special Studies (equivalent to two courses) Special studies are
or M.Tech thesis (equivalent to seven courses) in an area of mutual interest. This helps undertaken by
in gaining in-depth knowledge in a specific business domain. students under the
guidance of a
Continuous industry interaction, seminars and live projects are a regular part of the dedicated faculty in
curriculum. Organizational environments are simulated to sharpen the skills of their interest area to
decision-making, leadership and team building. Teamwork, group assignments, case develop in depth
studies, participation in class discussions and real business issues are strong features understanding of the
of the management programme at IIT Kanpur. particular subject.

First year
Compulsory
RE SUBJECTS
Courses + CO
Electives

COMPULSORY
Summer FIRST COURSES YEAR
Internship
8-10 weeks SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Second Year 8 - 10 WEEKS
Electives + SECOND YEAR
SPECIALIZATION
M.Tech COURSES
Thesis

1
 Curriculum

Subjects of Study
The curriculum comprises state-of-art techniques to plan, design, implement and manage integrated systems
of men, materials, capital, information and technology. The subjects taught provide a well-rounded coverage
of the methods to manage and improve productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability of industrial,
information and infrastructural (service) systems. In today's competitive era these methods have
rapidly become relevant for engineers.

CORE SUBJECTS
Accounting for Management
­ Marketing Management
­
Computing for Management
­ Organization Structure & Design
­
Economic Analysis for Management
­ Probability and Statistics
­
Financial Management
­ Production & Operations Management
­
Human Resource Management
­ Quantitative Methods for Decision Making
­
Managerial Communication
­ Social, Political & Legal Business Environment
­

SPECIALIZATIONS
Commercial Banking, Risk Modeling &
­ Risk Business to Business Marketing
­
Management Consumer Behaviors
­
Portfolio Management
­ Advertising and Marketing Strategy
­
Financial Intermediaries, Financial
­ Decision Models for Marketing
­
Institutions and Regulators e-Marketing
­
Infrastructure Regulation, Policy and Finance
­ Marketing Research
­
Project Finance and Appraisal
­ Marketing for Service
­
Measuring and Driving Corporate
­
Performance
FINANCE MARKETING
IT & SYSTEMS OPERATIONS

Database Management
­ Advanced Manufacturing Systems
­
Enterprise Resources Planning
­ Computer Aided Decision Systems
­
Knowledge Strategies & Knowledge Systems
­ Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems
­
Management Information System
­ Managerial Decision Analysis
­
Simulation of Business Systems
­ Managing Service Operations
­
Manufacturing Planning and Control
­
Manufacturing Strategy
­
Supply Chain Management
­
Total Quality Management
­
1
 Alumni Speak

Words from Alumni

IIT Kanpur MBA program was more of a lifeline than an academic qualification for
most of my batch mates as we were the pioneer batch. The time we spent at IITK had
an astonishing influence on my personality. IIT Kanpur MBA program is very unique
and the way we have performed in the industry proves its uniqueness. The faculty
were outstanding and they were more like mentors than teachers. Today, being a
Manager with one of the Big 4 consulting companies, I can vouch that the credit of my
growth goes to the faculty and the learning I had during my MBA
Ramana Kumar
Ernst & Young (’03 Batch)

The M Tech in management IIT kanpur has provided me immense knowledge both
from the technical and business points of view. It has enhanced my critical thinking
and analytical skills, and the ability to predict problems and recommend solutions
with forceful logic. My II year MTech has definitely helped me to gain respect within
the organization. As I expected this is the best place, for integration of management
and engineering..

Vineeta Bhandari
Citigroup Global Services ('09 Batch)

The IITK MBA program is for those who have a desire to augment their technical
knowledge with the underpinnings of a formal business education. Looking back at
those two wonderful years, IITK taught me the value of team work, out of the box
thinking and allowed me to meet some extraordinary people.

Choosing IITK is the best thing I have done for myself from a professional standpoint
and I must say that it has opened for me many a door to new opportunities and been a
key element in my career
Yashodhan Shevade
Lehman Brothers ('06 Batch)

1
 Faculty
Teaching & Research
The faculty of IME Department are distinguished academicians and researchers. Many
have held senior management positions in the industry before joining the department as
faculty. Besides regularly contributing papers in internationally recognized academic
journals, they have maintained a symbiotic relationship with business and industry by
providing consultancy services and engaging in collaborative research. The vast scholarly
knowledge coupled with a contemporary understanding of the industry has placed them in
a unique position to address the challenges of business and give the right perspective to
students for dealing with these challenges.

Visiting Researcher, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo

?
Deputy Director (Economics), Haryana Electricity Regulatory
?
Prof. Anoop Singh Commission, Panchkula (Haryana)
Ph.D.
N (IGIDR, Mumbai)
Consultant to The World Bank, UNIDO, UNU/IAS
?
Member, Electricity Contract Advisory Board of Multi Commodity
?
The best CEOs I know are O anoops@iitk.ac.in Exchange of India (MCX), Mumbai
teachers, and at the core
of what they teach is
T
strategy. A
- Michael Porter
B Consultant DFID, UK project on SME Development and Pro-Poor
?
L Prof. A P Sinha
Economic Growth

E
Developing financial service markets in Asia
?
Fellow
Coordinator of EDPs, including Marketing Of Services, Manufacturing
?
(IIM Ahmedabad) Strategy, Industrial Marketing, Hospital Management and others
asinha@iitk.ac.in
A Visiting faculty, Tribhuvan University, Kathmanddu, Nepal
?

C
H Visiting faculty Kellogg School of Management; Asian Institute of
?
I Prof. A. K. Mittal
Technology, Bangkok
E Ph.D.
Coordinator - National Technical Manpower Project - Govt. of India
?
Coordinator - Institute Industry Interaction - Project and Management of
?
V (Case Western Reserve Technology Project, AICTE
E University USA)
mittal@iitk.ac.in
Consultancy for HAL, TELCO, Allen Bradley, Indian Airlines and Industry
?
organizations such as CII, ASSOCHAM, QCFI
M
E
N Assistant Professor, Finance and Control, Indian Institute of
?
T Prof. B. V. Phani Management , Calcutta
S Fellow
(IIM Calcutta)
Consultant, Department of International Development (DFID), U.K
?
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Chip Info Tech Ltd, Hyderabad
?
bvphani@iitk.ac.in

1
 Faculty

Notable Achievements
Co-Founder & Director- Strategy Innovation Inc, Softedge
?
Prof. Jayanta International, VI ePlex.
Chatterjee Executive Director & V.P., Rockwell International- Asia Region
?
Ph.D. President, Allen Bradley India Ltd
?
(IIT Delhi) Adjunct Professor Hong Kong PolyU
?
jayanta@iitk.ac.in Advisor, NUS KM Laboratory, Singapore
?

Visiting faculty Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok; Cornell University

?
Prof. Kripa Shanker Chair/Member, Project Review Committee
?
Member, CII National Committee on Technical Education and Training
?
Ph.D. (Cornell)
Member, AICTE National Board of Accreditation of Management
?
Deputy Director,
Institutions
IIT Kanpur Member, All India Board of Management Studies
?
ks@iitk.ac.in

Consumer Behaviour
?
Education Film:”Communicating Through Blackboard”
?
Prof. N. K. Sharma Conducted several seminars/courses/workshops
?
Ph.D. Published several papers in leading journals like quarterly journal of
?
(Delhi University) Experimental Psychology, Behaviourial Scientist, Psychological studies,
nksharma@iitk.ac.in Journal of Technical and Vocational Education
Member, Society for Consumer Psychology
?

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Singapore-MIT Alliance, Nanyang

?
Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Peeyush Mehta Senior Engineer, Essar Power Ltd., Gujarat, India
?
Fellow Publication in International Journal of Production Research and
?
(IIM Ahmedabad) Journal of Science and Engineering Research.
pmehta@iitk.ac.in Co Coordinator, Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (VLFM)
?
Program
1
 Faculty

Design Engineer, TELCO

?
Marketing Executive and MIS Incharge, TVS Suzuki
?
Prof. R. R. K. Sharma
Principal Investigator, Food distribution in the Indian Context
?
Development of Optimal Network of Freight Terminals and Designing
?
Fellow Physical Layout of Terminals for Indian Railways
?
(IIM Ahmedabad) Ad-Selection for T.V. Commercials, a package developed for Mudra
?
rrks@iitk.ac.in Communication Pvt Ltd., Ahmedabad

Prof. R. N. Sengupta ?
Senior Engineer (Projects) Alcatel Alsthom, India
Fellow
(IIM Calcutta)
raghus@iitk.ac.in

Prof. Rahul Varman ?

Consulting with UNIDO, Govt., and Industry, especially SMEs in the area of
Fellow organization development, change and restructuring as well as HR issues
(IIM Ahmedabad) ?
Founding head of the incubation centre at IIT Kanpur
rahulv@iitk.ac.in

?
Energy and Environment consultant, Tata Korf Engineering Services
Ltd
Prof. Runa Sarkar
?
Highest achiever in a Summer Course on Opportunities and
Fellow
Challenges in Transitional Economies at Leipzig, Germany
(IIM Calcutta)
?
Member, Editorial team, India Infrastructure Report, 2007, a
runa@iitk.ac.in
publication by the 3i network

Adjunct Faculty, IIM Lucknow

?
Prof. Veena Bansal
Visiting Faculty, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
?
Consultant to ITC, Infotech
?
Ph.D.
Conducted several SAP faculty workshops
?
(IIT Kanpur)
Text and Image Based Tools for Technology Mapping from Patents
?
veena@iitk.ac.in
Literature, MCIT sponsered project

1
 Faculty

Notable Achievements

Mr. Dipankar Ganguly ?

Finance and Taxation Consultant for Development Authorities, State
Chartered Accountant Government Industrial Units, Manufacturing and Trading Companies
& Proprietor, Teaching Roles with Institute of Chartered Accountants
?
D. Ganguly & Co
avirup@hotmail.com
Course work, rigorous effort of
faculty and research work
subjected to the students,
imparts in them the potential
20 years of experience in Project Management, Software Engineering,
? to be a top notch business or
Mr. Jayant Krishna Information Systems and Sales & Marketing. management analyst
Principal Consultant Regional Director (UK & Ireland), Delivery Centre Head, Group Leader,
?
TATA Consultancy Global Relationship Manager and Regional Manager during TCS tenure Chirag Jain
Services (TCS) Limited President - Lucknow Management Association, Convener CEO Forum
? HSBC Analytics
jayant.krishna@tcs.com and Chairman - Computer Society of India's Lucknow Chapter (M.Tech.'08 Batch)
Visiting faculty at IIM-Lucknow, IIT-Roorkee, ISB-Hyderabad, University
?
of Leeds-UK and University of South London, UK

?
Statistical Classification and Clustering for data mining, Neural
Networks for Statistical Pattern Recoginition, NLP, Databases,
Dr. B. Chandra Adaptive Control Models.
Ph D (Delhi)

?
Social Demography and Social Statistics
Neo-Social Movements
?
Prof. A. K. Sharma
Ph D (IIT Bombay)

1

Performance of Shankar Esaan
Loy during Antaragni ‘08
MBA Students in tryst with the
Bull during Megabucks ‘09
Galaxy Performance
1
Student Activities
Marking Presence
ANTARAGNI
Antaragni is an All-India Inter-Collegiate cultural festival hosted by the Students Gymkhana.
Not withstanding the academic rigour at IIT Kanpur, Antaragni serves to fuel the creative
mettle in the students. Over the years, the festival has earned a reputation of being a
complete “cult-fest” as it offers the participants a plethora of contests and professional
performances by artists renowned worldwide.
MEGABUCKS
Megabucks, the Annual Entrepreneurship Competition of the institute takes place in
February. MBA students play a crucial role in the successful organization of the event which
has gained great recognition among the academia and corporate world. The event attracts
participation not only from Indian institutes like IIMs, XLRI, SP Jain, but also from
international universities like Stanford, Purdue and National University of Singapore. Over
the passage of time, the spirit of growth and innovation associated with Megabucks, has
witnessed the inclusion of Cliffhanger, The Corporate Quiz; Battlefield, The Case Study
Competition and strategy games like Markstrat and Transport Tycoon.
TECHKRITI
The need to provide the students with an opportunity to showcase their technical expertise
and ingenuity led to the genesis of Techkriti, the annual Science and Technology
festival of the institute. It includes a section called 'Olymbiz' which invites articles on new
products, services or marketing strategies of existing companies.
UDGHOSH
To sustain and revitalize the energy and spirit inherent in the students, Udghosh, the annual
national level sports meet of IIT Kanpur is a depiction of sporting fervor. Students of
numerous educational institutions all over the country exhibit and hone their skills in the
sport arena through this
mega event.
GALAXY
This is the Annual Inter-hall cultural event held in March. It provides a stage for showcasing
talent, unity, energy, and the competitiveness among halls. The events range from literary, to
fine arts, to high profile structure designing and many more.
 Student Activities
Department Events
Department of IME organizes many conferences and seminars on regular basis. The students
play key role in organizing these seminars and immensely benefit from the vast wealth of
knowledge which are exchanged in such platforms. Some of the events of the department
that have been conducted under the aegis of the department are briefly mentioned here.

ENERGY REGULATION COMMISSION SEMINAR

The first week of August saw Workshop related to capacity building for power infrastructure
being organized at IIT Kanpur. This was an ideal forum where issues related to infrastructure
and power reforms were discussed. This event featured variety of talks by eminent
personalities on topics dealing with electricity regulations ranging from restructuring in
Indian Power Sector, competitive bidding & Distribution reforms to Tariff determination and
transmission pricing. The workshop organized under the aegis of management department,
spearheaded by Dr. Anoop Singh proved beneficial for the student community at IIT Kanpur
as this gave them an opportunity to experience deep insights from the industry practitioners

ALUMNI MEET: DELHI AND MUMBAI CHAPTER

Desired with an aim to learn from the invaluable experience of its alumni, the MBA batch of
IIT Kanpur organized the Delhi and the Mumbai chapters of the alumni meet during
summers. The alumni meets brought with them bitter sweet reminisce of the time spent at
IIT Kanpur. From sharing their worst and best experiences in campus, to discussing the daily
rigors of hostel life to changing placement scenarios, the experience was enlightening for
both the sides involved. The 2010 batch benefitted immensely from learning how the
students before them countered and tackled the various issues that confronted them during
their time in college. The alumni also enthusiastically shared their work life experiences and
how what they learnt in the classes has helped them wade through it.

FINATICS
The annual finance conclave of IIT Kanpur – ‘Finatics’ was organized in April. The conclave
comprised of a gamut of events ranging from case studies to debates etc, both online and
live, which garnered in a lot of enthusiasm and participation from students. An NCDEX
workshop which aimed to apprise the students of the industry trends and practices in the
situation of current financial turmoil. Industry veterans such as Mr Ashish Sethia, head, New
Carbon Finance’s Research & Business development in India, Mr Prashant Reddy, NCDEX
were the guest speakers who gave enlightening talks pertaining to their field of expertise.
.
CONSILIUM
MBA batch organized the annual consulting event of IIT Kanpur, Consilium '08 in August. The
event consisted of lectures on emerging challenges and opportunities in consulting, panel
discussion on merger and acquisition, consulting case presentation and a case completion
for students 1
 Student Activities

Student Initiatives
INDUSTRY INTERACTION
The Industrial Interaction Committee (IIC) is an initiative of the MBA programme to increase
interaction with the corporate world and to understand the challenges a manager faces in his
day to day life. IIC has organized conclaves on critical issues of business, internal lecture
series, business case competitions, seminars and workshops. Some of the recent events
include:
? The annual finance conclave Finatics '09, organized in April, 2009
? Workshop on commodities and derivatives, organised by NCDEX
? The 'Intellectual Property Rights' conclave, organized in collaboration with SIDBI
? Mr. Priyadarshan Deshmukh, Asia Pacific Sourcing Manager, IBM gave lecture on
integration of global supply chain.

AVANT GARDE

True to its meaning, Avant Garde - the monthly MBA e-newsletter of IIT - Kanpur represents
new and original piece of work. Avant Garde features variety of articles written not only by
the students of the Management programme but also by students and faculty from other B-
schools and the big shots of the corporate world. In the relentless pursuit of knowledge and
refusal to accept things dished out on a platter, this magazine provides a face to the very spirit
of the students of MBA @ IIT Kanpur.

Every contribution towards the magazine is diligently edited upon to extract the best
information out of it. It also brings out the innovative side of students as their ideas get a
platform through this magazine. The readership of the e-magazine has been increasing ever
since it was launched and includes students and faculty from leading B-schools, leading
professionals, free lancer writers and management aspirants. The exhilarating success of
Avant Garde has further invigorated and inspired the spirit of e-newsletter, which promises
to churn out more and more quality editions in the future.

Website: http://www.iitk.ac.in/ime/MBA_IITK/avantgarde

1
 Student Activities

BUSINESS CLUB
The Business Club serves in enhancing the business acumen of the student, promote mutual
learning and enabling the exchange of ideas. The club organizes year round series of lectures,
case study contests, corporate quizzes and other such group activities. FINEIIT and Sigma are
the wings of Business club that cater to the areas of finance and marketing respectively

POWER
It was realized that there was an ample opportunity for MBA students to take up live projects
in the local markets pertaining to the local industries present in and around Kanpur. Keeping
this in mind this initiative was started, to study the processes of the various industries and
then help them improve their functioning. Hands on training, experience and unparalleled
knowledge enhancement are just a few of the features of this initiative.

FINEIIT
The finance club, FINEIIT is the brain child of the MBA students of IIT Kanpur. It provides a
platform for students and finance enthusiasts to discuss and do brainstorming with the
intention to improve their knowledge in various financial issues. It operates a student
managed mutual fund, FINWISE, where investments are made in the stock market. Besides
this, FINEIIT also organizes lectures and discussion for important and basic financial topics
like Micro and Macro economics, Capital markets, Insurance, Derivatives, Banking etc.

PR & MEDIA CELL

This cell is an interface between the IIT K Management brand and world outside the campus.
the main functions include maintaining the blogs, updating the website with latest
information, updating alumni database, publicity of various events, programmes, culture of
IIT K Management and other related activities through various channels such as the print
media, interaction with Alumni, interaction among different B schools and interaction with
corporate HR teams. It would also serve as the one stop source of all the information about
the IIT K MBA program for the JMET aspirants through online forums and other media.

CULTURAL CLUB
The Cul Club started off as a new initiative to showcase the latent talents of the MBA batch.
The club essentially looks to organise various events and parties to bring the batch together
between hectic assignments and presentations where the students can dance, sing, play
music or simply chill out

1
 Recruitment
Past Recruiters

ABN Amro Berger Paints Healthsprint Market Rx Synnovate India

Amul Bharti Televentures Hero Group Maruti Tata Communications
Anand Group BHEL Hexaware Motilal Oswal Tata Motors
ANZ BPCL Honda Securities TCS
Accenture Bristlecone Hyundai Nestle Vedanta
Airtight network Boston Scientific HSBC Analytics Pantaloon Retail Ltd.
Alstom Care Ratings IBM Global Service Pepsi
Amsoft Citibank ICICI Lombard Perot System
Arvind Mills CL InfoTech ICICI Securities Power Finance
Ashok Leyland Crisil ICICI Bank Corporation
B&K Securities Deloitte ICRA PWC
Basix India DCM Shriram Infosys Technologies Reliance Energy
Bajaj Auto Eicher Ingersoll Rand RBI
E-serve International Tractors Sahara Next
Essar Ltd. Satyam Computers
GAIL Kotak Mahindra Bank SBI Capital Markets
GENPACT KPMG SBI Mutual Funds
GSPL Krawler Networks SIDBI
HCL Tech Lanco Infratech SIEMENS
1
 Recruitment

Recruitment Process
Placement process for MBA IIT Kanpur will start in the first week of
December 2009. The batch of 2008-10 has 53 students in which
85% have relevant work experience. The academic rigorousness
and cultural vibrancy of IIT Kanpur coupled with an ideal exposure
in corporate life makes them suitable to be a prime asset for any
organisation.

Pre Placement Talk (PPT)

The pre placement talks provide opportunity for the students to
know the company, kind of profile it offers and the career growth
path available. As a standard practice, companies give a formal
presentation which is followed by an interactive discussion
wherein different queries of students are entertained.

Selection Process
The selection process is decided under the purview of rules &
regulations of the institute and requirement of individual
companies.

Campus Recruitment 2009 IMPORTANT DATES

A company will be provided a slot on a given day during the
placement week. The slot scheduling is done according to student
preferences where following criteria are considered.
? Job Profile
? Career Growth Opportunities
? Remuneration
? Past Relationship with IIT Kanpur
Summers Placements: 1st Sept 2009 onwards
Pre-Placement Talk: 15th Sept 2009 onwards
Last Date for Confirming Participation: 10th Nov 2009
Final Placements : 2nd to 7th Dec 2009
Lateral Placements: 1st Dec 2009

Lateral Recruitment 2009

85% of the students in current batch have work experience with an average of 25 months. Through lateral
recruitments, companies can get hand-picked students who would be match up for their organisation. The lateral
placements shall be organized on 1st of December 2009. For more information about the lateral process, kindly get in
touch with faculty placements coordinator.

Placement Guidelines
Companies will have to fill up and submit the recruitment form attached with the brochure.
?
A date of mutual convenience will be decided for PPT, campus recruitment and laterals.
?
It is expected that final results will be declared immediately after the interview.
? 1
 Achievements
Beyond Studies
Amish Thakkar Runners Up in "Corporate Roadies" - the event involving mental and physical tasks alongwith
presentation in "Parivartan'09", the Annual Management Festival of IIT, Delhi.
Third Prize in "Phoenix - Product Re-launch" event in "Cognizance '09", held at IIT Roorkee.

Anamika Tiwari Finalists in Chomskybot - The Debate Competition in Parivartan ‘09,

Sai Prakash

Ashutosh Dwivedi First Prize - Markstrat, the marketing strategy event in Megabucks ‘09 at IIT Kanpur.
Deepak Chaudhary
Deepika Thukral
Siddharth Nigam

Arun Kumar Second Prize at Xerox case study on "Changing Brand Perception" during Megabucks ‘09 at
Deepak Chaudhary IIT Kanpur
Shailika Parmar

Bappaditya Roy Participation in “International Conference of Indigenous Management Practices”, July 16-
18, 2009, Annamalai Univeristy – Research paper presented on “Word of Mouth Marketing”,
co-authoring with N. K. Sharma, Head, IME Department.

Darpan Agarwal Participation in “International Conference of Indigenous Management Practices”, July 16-
Siddharth Chawla 18, 2009, Annamalai Univeristy – Research paper presented on “Word of Mouth Marketing”,
co-authoring with N. K. Sharma, Head, IME Department.

1
 Placement Brochure
2009-10

Department of Industrial & Management Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur