visakhapatnam despite the covid19 impact and the subsequent market slowdown this year the final placement season of the indian institute of managementvisakhapatnam iimv has been completed with 100 percent placements for the fifth consecutive year the entire process was conducted in virtual mode due to the pandemicheld on a rolling basis the placement season witnessed more than 100 companies participating in the process and making multiple offers with 72 new recruiters offering roles across various domains including consulting bfsi strategy sales marketing hr it and analyticsdirector iimvisakhapatnam prof m chandrasekhar attributed the institutes achievement to the highquality learning outcomes facilitated by the largest cohort of faculty among the new generation iims prof chandrasekhar hailed the students for quickly adapting themselves to the online mode of classes during the pandemic and leveraging it gainfully to excel academically evolve emotionally and emerge successfullythere has been an overwhelming increase in the number of recruiters willing to partner with the institute this institute has made rapid strides just within a few years since its inception and that continued in 202021 notwithstanding the challenges posed by the pandemic said prof chandrasekharchairperson career development services alumni relations prof saroj k pani expressed his gratitude to all the recruiters who have reposed their faith in the students of iimv despite the challenges created by the ongoing pandemic situation he thanked the student placement committee members faculty colleagues cds office associated staff and all other stakeholders for this achievement during one of the most challenging times bschools have come across in the recent pastaccounting for 39 of the total placements itites continued to bet big on new talent followed by bfsi 12 the other sectors were manufacturing 11 fintech 4 consulting 4 edtech 4 logistic services 4 fmcg 3 ecommerce 2 luxury 1 and digital media 1some of the prominent recruiters include amazon amul anand rathi au bank bluestar byjus deloitte esaf bank foxconn franklin templeton hcl icici lombard icici prudential inmobi kpmg musigma mtr ncr corporation sbi gi ta digital tata aia tata power tech mahindra tvs motors yes bank and zetwerkan elated placement committee said this year has been no ordinary year with challenges being thrown at the students from all around but the grit and perseverance shown by the batch helped us achieve this feat and the increased number of recruiters bears testimony to this fact we are very thankful to our recruiters for giving us exciting opportunities even in these turbulent times we hope to establish longterm relations with our recruiters and hope that our student cohort in entirety will contribute its best to these esteemed organizations