bschool will have a lateral process for the first time in four years as the last few batches did not have too many with work experience an indian agroproduct makers african arm has picked up five students for 60000 rs 33 lakh approx for marketing and brand management profiles companies from the middle east have also offered posts in dubai and iim kozhikode has seen seven international placements already 115 students have been placed others on campus include it consulting companies pharma and general management firms a member of the placement team said at iim lucknow about 50 per cent of the 430strong batch is eligible for the laterals also called higher entry placement process hepp at the institute besides regular recruiters about 20 per cent of the companies in hepp are coming for the first time most of these are from ecommerce pharmaceutical fmcg real estate and it most companies have opened up additional profiles and higher roles than those offered in last 2 years says the iim lucknow placements chairperson rajesh aithal around 120 of iim indores 450strong batch are participating in the laterals thirty companies will come calling cipla and ranbaxy are among the firsttimers pharmahealthcare and it are among the sectors leading the charge and salaries are 1015 per cent higher than last year according to an iim indore placement officer newer iims too are doing well iim rohtak placements officer argha chatterjee says that this batch is doing better than last years since students have more work experience about 5560 per cent of the total batch size of 125 is eligible for the laterals some 1722 companies are participating many of them firsttimers companies need to spend on training and development on freshers who often end up looking for other opportunities after that candidates hired during lateral placements bring experience to the table says chatterjee