ABOUT

THE INSTITUTE
The eleventh IIM, Indian Institute of Management
Tiruchirappalli (IIM Tiruchirappalli), was instituted on January
Diversity to promote
inclusiveness
We promote inclusiveness by supporting
and encouraging diversity in age, gender,
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
4, 2011 under the patronage of the Government of India and cultural and academic background. As an Shri. Kewal Kumar Sharma, IAS
academic institution and thought leader, Chairman, Secretary (HE)
functions as an autonomous institute. IIM Tiruchirappalli has
we also create an atmosphere of mutual
been established in Tiruchirappalli, a city in Tamil Nadu respect by accepting and accommodating Dr. Bhimaraya Metri
renowned for its art and culture. multiple and diverse perspectives. Director, IIM Trichy

Spirit of collaboration
Mission We respect and nurture the spirit of collaboration with all
stakeholders for achieving academic excellence.
Members of Board of Governors,
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
To nurture a learning environment, for the creation and
dissemination of management knowledge to develop leaders of Learning and research Shri. Kewal Kumar Sharma, IAS Prof. Appa Rao Podile
enterprises who add value to society Chairman, Secretary (HE), Department of Higher Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad
environment
We promote a learning and research environment among the faculty Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
Shri. A.P. Mittal

Values and students of IIM Trichy. We strive to contribute to academia and

industry by continuously involving ourselves in pioneering research
that will contribute to the body of knowledge and shall help industry
Ms. Darshana Momaya Dabral Member Secretary, All India Council for Technical
Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor (HRD), Department Education, New Delhi
Dignity of the individual of Higher Education, Ministry of HRD, Government of
to improve its processes. We believe that knowledge is endless and Shri H. M. Nerurkar
one keeps on learning throughout one’s life. India
We uphold the dignity of the individual in all our transactions President, AIMA & Chairman - TRL Krosaki Refractories
and activities. Shri Cyril Shroff Ltd., Mumbai
Innovation and Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand & Mangaldas
Academic freedom with continuous improvement Dr. R. Karunamoorthy
Shri K. Venkataramanan Academic Administrator & Strategic Planner, Gopalan
professional responsibility We strive for continuous improvement in all our activities to enable
a thriving learning environment. We are open to innovate in all our CEO and Managing Director (Retd.), Larsen & Toubro Foundation, Bengaluru
We believe in academic freedom. Academic freedom means (i) (L&T)
processes.
freedom to undertake and publish research, (ii) freedom to Dr. Bhimaraya Metri
design and offer courses, and (iii) freedom of expression in the Sustainability Shri Vikram Singh Mehta Director, IIM Trichy
classroom. We will be guided by the highest standards of Executive Chairman of Brookings India, New Delhi
We are sensitive to our natural environment and resources Prof. V. Gopal
academic integrity in exercising our academic freedom.
and promote their efficient and sustainable use. Dr. Girija Vaidyanathan, IAS Professor, IIM Trichy
Fairness Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu
Ethical behaviour Prof. G. Sethu
We treat our employees, students and other stakeholders in We wish to inculcate among all stakeholders honesty in whatever Shri. Sunil Paliwal, IAS Professor, IIM Trichy
ways that are just, honest and free from prejudice. We rely on the person does. Ethical behaviour should be an integral part of Principal Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu
the principles of justice in allocation of resources and one’s personality and it should be depicted in whatever a person
distribution of benefits and outcomes to our stakeholders. does in his/her professional or personal life.
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DIRECTOR’S PLACEMENT
MESSAGE CHAIRPERSON'S
international institutes. They are adept in their respective fields,
having published in scholastic international journals and
presented their research work at various international
conferences.
MESSAGE
IIM Trichy believes in providing students with every avenue
At IIM Trichy, we believe in the overall development of a student possible to get an insight into the corporate world. “Insight – The
and they are provided with every avenue to grow and develop Corporate Window” is a guest lecture series where leading
their innate abilities and passions. In addition to the outstanding industry experts interact with students and share their
academic performance, our students also excel in extra- invaluable experiences. Students get a glimpse of the latest
curricular activities and competitions held at national and business practices and a holistic view of the industry from
international levels each year. seasoned veterans.
It gives us immense pride to state that we have, yet again this We also engage with the industry in form of live projects. Live
year, witnessed a 100% placement record with the mean CTC projects provide students with the opportunity to apply theory
offered rising to INR 13.30 lakhs per annum. Noted recruiters learnt in the classrooms to the real world. Students participate in
like Mahindra, JP Morgan Chase, Saint Gobain, Bharat live projects floated by organisations along with their academic
Petroleum, Bosch, to name a few, have graced our campus for commitments. This is an opportunity for students to learn the
recruiting students in the past academic year. With the new responsibilities of various roles while the organizations benefit
season for placements approaching, we expect to strengthen our from the fresh infusion of ideas.
past relationships and build new ones.
Our intensive academic program along with valuable industry
We take pride in the diversity in backgrounds, both academically interactions enable IIM Trichy to produce socially responsible
as well as professionally, of our student portfolio. Our placement and industry ready business professionals. This is best reflected
team will be in touch with you to deliver a great recruitment in our Summer & Final Placement processes. IIM Trichy is
experience. becoming the recruitment destination of choice for many of
Dear Recruiter, Look forward to hosting you at IIM Trichy. India's most prestigious corporate houses. The number of
recruiters visiting IIM Trichy has been growing consistently.
Greetings from IIM Tiruchirappalli! Warm Regards,
Previous recruiters have continued their relationship with us and
Since 2011, IIM Trichy has been a trailblazer. The quality of the we are building relationships with new ones. The trust and
Dr. Bhimaraya Metri,
five batches that graduated from IIM Trichy has proved that the confidence recruiters have shown in us, drives us to challenge
Director, IIM Trichy
calibre of students produced by this institute can only climb the boundaries professional excellence, in quest for greater
Dear Recruiter,
higher. The faith our recruiters place on our students stand heights.
Greetings from IIM Tiruchirappalli!
testimonial to the institute's commitment to provide the I welcome you to IIM Trichy for Placement Season 2017-18.
corporate world with managers of unparalleled ability. IIM Trichy has witnessed meteoric rise over the last six years. The Here, you will find a talent pool of outstanding business
combination of a rigorous academic and extensive corporate professionals with inquisitive minds, ready to take on the
Our 36 full time faculty design their pedagogies to impart the
exposure has created successful and responsible business challenges of the business world.
best of knowledge and skills to students and ensure they are
leaders, who are already making their mark in this world. We
ready to enter the corporate world. We are proud of the fact that Yours Sincerely,
have become one of the most sought-after business schools for
all our faculty members are Ph.D. or Fellow from top national and
students and recruiters, and a force to reckon with, in this short
Prof. Abhishek Totawar
span of time. The start of a new Academic year and Placement
Placement Chairperson, IIM Trichy
season provides us another opportunity for us to surge ahead.
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FACULTY PROFILES
FACULTY & Economics & Public Policy
RESEARCH Alka Chadha
Ph.D (National University of
Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil
Ph.D (Rotterdam School of
IIM Trichy meets global standards in pedagogy and Singapore), M.A (Delhi School of Management, Erasmus
research. The quality of IIM Trichy's pedagogy is Economic, Delhi University) University), M.A. in Public Policy
& Management (Institute of
second to none with all our faculty holding Social Studies, Erasmus
PhD/Fellow qualification from institutions in India University)
and abroad that are reputed all over the world. We
currently have 36 full time faculty members and
visiting faculty from the industry and other
management institutes in the roster.
Sanja Samirana Pattnayak Saumen Majumdar
Our faculty is actively involved not just in
academics, but also in research, governance and Ph.D (National University of Ph.D (IGIDR, Mumbai), M. Sc
Singapore), [Link] in Economics (University of Calcutta)
consultancy. The research done by the faculty has
(Jawaharlal Nehru University New
been published in eminent international and Delhi), M.A in Economics (Utkal
national journals. We have been represented at the University , Orissa India)
prestigious Academy of Management (AoM) annual
conference in USA by more than one faculty
member every year since our inception.

The results and insights of this research are directly

imparted to the students. This ensures that the
curriculum is constantly enhanced and augmented Finance & Accounting
by the faculty. IIM Trichy's qualified, experienced
faculty are key members in nurturing a learning
Bipin Kumar Dixit Gopal.V
environment and in creating the future business
Fellow (IIM Bangalore), M Tech Fellow (IIMC), BE (College of
leaders.
(IIT Kharagpur) Engineering Guindy Madras),
AICWA (ICWAI), ACS (ICSI)

Narahari Hansoge Nilesh Kumar Gupta

Fellow (IIM Bangalore), PGP (IIM Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad), [Link]
Ahmedabad), ACA (ICAI)
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Rohan Chinchwadkar Sethu.G Hari Sreekumar Satish S Maheswarappa

Ph.D in Finance (IIM Calcutta), Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad), [Link] Fellow (IIM Calcutta), [Link]. Ph.D. (IIT Madras), PG (IIM
[Link]. in Electronics (VJTI) (IIT Madras), [Link] (IIT (Tech.) BITS, Pilani Ahmedabad), BVSC (Veterinary
Kharagpur) College, Bangalore)

Nithyananda K V Suresh Paul Antony

Ph.D (National Law School of Fellow (IIM Lucknow)
India University, Bangalore)
Master of Business Law
(National Law School of India
University, Bangalore).

Management Information Systems Operations Management & Quantitative Techniques

Agam Gupta Jang Bahadur Singh Ayon Chakraborty Bhimaraya Metri
Fellow ( IIM Calcutta), [Link] in Fellow (IIM Bangalore), M Tech Ph.D (National University of Ph.D (IIT Bombay), ME (Shivaji
ECE, (NIT Hamirpur (H.P.) (IIT Kharagpur) Singapore), M.E. (Birla Institute University Kolhapur)
of Technology and Science,
Pilani), B.E. (University of
Rajasthan, Jaipur)

Gajanand M. S. Godwin Tennyson

Marketing Ph.D (IIT Madras), B.E. (College

of Engineering Guindy, Anna
Ph.D (IIT Madras), M. Tech (NIT
Calicut)
University Chennai)
Anirban Som Apoorv Khare
PhD (Bond University, Australia), Fellow (IIM Calcutta), MBA in
[Link]. (National University of Institute of Management Studies
Singapore) (DAVV, Indore)
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Sirish Kumar Gouda Sivakumar S Smita Chattopadhyay Upam Pushpak Makhecha

Fellow (IIM Bangalore), [Link] in Fellow (IIM Bangalore), PG Fellow (IIM Bangalore) Fellow (IIM Bangalore), MBA
Civil (NIT Warangal) Diploma in Software Enterprise (FMS, University of Delhi), MA
Management (IIM Bangalore), (Psychology, Barkatullah
B.E. in Mechanical Engg. Vishwavidyalaya)
(NIT Trichy)

Srirangacharyulu B. Vinu C T Vijaya V

Ph.D (IIT Madras), M. Tech Fellow (IIM Bangalore), M Tech in Ph.D. (IIT Madras), M. Phil
(Srivenkateswara University QROR (ISI Kolkata), MSc (Programme in Psychology at the
Tirupati) Statistics. University of Madras ), Masters
Programme in Clinical &
Counseling Psychology

Yamini S
Pursuing Ph.D (IIT Madras),
M.S. by Research (IIT Madras),
Strategy
B.E. (College of Engineering
Guindy, Anna University
Chennai)
Karthik Dhandapani Manikandan K S
Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad), Fellow (IIM Bangalore), B.E. in
Associate Member, Institute of Mechanical Engineering (College
Company Secretaries of India of Engineering Guindy, Anna
Bachelor of Commerce University) Gold Medal
(Honours), University of Delhi

Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management

Abhishek K. Totawar Papri Nath Mukundhan K.V. Sankalp Pratap
Fellow (IIM Indore), MA in PhD (IIT Kharagpur), M.A. Fellow (IIM Kozhikode), B.E. Fellow (IIM Calcutta), MBA (IIM
Psychology (BHU, Varanasi) (Banaras Hindu University) (Hons.) Electrical and Electronics Calcutta), B.E. (Marine
Engineering (BITS, Pilani) Engineering & Research Institute)
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COURSES AND
PROGRAMMES
OFFERED
Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM)
The Post Graduate Programme in Management at management. On completion of these core courses, the
IIM Tiruchirappalli is a full time two-year programme designed to programme provides the option of choosing electives from a pool
empower the students with the knowledge and skills required to of specialized courses during the second year. The elective
be competitive managers of the future. The first year of the
program offers foundation level core courses covering various
courses are designed to nurture future managers in the area of
their interests, aligning them with their career goals and
Elective Courses-Year 2 • Compensation Management
• Employee Relations and Labour laws
disciplines exposing the students to different facets of business objectives.
(Term IV, V and VI) • HR Metrics and Analytics
• Managing difficult people at work
Core Courses-Year 1 (Term I, II and III) Economy & Public Policy • Manpower Planning Recruitment & Selection
• Business Ethics: An Introduction • Organizational Change & Development
Term I Cr Term II Credits Term III Credits
• Game Theory for Managers • Managing Global Workforce
Financial Accounting 3 Corporate Finance 3 Business Law 3 • Econometrics • Performance Management & Employee Engagement
• Movies, Morality & Public Policy
Managing Organisations 3 Macroeconomics 3 Competition & Strategy 3

Organisational Behaviour General Management

Marketing Management 3 Managerial Communication 2 Indian Economy and Policy 3

Managing People and

& Human Resource • Communication for Leaders
Microeconomics 3 3 Management Accounting 2 • Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights
Performance in Organisations Management
• Data Visualization for Managers
Quantitative Methods I 3 Quantitative Methods II 3 Management Information System 3 • Compensation Management • International Business Practice
• Employee Relations and Labour Laws
Written Analysis & Commu- Research for Marketing
2 3 Operations Management 3 • HR Metrics & Analytics
nication Decisions
TOTAL 17 TOTAL 17 TOTAL 17
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Finance & Accounting CFA UNIVERSITY

RECOGNITION
• Behavioural Finance
Our PGPM programme is the first IIM programme to be
• Derivatives & Risk Management
accepted into the CFA University Recognition Program.
• Financial Derivatives
Programmes which cover at least 70% of the CFA
• Financial Statement Analysis & Valuation
curriculum (CBOK) are considered for the recognition. In
• Fixed Income Securities
addition, the institution also needs to demonstrate a
• International Finance commitment to ethics in their curriculum. As a result of
• Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management this recognition, PGP students of IIM Trichy are entitled
• Management of Banking and Financial Institution to three scholarships per academic year for the CFA
• Mergers and Acquisitions Program.
• Project Appraisal and Finance
• Securities Markets Regulation
• Strategic Financial Management
• Trading Strategies Marketing
• Valuation
• Business to Business Marketing
• Consumer Behaviour
Operations Management
• Digital Marketing
& Quantitative Techniques • Integrated Marketing Communication
• Applied Management Science • Marketing Analytics
• Business Process and System Optimization using Simulation • Product and Brand Management
• Decision Analysis for Managers
• Retail Management
• Lean Management
• Role and Impact on Social Media Marketing
• Logistics Management
• Management of Manufacturing Systems • Sales and Distribution Management

• Manufacturing Strategy • Services Marketing

• Operations Research Applications • Strategic Marketing
• Operations Strategy • Promotion Strategy
• Pricing and Revenue Management • Marketing to Base of Pyramid Consumers
• Quality Toolkit for Managers
• Supply Chain Analytics
• Supply Chain and Logistics Management Management Information
• Business Forecasting
System
• Big Data Analytics
Strategy
• Business Analysis & IT Consulting
• Advanced Corporate Strategy
• Data Mining for Business Decisions
• Competing in Global Markets
• E-Commerce & Digital Markets: Economics, Technology
• Dynamics of Framing & Executing Strategy
and Strategy
• Foundation of Strategy Consulting
• Enterprise Business Applications
• Industry and Competitor Analysis
• New Product Development • Information Technology and Business Innovation
• New Venture Creation • IT Consulting
• Platform Business Models • Managing Software Projects
• Strategic Leadership • Strategic Management of IT
• Tools, Techniques & Rituals of the Practicing Strategist
• Entrepreneurship
• Designing and configuring Business Models
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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION Management Development Programmes

Course of Independent
Study (CIS)
AND CONSULTANCY OFFERED IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-18
Through its wide array of offerings, the Executive
Students are given an option to take up a Course of Commercial Dispute Resolution for Managers Legal Aspects of Marketing (LAM)
Education and Consulting (EEC) Office at IIM
Independent Study during Terms IV and V, under the Dr. Nithyananda KV & CA Pradeep C Dr. Nithyananda KV
Tiruchirappalli is committed to provide high quality
supervision of a Faculty Member in lieu of a 3-credit July 14-15, 2017 November 23-25, 2017
management education and consultancy services. These
elective course. The objectives of a CIS are as under:
services give both executives and organizations an
Encouraging students to delve deeply and rigorously opportunity to hone their skills and abilities, become Managing Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Decision Making with Spreadsheets
into any subject/ theme/ live business case of their more agile and build valuable competencies to achieve Dr. Nithyananda KV & Mr. Raj K. Shankar Prof. B. Srirangacharyulu
interest. superior performance. July 28-29, 2017 December 22-23, 2017
Provide an opportunity for the motivated students to To achieve this objective, we conduct four different types
develop the capacity to plan and manage their own of programs: Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring
learning. (SMIPR) Prof. Bipin Kumar Dixit
Management Development Programmes Dr. Nithyananda KV January 17-19, 2018
August 10-12, 2017
Fellow Programme in In-Company Training Programmes Finance for Non- Finance Professionals
Management (FPM) Strategic Leadership: Securing Organizational Relevance
Prof. K S Manikandan
Prof. Bipin Kumar Dixit & Prof. Gopal. V
February 6-9, 2018
Consultancy Projects
August 10-12, 2017 & December 14-16, 2017
FPM is the full-time, residential doctoral programme
of IIM Tiruchirappalli. The programme aims in Technical Education Quality Improvement Assessing and improving the Social Impact of CSR projects
providing rigorous, world-class, inter-disciplinary Programme (TEQIP) Business Strategy: Creating And Sustaining Superior Dr. Prabhir Vishnu Poruthiyil
training in all areas of business management that will Performance January 20-21, 2018
Technology-Enabled Learning Prof. K S Manikandan
equip students with the ability to conduct cutting-
edge research. Doctoral students specialize in several August 2-5, 2017 & December 6-9, 2017 Managing and Leading Organizational Change
disciplines(areas) of management. Prof. Abhishek Totawar & Capt. Raghu Ram
CENTRE FOR CORPORATE Strategic Marketing in Action February 17-18, 2018
Prof. Suresh Paul Antony
GOVERNANCE October 3-5, 2017 & October 24-26, 2017 HR Metrics and Analytics
Post Graduate Programme in IIM Trichy launched the Centre for Corporate
Governance on the 13th of June, 2014. The main Lean Six Sigma
Prof. V. Vijaya
March 8-9, 2018 & March 22-23, 2018
Business Management objective of the centre is conducting and promoting Prof. Ayon Chakraborty
(PGPBM) research in the area of corporate governance. The
centre plans to carry out various research activities
October 24-26, 2017 Managing Difficult People at Work
Prof. Papri Nath & Prof. Abhishek Totawar
PGPBM is a 24 month programme for working executives including organizing an annual conference, Law and Strategy for Efficient Contract Management April 9-10, 2018
offered at IIM Trichy's Chennai centre. Launched in initiating and coordinating research projects, and Dr. Nithyananda KV & Prof. Sebastian Tharakan
2012, the Post Graduate Programme in Business arranging research seminars and workshops. In the November 9- 11, 2017
long term, the CCG aims to conduct capacity Personality in Managing and Leading
Management (PGPBM) caters to the working executives Prof. Papri Nath
who aspire to equip themselves with formal management building activities in the area of corporate
governance policy through advocacy and Business Analytics with R April 20-21, 2018
education and move into senior leadership roles.
intervention. Through this centre, IIM Trichy aims to Prof. Vinu CT
Executives with at least three years of full-time work
spread awareness about good corporate governance November 11- 12, 2017
experience are eligible to apply for the programme. The
programme is completely aligned with the two-year practices.
programme offered at our Trichy campus in terms of Service Improvement and Innovation Training
pedagogy. Prof. Ayon Chakraborty
November 14- 16, 2016
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INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS AND

RELATIONS FACILITIES
In the current era of
globalization, student
exchange serves as a
catalyst to provide
international exposure to
our students. This not only
helps them experience a
completely different
learning environment but
also provides them with an
opportunity to interact with
students from various
nationalities as well as work
with them on academic
tasks. Student exchange
provides an opportunity to
learn in an international
environment and also
facilitates networking at an
international level.

IIM Trichy actively encourages student exchanges, where select

students from the Post Graduate Programme in Management
IIM Trichy currently has agreement for academic
spend one term in a reputed business school abroad and
cooperation with the following business schools, for
students from those schools attend a term at IIM Trichy. The
student and faculty exchanges, joint research and
students actively gain knowledge of another country and
teaching by the faculty members: Permanent Campus
enhance their understanding of international business and
sociocultural diversity. The international collaboration platform The permanent campus of IIM Trichy was inaugurated on 3rd address the electricity needs. A rain water harvesting facility is
also provides opportunities for faculty exchange and joint 1. IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of April, 2017 by Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister Human built to make the campus self sufficient in water.
research between IIM Trichy and universities abroad. Management, France Resource Development, Government of India.
Each classroom will consist of two separate projectors to display
2. ESSCA– École de Management, School of
study materials effectively and encourage discussion and peer
Learning Resource
Management, France
learning. Classroom capacities will range from 25-250. There Centre (LRC)
3. EMLYON Business School, France will be multiple classrooms with 25-seater, 50-seater and 80-
The Learning Resource Centre is a key facility that is essential for
seater, along with 120 seater and 250-seater capacity to cater to
all the undertakings of IIM Trichy. It is a source of information
4. SKEMA Business School, France larger audiences.
and knowledge for students, faculty and other stakeholders of
The campus will also have 24X7 power supply and Wi-Fi IIM Trichy. The LRC has access to a wide variety of research
5. ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon
facilities. Hostel rooms will be air-conditioned during non resources, both on and off campus. It subscribes to a number of
academic hours. company and industry and country databases and scholarly
articles. Statistical tools and Simulation Software make
The permanent campus is also differently-abled friendly. There
advanced and detailed research possible. LRC subscribes to
are special provisions like Braille signage, earmarked toilets,
Caplitaline, Insight, Euromonitor, Thomson Reuters Eikon,
designated parking spots and, auditory signals and Braille
Prowess, Crisil, IndiaStat among others for data on companies
symbols in elevators. There are also ramps and pathways built to
and industries.
facilitate ease of movement, along with the provision of battery
operated cars. The Statistical tools available are IBM SPSS, IBM SPSS
Modeler, STATA and the Decision Tools Suite. Simulation Tools
The campus is designed to be highly self sustainable and energy
like NVivo 10, Lingo and EViews are also available.
and water efficient. Solar Power will be harnessed up to 2 MW to
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INSTITUTE AND Sangram

STUDENT
Sangram is the annual inter IIM Sports Meet held
between IIM Trichy, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode,
IIM Visakhapatnam. IIM Trichy won 3 gold medals

ACTIVITIES in Hockey, Football and TT Women along with 4

silver medals and 11 bronze medals in various
sporting events.
IIM Trichy is a vibrant, dynamic place that is always buzzing
with activity. Various clubs and committees conduct social
drives, guest lectures, workshops, events and competitions.
IIM Trichy also has an all year calendar of sports events and
activities.

Foundation Day
IIM Trichy celebrated its Sixth Foundation Day on 4 January,
2016 to mark its inception. Mrs. Usha Ananthasubramanian,
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Punjab
National Bank, was the Chief Guest and Mr. Kwan Chee Sun,
Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Global Business
Services, India was the Guest of Honour for the function.

PGP & FPM Inauguration E-Summit'16

The first edition of E-Summit was held on 13 November, up environment. A panel discussion on “Designing a
IIM Trichy inaugurated its 7th batch of Post 2016. The E-Summit was aimed at budding Winning Business Model” was held. This was followed by
Graduate Programme in Management(PGP) and entrepreneurs and in helping them understand the start- a B-Plan competition and a talk on how investors look at
6th batch of Faculty Programme in start-up pitches.
Management(FPM) on 27th June 2017.
Shri. Muthukumar Thanu, CHRO, TAFE Group
was the Chief Guest and Shri. Kumar
Make a Difference
Ramanathan, CEO & MD, Positive Integers, was IIM Trichy's vision is to produce socially responsible Program is conceived in this context, as a part of which all
the Guest of Honor of the function. corporate managers and leaders who use their skills to the students of PGPM work in teams on issues of social
contribute to the immediate community of which they and importance like education, health skill development etc.
their organizations are a part of. Make a difference' (MAD)
project which is a mandatory part of the Post Graduate

Dhruva
IIM Trichy held its first edition of the business and cultural
festival from 21st to 23rd October, 2016. The festival had
over 2000 students participating from around 250 institutes.
It also saw international participation from students in Sri
Lanka and Iran.
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HR CONCLAVE 2016
CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT List of Speakers
AVENUES IIM Trichy organized the 4th annual HR Conclave on 5th
November, 2016 at The Westin Chennai. The theme of the event
was “Rethinking HR”. The event brought together eminent
professionals from the industry on a common stage where they

INSIGHT-The Corporate Window shared their experiences and knowledge pertaining to the
evolving role of Human Resources Management (HRM) in
organisations.
List of Speakers 2016-17 The theme was explored through two panel discussions. The first
panel discussion was titled “People Analytics – The Human
“Insight” is a unique guest lecture series where eminent theory and practice and heighten the business sensibilities of Equation” and focussed on how data is used to make sound
personalities from the realm of business present a picture of the students. The list of guests for the academic year 2016-17 people decisions to enhance business competence. The
their world to the students. The aim of the lectures is to integrate are as follows: panellists were:

§ Mr. Asim Rizvi, Senior Director- Human Resources at

§ Mr. Binu Sankar, Assistant Director, ErnstYoung, on "Landscape of the consulting industry", Jan 17 CallidusCloud India Ltd.,

§ Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran, Marketing Leader for Digital Business, NTT Data Services, on "Marketing in a digital context", Nov § Ms. Debolina Dutta, Director HR- APAC and India at VF
16 Corporation,
§ Mr. Rajan Sethuraman, Chief People Officer at LatentView
§ Mr. K. Chandrasekhar, Chief Financial Officer, Dalmia Cements on "Role of the CFO in a manufacturing company", Oct 16 Analytics,
§ Ms. Vasudha Nandal, VP and Head of Human Capital
§ Ms. Linu Susan Charles, Assistant Manager - HR, ITC Limited, on "HR practices in the manufacturing sector vs service sector",
Management at [Link].
Aug 16
The other panel discussion was titled “Happiness Factor in
Organizational Sustainability” and focuses on how the workforce
§ Mr. Rajesh Athihalli, Founder, Metis ERC (I) Pvt. Ltd., on "Essentials of Business Strategy Execution", Aug 16
happiness can impact the success equation of an organization.
The panellists were:
§ Mr. T. N. Arun Kumar, Executive Director, CARE Ratings, on "Credit Ratings: Past, Present and Future", Jul 16
§ Ms. Chitra Byregowda, Head of Sustainability and Diversity at
Mindtree Ltd.
§ Ms. Richa Pande, Chief People Officer at Inatech,
LIVE PROJECTS § Mr. Sandeep Tyagi, Director HR- Samsung India Electronics
Pvt. Ltd.
Live projects provide opportunities to students to associate with organizations through short term projects on a part time basis from the
institute. Some of the Live Projects that were floated in the academic year 2016-17 are: § Capt. J Raghuram, Management Consultant and Leadership
Coach

Company ACHIEVEMENTS § Runners Up at the Yes Bank Transformation Series 2015.

§ Runners Up at the YuStart National Level Startup Challenge
§ 2nd at the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative
2015 hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII)
The Money Roller Third Eye Zaple (GSCMI) 2017 inter-college case study competition held at
Mainbrain Tech
Purdue University, Illinois, United States of America § Winners at Latent View's Data Premier League in 2015.
§ Winners at the National Level of the CFA Institute Research § South Zone Finalist at Deloitte Maverick 2015.
Challenge and represented India in Chicago for the Asia
Pacific Round for consecutive years 2015 and 2016
Braingroom Vtech BioTron Edumentor Artuha Trading
§ National Finalists in Mahindra War Room for consecutive
years 2015 and 2016
§ Runners-up at the Shopclues CXO NEXT Challenge 2017 in
Quad4Consulting [Link] Snapdeal Careers360 the Operations domain
§ “Future Business Leader” and Best Participant awards at the
CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)
Global Business Challenge 2015 held in Warsaw, Poland
JSW Steel Ltd. Penabook § Winner at Cognizant Business Consulting's CXO Challenge
2015 and Second Runners Up at the CXO Challenge 2016.
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PGP 2016-2018 PGP 2017-2019

Total Students
176 Total Students
178
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

90% 3% 3% 1% 91% 4% 2%
ENGINEERING COMMERCE ARTS & MEDICINE ENGINEERING COMMERCE MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE STUDIES

1% 1% 1% 2% 1%
ENGG+MBA OTHERS MANAGEMENT ARTS & OTHERS
STUDIES SCIENCE

WORK EXPERIENCE WORK EXPERIENCE

30% 18% 29% 27% 14% 31%

0-11 12-23 24-35 0-11 12-23 24-35
months months months months months months

17% 6% 23% 5%
36-47 >=48 36-47 >=48
months months months months
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PLACEMENT PLACEMENT PROCESS

SEASON 2017-18
Summer Placements Final Placements
(PGP 17-19) (PGP 16-18)
Organisation
Applications Interview
offers job
submitted process
description

Job description
Profiles
COMMENCES COMMENCES forwarded
IN IN shortlisted
to batch
SEPTEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER 2017

Summer Placements 16-17 Final Placements 16-17

Highlights Highlights
Highest Stipend Offered Average Stipend Highest CTC Offered Average CTC
INR INR INR INR

2,50,000 *
53,030* 33 lakhs 13.30 lakhs
GMC, GSMO, M&A, Corp Banking Increase in Highest
Roles offered 57% Domestic Stipend Increase in offers
29% greater than INR 18 lakhs 13%
Increase in number of
Companies participated

Number of Companies
21% Increase in accepted offers greater
than INR 1 lakh 106 that expressed interest
19% Increase
offered
in PPO/PPI
39%
Increase in Highest
Domestic CTC

Number of Companies
67% Increase in batch size 70 that recruited

SECTOR-WISE SPLIT
SECTOR-WISE SPLIT
22% BFSI
21% BFSI 29% Consulting

21% Consulting 14% IT & Services

24% IT & Services 10% Consumer Durable & Retail

8% FMCG & Retail 12% Others (Media, Healthcare, Telecom, Infra)
8% E-Commerce & Supply Chain 13% Manufacturing & Oil & gas
18% Manufacturing & Infrastructure
* Does not include allowances; for the internship period.
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TOP RECRUITERS CONTACTS

Chairperson

Prof. Abhishek Totawar

Mailing Address
Chairperson Trichy Campus
Placement and External Relations
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
IIM Tiruchirappalli
NIT Campus (Post)
placement@[Link]. in
Thanjavore Main Road, Thuvakudi
IRIS 0431 2505035
Tiruchirappalli - 620 015
Tamil Nadu, India
Email: iimt@[Link]
Placement & External Ph: 0431 2505000
Relations Office
Chennai Campus
Ms. Sruthi M
IIM Tiruchirappalli- Chennai Center
sruthim@[Link]
#45, Nehru Street, Ramaniyam Siddharth
0431 2505036
Building 1 st Floor,
Industrial Estate North Phase,
Ekkattuthangal, Chennai 600 032,
(Located off Kasi Theatre Bridge behind
Jaya TV and adjacent to Amway
Ph: 044 - 22255565 & 66

Placement Team

Sneha Ravi Vivin G Amit Kumar Pandey

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9489076801 9489076804 9489076807

Dhananjay Mehendale Vignesh K Nithish D

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9489076802 9489076805 9489076808

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[Link] | +91 98301 61350

Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
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