• Vanguard Business School takes great pride in sharing its final placement report for the 2014 cycle. The second Placements season at VBS has been nothing short of spectacular. As has was the case last year VBS continues to be among the first business schools in Bangalore to complete 100% placements – this year despite an almost 70% increase in the batch size! It gives us great pleasure to note that the stellar work of the placement team and the  robustness of placement training process at Vanguard ensured that for the Second straight year running we’ve capped of 100% placements well ahead of almost all Top B-schools in Bangalore*.
• The verdict on Vanguard’s “Front line Managers” has been overwhelming – almost all of last year’s recruiters have returned offering higher packages and the plethora of new companies that have taken part in the Second Placement process is a resounding stamp of Industry’s belief in the employability of Vanguard students and the steadily increasing impressiveness of the profiles of successive batches at Vanguard.

• An incredible 58 companies took part in the placement process (up from 26 last year) vying for the 60 students who took part in the Final Placements 2014
• This year’s placement stats boast prominent recruiters from Industry  that typically visit only Tier–1 colleges viz. CRISIL, HSBC, Mu Sigma, Colgate-Palmolive , Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm , Dun and Bradstreet , Pantaloons , Praxair and Hindalco
• We saw all the big name recruiters from the previous year returning to Campus like General Mills, Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company, Photon Infotech, Latent View Analytics , YLG Salons & Spas and ICICI Securities
• This year also saw many fresh additions to our recruiter pool such as Zomato, Info Edge , Hinduja Leyland Finance, Magma Fin Corp, Jubilant Retail, Advaith Hyundai, Printo and Akshayapathra
• This year saw 2 VBS students taking the Entrepreneurial plunge. Vanguard strongly believes in the transformational potential that entrepreneurship can play for India’s society and economy and has a robust mentor support for budding entrepreneurs and also has a three-year deferred placement support in place for such students.

• Number of Companies – This year’s 58 Companies is a seriously impressive 123 % improvement over last years 26 Companies. Given that the batch strength was up by 71% over last cycle what this means is that despite the larger student pool – Each student had access more recruiters compared to last  year!
• Highest Package – Last year our highest package was 5.9 lakhs. This cycle we not only breached the 6 Lakh milestone – not a one off , twice in fact and stopped tantalizingly short of our next milestone! At 6.9 Lakhs our highest package is not just a 16 % improvement over last year but coming from a HSBC for core finance role it is a reminder to us that in just three years we have traversed the journey from being an unknown entity to one that the best of recruiters have faith in.
• Lowest  Package – This figure is also up to 2.4 lakhs from 2.25 lakhs per annum.
• Number of offers with packages greater than 5 lakhs – The number of such offers shows an amazing 100% increase over last year. Last year there were 12 such offers in total. This year there were a whopping 24 such offers (40% of our batch size!!)
• What is a seriously impressive statistic is that on every measurable parameter, placements 2014 surpassed placements 2013 and VBS looks forward to surpassing several more milestones in the upcoming placements cycle!

Parameter	2013	2014
Total Students in Placement Process	35	60
Entrepreneurship	0	2
Average Salary	4.22	4.31
Median Salary	4.2	4.2
Highest Salary	5.9	6.9
Companies	26	58
No of Offers 6 Lakhs p.a ore more	0	2
No of Offers 5 Lakhs p.a ore more	12	24
No of Offers 4 Lakhs p.a ore more	21	24

• Amidst such stats is easy to lose sight of the fact that these kind of numbers are achieved not by chance but by dedicated and serious application. By doing the right things irrespective of short term results. At Vanguard we are rigorously doing the correct things and the results while very impressive are not a surprise as a result of this approach! There can be no greater affirmation of the superiprity of the Placement Training aspect of Vanguards  Placement Assistance than the performance of our students at two key pooled campus processes that happened this Cycle. To Illustrate :
  • Colgate Palmolive had a pooled Campus process that looked at 83 students across 6 top B-schools in Bangalore. Three students were shortlisted from this pool for a follow up interview – 2 of these three students were from Vanguard. Finally Col Pal made just one offer – this offer was again to a Vanguard Student. The only offer made by Col Pal this year in Karnataka was to a VBS student
  • Info Edge ( Naukri.com) had a pooled process again spanning 4  top B-schools of Bangalore. After sseveral rounds of processes 5 students were shortlisted from an initial applicant pool of close to 90 students. Of these 5 – Three were VBs students. Info Edge made three final offers – 2 of them to VBS students
  • This coupled with the psoitve feedbackby almost every recruiter without fail favourably comparing Vanguard Students to students at other campuses gives us great confidence to underscore our belief that VBS students have an edge over other top B-schools even when competing for the same jobs!

• While the numbers are very impressive the real success lies in the more serious aspect of the nature of jobs and profiles that were on offer this cycle.
  • Finance profiles made a forceful entry this year with Finance Majors HSBC and CRISIL offering Credit Analyst profiles.
  • Consulting profiles also made a debut with the Associate Consultant profile being offered by Feedback Consulting.
  • Other prominent roles on offer this year include  Risk Management by Dun & Bradstreet as well as Product Manager profile offered by Reliance Jio Infocomm.
  • Our students also managed to bag offers from marquee advertising firms – Ogilvy and Mather and Lowe Lintas
  • FMCG Major Colgate-Palmolive was a key addition to our list of elite recruiters
  • Telecom Major Airtel also made its debut as a recruiter at VBS and was in fact also the highest recruiter on campus this year offering as many as 11 offers spanning 4 diverse profiles to VBS students.
  • Analytics major Mu-Sigma was also amongst the first time recruiters
  • Banking & Finance Majors – ICICI Direct, Cholamandalam , HLF and Magma Fin Corp offered Business Development profiles
  • Retail Majors Pantaloons, Jubilant Retail, Max Retail offered Operations, HR, Logistics  and Merchandising profiles for their retail operations.

We have also seen a significant improvement in the key placement performance metrics such as Mean and Median salary levels, highest and lowest Packages offered. The increased number of PPIs and PPOs our students attracted this year is also a reflection of talent pool we possess and a confirmation of recruiter confidence in Vanguard students.

As most tier-2 MBA institutions across the countries struggled to place their students (please refer NDTV link- http://profit.ndtv.com/news/careers/article-placements-across-tier-2-b-schools-slump-only-18-get-jobs-survey-387078 ) Vanguard proudly achieved 100% placements for the second consecutive time. Given that the Batch Size at VBS saw an increase of more than 70% from the previous year and this is a truly amazing statistic!

 

Total number of students	62
Number of students placed	60
Number of students opted out of placements	2
No of offers made	65
No of companies participated	55
No of students who were offered a PPI	3
No of students who were offered a PPO	4
Highest Salary	6.9
Average Salary of top 20% students	5.40 lpa
Average Salary	4.28 lpa
Median Salary	4.20 lpa

• Ogilvy and Mather
• Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company

• CRISIL Ltd – 1
• Airtel –
• ITC – 1
• Unity Consultants – 1
• Praxair – 2

MULTIPLE SECTORS AND JOB PROFILES The core philosophy of Vanguard is to offer our students, the widest range of Industry Sector and Job profile choices. Like last year we managed to attract profiles that are usually on offer to tier-1 business schools like Credit Analyst, Data Scientist, Client Servicing and Business Analyst. Territory Sales Manager, Relationship Manger and Store Manager were some of the other common profiles. The sector split was also an encouraging prospect with a healthy mix.

For the 62 students of Class of 2014, (2 students opted out of placements as they are starting their own ventures) a total 55 companies representing as many as 14 sectors participated in the process. This is another clear indicator of VBS’s Corporate connect and wide range of choices

Roll no	Name	Company	Functional Domain	Sector
1	ABHISHEK TODI	Info Edge	Corporate Sales	e-commerce
2	ABILASH M	Ceasefire	Sales and Marketing	Security Systems
3	ABIRAMI R	Pantaloons	Department Manager	Retail
4	ABISHEK A JAIN	Airtel	Operations	Telecom
5	AMIT UPMANYU	Cholamandalam	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
6	ARGHYA CHOWDHURY	Four Fountain spa	Sales and Marketing	Hospitality
7	ARVINDH KUMAR PS	Feedback consulting	Analytics	Consultancy
8	ASHISH ANAND	Airtel	Sales and Marketing	Telecom
9	AVINASH GULIA	Launch Pad	Corporate Sales	Education
10	CHANDRA MOULI R	Airtel	Sales and Marketing	Telecom
11	D V CHAKRAVARTHY	Unity Consultants	Operations	Consultancy
12	DAPMON PYNGROPE	Ceasefire	Sales and Marketing	Security Systems
13	DHEERAJ PULAVARATHY	Vistamind	Digital Marketing	Education
14	DIBYENDU BANERJEE	Pantaloons	Department Manager	Retail
15	DINESH RAM MP	Ceasefire	Sales and Marketing	Security Systems
17	GURUCHARAN	Photon Infotech	Project Management	IT/ ITES
18	HARIN SHAH	HLF	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
19	IBRAHIM SHARIFF	Vistamind	Sales and Marketing	Education
20	ISHA RINGSHIA	Cholamandalam	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
21	ISHITA NIGAM	YLG Salon & Spa	Operations	Hospitality
22	JAYANTH KUMAR C	YLG Salon & Spa	Operations	Hospitality
24	K S VIBIN	YLG Salon & Spa	Operations	Hospitality
25	KAUSHIK S NAIK	Gazelle	Sales and Marketing	Modelling and Designs
26	KRISHNA S R	Mu Sigma	Analytics	Analytics
27	LAXMI NADAR	Four Fountain spa	Sales and Marketing	Hospitality
28	MANALI SARKAR	Photon Infotech	Business Analyst	IT/ ITES
29	MD KHUSRO BABA	Airtel	Operations	Telecom
30	MOHAMED AZAD	Launch Pad	Corporate Sales	Education
31	MURUGESH GH	Ceasefire	Sales and Marketing	Security Systems
32	NANDINI D	YLG Salon & Spa	Operations	Hospitality
33	NARENDRA KULKARNI	Cholamandalam	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
34	NAVEEN D N	Airtel	Sales and Marketing	Telecom
35	NIRMAL RAJ D	YLG Salon & Spa	Operations	Hospitality
36	NITHIN S	Vistamind	Sales and Marketing	Education
37	PARDEEP KAUR	Info Edge	Corporate Sales	e-commerce
38	PAVAN KUMAR M	Airtel	Sales and Marketing	Telecom
39	PIYALI DEY	Four Fountain spa	Sales and Marketing	Hospitality
40	PRASHANT V EDRAMIMATH	HLF	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
41	RAJARAJAN M	Crisil	Credit Ratings	Analytics
42	ROHIT C	YLG Salon & Spa	Operations	Hospitality
43	ROHITH KAMALAKSHAN	Jaro Education	Corporate Sales	Education
44	SAI BHARATH G	Launch Pad	Corporate Sales	Education
45	SAIKAT PATHAK	Vistamind	Sales and Marketing	Education
46	SANDHYA V SUBRAMANIAM	Lowe Lintas	Client Servicing	Marketing Communications
47	SANKALPA BANDYOPADHYAY	Airtel	Backend Operations	Telecom
48	SARALA D N	YLG Salon & Spa	Operations	Hospitality
49	SHAILESH PRATAP SINGH	Gurukul Marketing	Sales and Marketing	FMCG
50	SHARAN UMESH	Airtel	Operations	Telecom
51	SHEFALI PATHAK	ICICI Securities	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
52	SHOBHIT TRIPATHI	ICICI Securities	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
53	SONAL SINGH RANA	Airtel	Operations	Telecom
54	SUBHASISH DEY	Cholamandalam	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
55	SUDARSHAN S	HSBC	Credit Analyst	BFSI
56	SUDHIR PRASAD	Colgate Palmolive	Sales and Marketing	FMCG
57	SWATHI MUNDRA	Ogilvy	Client Servicing	Marketing Communications
58	SWAYANG PRAKASH KAR	HLF	Sales and Marketing	BFSI
59	UJJAINI ROY	Praxair	Operations	Industry chemicals
60	UJWAL SHAH	Airtel	Sales and Marketing	Telecom
61	SACHIN	Airtel	Sales and Marketing	Telecom
62	SNIGDHA	Magma Fincorp	Sales and Marketing	BFSI