IIM-A students flock to start-ups for placement
IIM-A students flock to start-ups for placement
In an interesting twist in the summer internship recruitment, students of the countrys most reputed B-school, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) made a bee line to join start up companies during the ongoing summer placement programme.
Starting from Saturday, the summer internship recruitment process saw a clear interest amongst students to join start up companies.
Talking to Business Standard, Devashish Chakravarty, in-charge of student placement committee, said, A number of students have shown keen interest to join the start-up companies during the summer placement programme.
More : business-standard.com
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