Pandemic fails to dent BBA Placement record

 Pandemic fails to dent BBA Placement record

Campus recruitment for the academic year 2020-21 has been a challenging one for both the recruiters and the students with a switch to virtual mode. Organizations have to choose the best available talent without any physical interaction whatsoever, and for students this is uncharted territory, where they need to impress their interviewers through a virtual mode and adapt to a whole new set of skills. Despite the multiple challenges, The School of Business and Management, Christ (Deemed to be University) has had an extremely good placement record in the current year. The courses offered are BBA, BBA (Honors) and BBA (Finance and International Business), located at two campuses in Bengaluru. The BBA programmes offered by the School of Business and Management, Christ University are amongst the most sought-after programmes for Management Studies in the country.

A good number of 335 students landed job offers were through the campus recruitment drive during the academic year 2020-21 across different roles such as Finance, HR, Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Business Analyst, Customer Success, Market Research Associate etc in 45 plus companies and the recruiters are spread across sectors like Consulting, Manufacturing, FMCG, Information Technology, Real Estate, Financial Services etc.

The CTC (Cost to Company) ranged from Rs 3 Lakhs per annum to Rs 10 Lakhs per annum with as much as 17 companies offering Rs 5 Lakhs and above as the CTC. The top recruiters in terms of the number of offers made are Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Tresvista, Walmart Labs, KPMG India and Deloitte. In terms of the CTC offered, the top recruiters are DE Shaw & Co Rs 9.5 Lakhs CTC per annum, Bain Capability Network Rs 10 Lakhs CTC per annum, Zomato Rs 10 Lakhs CTC per annum, Dell Rs 7.76 Lakhs CTC per annum, Verity Knowledge Services Rs 7.52 Lakhs CTC per annum, Boston Consulting Group Rs 7.4 Lakhs CTC per annum, Kristal AI Rs 7 Lakhs CTC per annum and Tresvista Rs 6 Lakhs CTC per annum. Some of the new recruiters that  participated in the campus recruitment drive for the first time include CapGemini, Praxis Global Alliance, HP Inc, AMBCrypto, Mindhouse, Zwende, Kristal AI, UnSchool, Headspin, Apexon, Hudson’s Bay and Cashfree.

The BBA programmes focus on developing the students and equipping them to meet the managerial challenges of the 21st century. The curriculum has been designed to enable the students to get an overview of the various aspects related to launching and managing a business effectively; as well as giving them an opportunity to specialize in a functional area of business management that they would like to pursue in their careers. The ability to work in teams is also focused upon as a key skill to be developed for success in the work-place. The programme also aims to develop the student’s independent thinking, decision-making capability and research aptitude. Learning is enhanced through many pedagogical tools like case studies, presentations, internships, research projects, industrial visits and guest lecturers from a pool of industry experts. Apart from rigorous academic syllabi that the students go through, they are also exposed to various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to help them prepare better for campus placement processes.