The Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) at IIT Kharagpur has successfully wrapped up its final placements for the 2007-09 batch with the average domestic compensation touching INR 8.93 lakh per annum, a 22% decrease as compared to last year. The highest domestic compensa-tion offered this year was INR 14.7 lakh per annum. Nearly 65 companies took part this year for the batch of 110 students. Despite some of the regular recruiters giving it a miss this year at VGSOM due to the downturn, 32 new companies made offers. While 24% of the batch chose consulting as their preferred career, 21% chose profiles in the finance domain, another 21% chose the IT and ana-lytic sector, 20% went for marketing profiles, 9% for jobs in operations area and balance 5% in HR. Around 20% of the students accepted their pre-placement offers. The Big Four
