Is the financial growth in rural area in sync with Indias overall economic growth?
“In spite of the Indian economy growing at a rate of 8 per cent, the growth in rural areas is still low. We believe that there is a critical need to ramp up financial growth in rural areas to make the economic growth more robust and inclusive. We are happy to be associated with Citi for the programme which will allow the ISB to contribute towards implementing inclusive financial developments in the country.” M Rammohan Rao, Dean, Indian School Of Business, Hyderabad How was the placement season this year? “Placement has never been an issue with IIMs. This year more than 50 per cent of the class opted for profiles in consulting and finance. There is no variable sign of slowdown but top investment banks did not recruit in large numbers this year. There are fears in the market and, probably, these companies are following a wait and watch trend before recruiting. We have not revealed the salary figures this year too. Students and companies are happy with our decision of not disclosing the
