What is significant is that the new trend created among the young MBA grads is quite challenging and professionals looking to get on the startup bandwagon have only gone up in the recent years in India.

Surjya Roy, director, Nielsen India exclaimed, "One in five respondents indicated that they might consider a startup after gaining experience at their first job, and are open to the risk and challenge that come with working independently or on board an online/e-commerce set up. This is a trait seen largely in toppers from premier campuses, who aim to operate as young entrepreneurs in the near future."

When it came to recruiting for preferred career choices Hindustan Unilever topped the list followed by Procter & Gamble and Google from the top 35 management institutions. Top companies in FMCG and consulting were the only firms hiring in large numbers and this allowed them to retain their top positions in the list. Manufacturing, on the other hand, witnessed fairly a flat hiring period due to the sluggishness in the sector.

E-commerce industry was the largest gainers with 81 offers, which is about 28 percent. The overall technology offers made at Indian business school were from Amazon, Flipkart, InMobi and Myntra.com. This year also witnessed 50 percent increase in the number of startups taking part in the placements process. Many new startups like Silicon Valley venture capital fund Sequoia Capital-backed BankBazaar.com and Zomato made their debut to ISB for the first time. At IIM-Calcutta, the world's largest E-retailer Amazon made the utmost campus offers of 16 for leadership and operations roles.
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