Students at SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, the bullish trend at the job market has brought them back in the forefront during the annual placement season this year. According to sources the final placement process for the students of 2009-11 batches ended on 25 February 2011. The list of companies which participated in final placements starts with average domestic package for the batch as more than Rs 14 L per annum. According to Prof. Abbasali Gabula, Deputy Director (External Relations & Administration), SPJIMR, "The economy is definitely booming and hence the salaries have risen sharply. The companies spent more time in the hiring process which is good for the participants. While Amit Agarwal, Placement Co-coordinator, SPJIMR said “The market has picked up and it was a challenge to manage total of 71 companies on campus this year. 17 new companies participated in the campus placements which includes FMCG, Consulting, Financial Services, Banks, IT Consulting, IT sales and IT advisory, Pharma and Telecom companies offering attractive profiles to the MBA students. Some of the recruiters on campus were P&G, HUL, Deloitte, GE, Microsoft, TAS, Citibank, PwC, KPMG, Reliance Industries, JM Financial, Barclays, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Cognizant, Cap Gemini, Nestle, ICRA, E&Y, Edelweiss, GSK, J P Morgan, Philips etc.