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NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, has recorded a mega placement this year with four of its students grabbing Rs 1 crore-plus packages. The domestic package is up by 21% at Rs 29 lakh per annum. With 100% placement at the B-school, the average package is Rs 18.01 lakh this year.According to IIFT officials, the B-school has completed the placement for the largest-ever batch of 254 students in seven days' time. And 15 international roles were offered as compared to 13 last year. Some of the top recruiters, who have hired large number of IIFT students this year, are Amazon, Cognizant Business Consulting, JP Morgan, State Bank of India, Goldman Sachs, Vodafone, IDFC Bank, Wipro, HCL, Citibank and ICICI Bank, among others. One-fourth of the batch received pre-placement offers (PPOs), a 36% rise vis-a-vis last year.Some of the new recruiters who hired IIFT students for the first time are Nivea, Pernod Ricard, 3M, British Telecom, Tata Sky, Synergy Consulting, General Motors, TGI Group, IDFC Bank and many more. Banking, financial services and Insurance (BFSI) sector was the largest recruiter, hiring 25% of the batch."International placements remained firm with stupendous rise in offers across locations such as Tanzania, Nigeria, Middle East, Thailand and Hong Kong. International roles were offered by Olam International, TGI Group, Bhatia Brothers, Bajaj Auto and Godrej among others. IIFT reinforced its standing as the best trade school in Asia with roles offered by reputed trade recruiters like AluZinc Asia, Louis Dreyfus and Swiss Singapore," said Sanjay Verma, placement advisor.Technology giants like Google, HP, SAP India, IBM, Hexaware and Adobe made their presence felt at IIFT. The e-Commerce sector, too, hired aggressively from IIFT. Few of the larger recruiters included Flipkart, Amazon, ShopClues, CarDekho, Bluestone and Play games24x7.Surajit Mitra, director of IIFT, said, "The best from the global industry continued to place their faith in the exceptional quality of students of IIFT. This is the result of 52 years of continued excellence in academics supported by a vibrant alumni community."