Having been involved with placements this year, I know how dear day zero slots are to corporate. It was all because of IIM’s that day zero got such importance and such hype. With media reporting every second of day zero, the concept gained more traction and acceptability. But it seems, day zero is going to be history. There were reports in Business Standard and Economic Times claiming that IIM A will be doing away with day zero concept.

Instead of day zero, they will form clusters of companies and those …