IIM Ahmedabad Achieves 100% Placements, Dream Applications Rise

IIM Ahmedabad has successfully completed the Final Placement process for MBA (Post Graduate Programme in Management- PGP) Class of 2025. Firms from multiple domains participated across the three clusters in Final placements, with all students placed across 30 cohorts.

The firms interviewed students with prior work experience and offered them roles in middle and senior management positions. A multitude of firms participated from diverse sectors such as technology, banking, finance, consulting, analytics, etc.

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In the Final Placements process, which followed the Laterals Process, firms were grouped into cohorts based on their core business and industry profile, and groups of cohorts were invited to campus across different clusters. In keeping with the practice from the previous years, students were provided the opportunities of making “dream” applications to firms of their choice in subsequent clusters, even with an offer in hand. The purpose of the dream applications is to allow students to find a job that aligns closely with the jobs they aspire to work for. There was a 16% increase in the number of dreamers this cycle when compared to the previous year.

In the Final placements process (including PPOs), Boston Consulting Group made the most offers with 35 offers, followed by Accenture Strategy with 30 offers. Among the Investment Banks, Goldman Sachs was the largest recruiter, making 9 offers, closely followed by Avendus Capital with 7 offers. In the General Management domain, Tata Administrative Services made the highest number of offers – 5, followed by GMR Group with 4 offers.

This year the following cohorts witnessed a significant increase in the number of offers: Niche Consulting offers increased by 22%; Fintech offers increased by 40%; Cards and Financial Advisory by 300%; Advisory Consulting by 120%; Retail B2B & B2C by 400% and Consumer Tech by 800%. This is a testament to the increased diversity among the student pool as well as the recruiters. In the Laterals process, FinIQ Consulting made the highest number of offers (11), closely followed by Navi with 10 offers.

Sectoral Overview

Prominent recruiters were observed in consulting domain, Investment Banking & Markets and Private Equity, Venture Capital and Asset Management, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Consumer Tech and Pharma and Healthcare, Conglomerate and Retail B2B & B2C, Enterprise Tech and Cards and Financial Advisory and Fintech.

Prof. Viswanath Pingali, Chairperson of the Placement Committee at IIM Ahmedabad, said, “Amidst the current volatile state of the geopolitical environment, we expected strong headwinds for this year’s placement season. However, corporates showed faith in IIMA as usual. Students, too, were well prepared for the job market. Variety of firms and roles offered are testaments to the quality of students at IIMA, as well as the faith the recruiters have in our Institute and its students. The Placement Committee, too, deserves to be commended for their grit, especially in a tough market.”

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