IIM Ahmedabad Summer Placements 2024: All 394 PGP students placed despite uncertain market conditions

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) has completed the summer placements for the MBA class of 2026 of the postgraduate programmes (PGP) in management, with all 394 students being placed across more than 25 cohorts. Despite the uncertain market conditions, the institute claimed that it saw a rise in recruiting firms participating in the IIM-A summer placements.

The institute conducted the summer placements for the PGP students in three clusters - cluster 1 was held on November 12 and cluster 2 and 3 on November 15 and 18 respectively. Recruiters were grouped into cohorts based on the sector they operate in and these groups were invited across different clusters.

It said that the flexibility of making “dream” applications to companies of their choice was made even more flexible this year in line with the institute’s “belief in the idea of ‘student-recruiter fit’. This year, 106 students submitted over 200 dream applications.

IIM-A: Cluster-wise students placed

A total of 159 firms opened JDs with 125 of them making offers for 147 roles across 3 different clusters. Moreover, there were 51 new recruiters compared to 12 last year. These included- BNP Paribas, Cranmore Partners Limited, D. E. Shaw India, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, EY Parthenon - Singapore, HSBC (Hong Kong), IIFL Securities (Investment Banking),

Pkeday Advisors, Roland Berger, Simon Kucher, UBS, Bharat Serums and Vaccines Limited, Bharti Enterprises, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Fast Retailing Japan, GMR Group, Lodha Ventures, Michelin India Private Limited, Sony Pictures Networks, Trampoline, United Breweries (Heineken Group), Welspun Living, Zydus Wellness, Axis Bank, Black Brix, Boult Audio.

IIM-A cluster-wise placement details

IIM Ahmedabad cluster-1 placements - In the transformation and operations consulting cohort Accenture Strategy was the largest recruiter by extending 6 offers and Accenture Strategy Global Network making 33 offers followed by Vector Consulting Group with 7 offers. In the management consulting cohort, Boston Consulting Group made the highest of 22 offers, followed by McKinsey & Company with 15, Bain & Company making 14 offers. In the investment banking and markets cohort Goldman Sachs (11) and HSBC (India and Hong Kong) (6) were the top recruiters.

IIM Ahmedabad cluster-2 placements - Amazon and Mahindra were the top recruiters by making 8 offers each, followed by Hindustan Unilever Limited offering 7 jobs, Aditya Birla Group at 6, Sun Pharmaceuticals and Lodha Ventures with 6 offers each, and Tata Administrative Services (TAS) with 5 offers.

IIM Ahmedabad cluster-3 placements - Tata Consultancy Services was the largest recruiter making 9 offers in the Niche Consulting Cohort, whereas in the Enterprise Technology cohort Adobe was the top recruiter with 5 offers and Microsoft with 4.

IIM Ahmedabad sector-wise placements details

Sector-wise details on the number of students placed are as follows: