XLRI PDGM 2026-28 batch achieves 100% summer internship placements; highest monthly package at Rs 3.50 lakh

XLRI-Xavier School of Management has recorded 100% placement for the academic year 2026-28 across its two-year PGDM in business management (BM) and PGDM human resource management (HRM) programmes at its Jamshedpur and Delhi-NCR campuses. The highest monthly stipend touched Rs 3.50 lakh and median salary stood at Rs 1.80 lakh.

According to XLRI press release, a total of 587 students participated in the placement process, with 106 recruiting entities placing 594 summer internship offers, including 32 new recruiters.

Meanwhile, the average monthly stipend package stood at Rs 1.75 lakh. Notably, the top 10% of the batch earned an average monthly stipend of Rs 2.58 lakh, while the top 25% averaged Rs 2.39 lakh.

The highest number of offers among the recruiters were made by Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Bain & Company, Bajaj Auto, Boston Consulting Group, Ernst & Young Parthenon, ITC Limited, Mahindra, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Procter & Gamble and Reliance.

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XLRI Summer Internship Placements 2026-28

The leading domains offering roles were in consulting; fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), retail and consumer; E-commerce, technology and media. The section-wise highlights for XLRI SIM for the PGDM Class of 2026-28 are shown in the table below.

Furthermore, banking, financial services and insurance; manufacturing, automotive and energy; general management and conglomerates sectors also contributed significantly with recruitment across Flipkart, Google, Intuit, JioStar, Media.net, Meesho, American Express, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Barclays, Citibank, D. E. Shaw & Co., Deutsche Bank, Essar Capital, HDFC ERGO General Insurance, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, Bajaj Auto, Castrol, Cummins, GE Aerospace, GE HealthCare, JSW Group, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, RPG Group and Tata Administrative Services, including others.

While congratulating the students on this achievement, Dr. (Fr.) Sebastian George, the director of XLRI, said: “We are delighted to announce that the Summer Internship Placements for the Class of 2026-28 have concluded with every student securing an internship. Recruiters across consulting, consumer goods, technology and finance have once again placed their trust in the XLRI student community, and the arrival of 32 new recruiters this year reflects the growing reach of our programmes. This achievement is a tribute to the diligence of our students, the guidance of our faculty and the continued partnership of the corporate world. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to every recruiting organisation, and we are confident that our students will make the most of these opportunities to learn, contribute and grow into conscientious leaders.”