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IIM Placements 2026: Consulting firms emerged as the main engine of the season, compensating for a slowdown in some technology roles.
IIM Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Bangalore continued to dominate the top-tier hiring landscape, especially in consulting, and BFSI roles. (AI Generated Image)
Once again, the top IIMs across the country have reported strong placement outcomes for 2025, with salary packages climbing steadily despite market fluctuations. IIM Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Bangalore continued to dominate the top-tier hiring landscape, especially in consulting, and BFSI roles.
This comes amid global uncertainty with from tensions in West Asia and trade frictions sparked by Donald Trump’s tariff moves to rising concerns about artificial intelligence reshaping jobs.
Rise In Salaries Across IIMs
At the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, a Dubai-based firm, Intertec Systems, extended a staggering Rs 2.2 crore package for an AI role – more than double the previous year’s highest offer. Average salaries also rose sharply, settling in the Rs 36 to Rs 38 lakh range compared to Rs 33 lakh earlier, signalling a broader upward trend.
A similar trend was seen at the IIM Lucknow placements where the highest offer jumped to Rs 1 crore from Rs 75 lakh the previous year. The average salary for the batch was Rs 33.2 lakh per annum and the median salary was Rs 32.9 lakh per annum, indicating most students received offers close to the overall average.
While IIM Bangalore’s PGP and PGPBA students secured 664 offers from 177 firms, IIM Mumbai’s placement season saw highest domestic offer reaching Rs 71.4 lakh per annum. The top 10% of the cohort averaged Rs 47.5 lakh per annum, the top 20% secured Rs 41.4 lakh, and the top 50% realised Rs 34.5 lakh.
Rise In Consulting Jobs
Driving this strong performance was a shift in hiring dynamics. Consulting firms emerged as the main engine of the season, compensating for a slowdown in some technology roles. Alongside consulting, the BFSI sector – banking, financial services, and insurance – played a key role in sustaining robust placement outcomes.
Consulting was the largest recruiting domain with 123 offers at IIM Mumbai, while BFSI experienced a 33% year-on-year increase in hiring. FMCG hiring grew by 24%, and logistics also recorded significant growth, states the official press release.
According to IIM Bangalore, management consulting emerged as the dominant career pathway, accounting for 45% of total offers, followed by Technology/Product Management and Investment Banking, contributing 15% & 11% of the offers, respectively.
Tapas Ranjan Pati, Head, Career Development Services (CDS), stated, “Despite an evolving global hiring landscape, IIM Bangalore’s placement season continued to see strong momentum. Recruiters continued to value the depth, agility and industry-readiness of our students, along with the efficiency and professionalism of the placement process”.
He added, “We witnessed robust participation across sectors such as FMCG, Retail, E-commerce, Conglomerates, Fintech, Healthcare, and Manufacturing. We would like to especially highlight Accenture Strategy’s record number of offers”.
Similar Past Year Trends
For MBA aspirants, these numbers signal continued dominance of IIM graduates in high-paying corporate roles, with consulting, finance and product leadership emerging as the most lucrative career paths for the past few years.
In 2025, IIM Ahmedabad students a highest CTC of Rs 1.10 CPA, and an average CTC of Rs 35.22 CPA. IIM Calcutta recorded its highest CTC as Rs 1.45 CPA and Rs 34.23 LPA as average CTC. IIM Lucknow saw a highest CTC of Rs 65.00 LPA and Rs 32.00 LPA average CTC.
March 26, 2026, 11:51 IST
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