IIM Ahmedabad MBA-PGP final placements 2025 see rise in salaries; consulting leads with 156 offers

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) has published its audited final placement report 2025 for the flagship two-year MBA Postgraduate Programme in Management (MBA-PGP) stating that it “reaffirms the continued trust of recruiters in the Institute’s talent pool” despite global slowdown.

The final placement report was audited in compliance with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS).

According to the IIM Ahmedabad final placement report 2025, the median salary stood at Rs 34.59 lakh per annum, while the mean salary was at Rs 35.50 lakh per annum, up from Rs 32 lakh and Rs 33.23 lakh respectively, in 2024

“In a difficult year, where recruitment across business schools has been sluggish, IIM Ahmedabad not only held a strong position but recorded an increase in both mean and median salaries, reaffirming the continued trust of recruiters in the Institute’s talent pool,” the institute said in a statement.

“The placement report is third-party audited, in strict compliance with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS) – ensuring complete transparency and standardisation,” it added.

Notably, IIMA is one of the first management institutes in India to put forth an audited placements report since 2011.

Two phases of IIM-A placements 2025

IIM Ahmedabad conducted the placements for MBA-PGP students in two stages. The first was the lateral process, where companies interviewed students with prior work experience and offered them mid-level managerial positions.

The second stage was the final placement process where recruiters grouped into cohorts based on their core business sector, and they were invited to campus across different clusters.

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Highest offers, top recruiters

Consulting firms, including BCG, McKinsey, and Accenture Strategy, dominated recruitment by making the highest number of offers. BCG alone made 35 offers , while the overall job count in the consulting sector stood at 156, followed by Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) with 99, Information Technology (IT) with 30, and consumer goods with 31.

In the general management domain, Adani Group made the highest number of 6 offers, including the pre-placements, followed by Tata Adminstrative Services, which rolled out 5 offers.

In the laterals process, FinlQ made the highest number of 11 offers, closely followed by Navi Technologies with 6 offers. Also, Browser Stack and Vector Consulting Group rolled out 8 and 5 offers, respectively, the report added.

IIM Ahmedabad placement data, student flexibility

The details of IIM Ahmedabad’s salary package published in the report are based on maximum earning potential (MEP) and not cost to company (CTC). Unlike CTC, which often includes non-cash components like insurance premiums, gratuity, or notional bonuses, MEP represents the actual cash compensation a student is eligible to earn in the first year.

“This approach offers a clear, student-centric picture of true earning potential,” IIM-A said.

The institute said that the students were given full flexibility to reject or accept offers and continue to sit for other recruitment processes. This decision was taken to ensure students had the opportunity to choose the best possible match for their aspiration, the institute said.