Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad2020 Placement Report
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad: 2020 Placement Report
IIM Ahmedabad (IIM A) 2020 placement report: CTC, recruiters, and sector data from the official release.
Numbers
Editorial review
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's 2020 placement cycle: 388 of 404 eligible PGP students accepted offers from 153 recruiters, with a median domestic maximum earning potential of Rs 25,00,003; Consulting led sector share at 35.6%; median CTC rose +4.2% versus the prior year. The longer reading and numbered takeaways below unpack what that means for sector mix, recruiter depth, and how to read average versus median.
Consulting made up 35.6% of offers (138), the lowest consulting share of any of the recent years covered on this site, while BFSI (16.5%), Information Technology (11.9%) and FMCG (11.1%) together accounted for almost as much of the batch as consulting alone, pointing to a comparatively broad spread of outcomes for the 2018-20 cohort placed in early 2020, just before the pandemic disrupted subsequent cycles.
McKinsey & Company (27 offers) and Boston Consulting Group (23 offers) led consulting hiring, Tata Consultancy Services topped IT Consulting with 12 offers, and FinIQ (11 offers) led the laterals process ahead of Amazon (10). As with the following year, this report does not carry a combined domestic-plus-international salary table, so the CTC figures reflect the 369 domestic offers only; the remaining 19 international offers, spread across Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Qatar, carried their own median maximum earning potential of $77,602.
Those 19 international offers represent 4.9% of the 388 total, the highest international share among the years available on this site for IIMA's PGP. With 388 offers accepted against 153 recruiters, that is roughly 2.5 offers per recruiter on average. Of the 404 students eligible for placement, 388 accepted offers through the institute, a 96.0% conversion rate.
Key takeaways
Median CTC rose 4.2%
Median CTC rose from ₹24 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹25 LPA this year (+4.2%). That is a modest change for Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad aspirants reading this report as a signal of typical outcomes, especially for median, which is less skewed by a handful of outlier offers than average or highest CTC.
Average CTC rose 1.1%
Average CTC rose from ₹25.83 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹26.13 LPA this year (+1.1%). That is a modest change for Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad aspirants reading this report as a signal of typical outcomes, especially for median, which is less skewed by a handful of outlier offers than average or highest CTC.
Highest CTC fell 20.2%
Highest CTC fell from ₹70 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹55.88 LPA this year (−20.2%). That is a material move for Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad aspirants reading this report as a signal of typical outcomes, especially for median, which is less skewed by a handful of outlier offers than average or highest CTC.
Consulting led the batch at 35.6%
Consulting accounted for 35.6% of offers, or 138 offers, the largest sector share in this 2020 report. The next sector, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, sat at 16.5% (64 offers), so the gap between first and second is 19.1 percentage points. If your target function sits outside this lead sector, treat the headline placement rate as a campus-wide figure rather than a guarantee for your preferred cohort.
Top two sectors took 52% of offers
Consulting and Banking, Financial Services and Insurance together made up 52.1% of offers, a concentrated recruiter mix. Information Technology (IT) was a distant third at 11.9%. Concentration is not automatically good or bad, but it does mean batch-level averages can mask thinner opportunity in secondary functions.
96% of the eligible batch placed
388 of 404 eligible students accepted offers through the campus process (96%), with 16 opting out or taking paths outside the reported pool. High conversion is the headline; the more useful follow-up is whether your preferred sector and role type showed up in the sector split and recruiter list below.
Sector split
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Top recruiters
Frequently asked questions
How did average CTC compare with the median in 2020?
Average CTC was ₹26.13 LPA and median was ₹25 LPA. The average sits above the median, so a smaller set of higher offers pulled the mean up relative to a typical package.
How does the highest CTC compare with the average in 2020?
The highest CTC was ₹55.88 LPA, about 2.1x the average of ₹26.13 LPA.
How significant were international offers in 2020?
19 of 388 offers were international (4.9%).
Which program does this 2020 report cover?
This page covers PGP 2018-20 at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Notes
Consulting made up 35.6% of offers (138), the lowest consulting share of any of the recent years covered on this site, while BFSI (16.5%), Information Technology (11.9%) and FMCG (11.1%) together accounted for almost as much of the batch as consulting alone, pointing to a comparatively broad spread of outcomes for the 2018-20 cohort placed in early 2020, just before the pandemic disrupted subsequent cycles.
McKinsey & Company (27 offers) and Boston Consulting Group (23 offers) led consulting hiring, Tata Consultancy Services topped IT Consulting with 12 offers, and FinIQ (11 offers) led the laterals process ahead of Amazon (10). As with the following year, this report does not carry a combined domestic-plus-international salary table, so the CTC figures reflect the 369 domestic offers only; the remaining 19 international offers, spread across Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Qatar, carried their own median maximum earning potential of $77,602.
Those 19 international offers represent 4.9% of the 388 total, the highest international share among the years available on this site for IIMA’s PGP. With 388 offers accepted against 153 recruiters, that is roughly 2.5 offers per recruiter on average. Of the 404 students eligible for placement, 388 accepted offers through the institute, a 96.0% conversion rate.