Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad2021 Placement Report
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad: 2021 Placement Report
IIM Ahmedabad (IIM A) 2021 placement report: CTC, recruiters, and sector data from the official release.
Numbers
Editorial review
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad's 2021 placement cycle: 374 of 388 eligible PGP students accepted offers from 131 recruiters, with a median domestic maximum earning potential of Rs 27,60,000; Consulting led sector share at 43%; median CTC rose +10.4% 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 again led the sector split at 43.0% of offers (161), with BFSI second at 17.4% (65) and Information Technology a notable third at 9.1% (34), the highest IT share of any of the years covered on this site for IIMA's PGP. Boston Consulting Group (32 offers including pre-placement offers) and McKinsey & Company (30 offers) were the leading consulting recruiters, while Tata Consultancy Services led IT Consulting with 14 offers and Paytm topped the laterals process with 14 offers of its own, and Amazon added a further 9 in laterals.
Because this year's audited report does not publish a combined domestic-plus-international salary table, the CTC figures above reflect the domestic (INR) offers only, which made up 365 of the 374 total; the 9 international offers carried their own separate median maximum earning potential of $1,04,833. With 374 offers accepted against 131 participating recruiters, that is roughly 2.9 offers per recruiter on average, a tighter recruiter base than in the two years that followed.
Of the 388 students eligible for placement, 374 accepted offers through the institute, a 96.4% conversion rate, with 2 students opting out to pursue their own ventures under the IIMAvericks Fellowship.
Key takeaways
Median CTC rose 10.4%
Median CTC rose from ₹25 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹27.60 LPA this year (+10.4%). 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.
Average CTC rose 5.4%
Average CTC rose from ₹26.13 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹27.55 LPA this year (+5.4%). That is a clear year-on-year shift 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 1.6%
Highest CTC fell from ₹55.88 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹55 LPA this year (−1.6%). 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.
Consulting led the batch at 43%
Consulting accounted for 43% of offers, or 161 offers, the largest sector share in this 2021 report. The next sector, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, sat at 17.4% (65 offers), so the gap between first and second is 25.6 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 60% of offers
Consulting and Banking, Financial Services and Insurance together made up 60.4% of offers, a concentrated recruiter mix. Information Technology (IT) was a distant third at 9.1%. Concentration is not automatically good or bad, but it does mean batch-level averages can mask thinner opportunity in secondary functions.
96.4% of the eligible batch placed
374 of 388 eligible students accepted offers through the campus process (96.4%), with 14 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 2021?
Average CTC was ₹27.55 LPA and median was ₹27.60 LPA. The average and median sit close together, pointing to a fairly tight band of outcomes across the batch.
How does the highest CTC compare with the average in 2021?
The highest CTC was ₹55 LPA, about 2x the average of ₹27.55 LPA.
How significant were international offers in 2021?
9 of 374 offers were international (2.4%).
Which program does this 2021 report cover?
This page covers PGP 2019-21 at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Notes
Consulting again led the sector split at 43.0% of offers (161), with BFSI second at 17.4% (65) and Information Technology a notable third at 9.1% (34), the highest IT share of any of the years covered on this site for IIMA’s PGP. Boston Consulting Group (32 offers including pre-placement offers) and McKinsey & Company (30 offers) were the leading consulting recruiters, while Tata Consultancy Services led IT Consulting with 14 offers and Paytm topped the laterals process with 14 offers of its own, and Amazon added a further 9 in laterals.
Because this year’s audited report does not publish a combined domestic-plus-international salary table, the CTC figures above reflect the domestic (INR) offers only, which made up 365 of the 374 total; the 9 international offers carried their own separate median maximum earning potential of $1,04,833. With 374 offers accepted against 131 participating recruiters, that is roughly 2.9 offers per recruiter on average, a tighter recruiter base than in the two years that followed.
Of the 388 students eligible for placement, 374 accepted offers through the institute, a 96.4% conversion rate, with 2 students opting out to pursue their own ventures under the IIMAvericks Fellowship.