Indian Institute of Management, Indore2018 Placement Report
Indian Institute of Management, Indore: 2018 Placement Report
IIM Indore (IIM I) 2018 placement report: CTC, recruiters, and sector data from the official release.
Numbers
Editorial review
Indian Institute of Management, Indore's 2018 placement cycle: IIM Indore's 2018 batch of 624 PGP, PGP Mumbai and IPM participants achieved 100% placement with 200-plus recruiters, an average CTC of Rs 18.17 LPA and a highest international package of Rs 63.45 LPA; Finance led sector share at 27%. The longer reading and numbered takeaways below unpack what that means for sector mix, recruiter depth, and how to read average versus median.
Finance led the domain split at 27%, ahead of Consulting and Strategy at 24% and Sales & Marketing at 22%, while General Management/HR and IT/Analytics each took 10% and Operations 7%. The highest international package (Rs 63.45 LPA) was nearly double the highest domestic package (Rs 33.04 LPA).
Average CTC rose a reported 12% year on year to Rs 18.17 LPA, and Pre-Placement Offers jumped a reported 40% to 147. Average CTC for the top 50 offers reached Rs 29.52 LPA, tapering to Rs 26.16 LPA for the top 100 and Rs 22.47 LPA for the top 200.
Consulting stalwarts Accenture Strategy, Boston Consulting Group, Cognizant Business Consulting, Deloitte USI, EXL Service, EY, Infosys Management Consulting, KPMG and PwC drove over 24% of placements between them, while Axis Bank, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase anchored the finance domain. The 5-year IPM programme recorded its own separate average CTC of Rs 15.16 LPA, a reported 21% increase from the prior year, alongside but distinct from the 624-student consolidated figure.
This report combines 443 core PGP, 68 PGP Mumbai and 113 IPM participants into one placement season; PGP-only compensation is not broken out separately in the source document.
Key takeaways
Average CTC rose 12%
Average CTC rose from ₹16.23 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹18.17 LPA this year (+12%). That is a material move for Indian Institute of Management, Indore 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 rose 62.7%
Highest CTC rose from ₹39 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹63.45 LPA this year (+62.7%). That is a material move for Indian Institute of Management, Indore 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.
Finance led the batch at 27%
Finance accounted for 27% of offers, the largest sector share in this 2018 report. The next sector, Consulting and Strategy, sat at 24%, so the gap between first and second is 3 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 51% of offers
Finance and Consulting and Strategy together made up 51% of offers, a concentrated recruiter mix. Sales and Marketing was a distant third at 22%. Concentration is not automatically good or bad, but it does mean batch-level averages can mask thinner opportunity in secondary functions.
100% of the eligible batch placed
624 of 624 eligible students accepted offers through the campus process (100%). With essentially full participation in the reported pool, the next question is how those offers were distributed across sectors and pay bands rather than whether a seat converted.
Sector split
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Top recruiters
Frequently asked questions
How does the highest CTC compare with the average in 2018?
The highest CTC was ₹63.45 LPA, about 3.5x the average of ₹18.17 LPA.
Which program does this 2018 report cover?
This page covers PGP Batch 2016-18 at Indian Institute of Management, Indore.
Where do these placement figures come from?
Every number on this page is transcribed from Indian Institute of Management, Indore's own published materials. Open the source link under the title for the original document.
Notes
Finance led the domain split at 27%, ahead of Consulting and Strategy at 24% and Sales & Marketing at 22%, while General Management/HR and IT/Analytics each took 10% and Operations 7%. The highest international package (Rs 63.45 LPA) was nearly double the highest domestic package (Rs 33.04 LPA).
Average CTC rose a reported 12% year on year to Rs 18.17 LPA, and Pre-Placement Offers jumped a reported 40% to 147. Average CTC for the top 50 offers reached Rs 29.52 LPA, tapering to Rs 26.16 LPA for the top 100 and Rs 22.47 LPA for the top 200.
Consulting stalwarts Accenture Strategy, Boston Consulting Group, Cognizant Business Consulting, Deloitte USI, EXL Service, EY, Infosys Management Consulting, KPMG and PwC drove over 24% of placements between them, while Axis Bank, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase anchored the finance domain. The 5-year IPM programme recorded its own separate average CTC of Rs 15.16 LPA, a reported 21% increase from the prior year, alongside but distinct from the 624-student consolidated figure.
This report combines 443 core PGP, 68 PGP Mumbai and 113 IPM participants into one placement season; PGP-only compensation is not broken out separately in the source document.