Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi2021 Placement Report
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi: 2021 Placement Report
IIT Delhi (IIT D) 2021 placement report: CTC, recruiters, and sector data from the official release.
Numbers
Editorial review
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi's 2021 placement cycle: IIT Delhi's MBA (DMS) Class of 2019-21 achieved 100% placement, with an average CTC of Rs 18.5 LPA and a highest CTC of Rs 33.8 LPA; Sales & Marketing led sector share at 29.7%; median CTC fell −19% 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.
Sales & Marketing led the placement overview at 29.7% of the batch, ahead of IT, Analytics and Consulting at 26.7%, Supply Chain and Operations at 20.8%, Finance at 17.8%, and Human Resource at 5.0%, together accounting for the full batch. DMS achieved 100% placements that season despite it coinciding with major pandemic-era disruption to hiring processes, which the report explicitly credits to strong existing corporate partnerships.
The recruiter list spans consumer and industrial names (Reckitt, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti), technology and services firms (Accenture, Wipro, Capgemini, Paytm), and an electronics major (Texas Instruments) alongside banking in ICICI, reflecting the IT/Analytics and Sales & Marketing lean of the sector split. The highest CTC of Rs 33.8 LPA was about 1.83 times the average of Rs 18.5 LPA, and the median of Rs 16.2 LPA sat Rs 2.3 LPA below the average, indicating a right-skewed distribution with a smaller cluster of high-paying offers pulling the mean above the midpoint.
This report covers only DMS's MBA program for the 2019-21 batch, not IIT Delhi's institute-wide B.Tech placements, and the source document did not state total participating-student, offer, or recruiter counts.
Key takeaways
Median CTC fell 19%
Median CTC fell from ₹20.01 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹16.20 LPA this year (−19%). That is a material move for Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 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 fell 18.5%
Average CTC fell from ₹22.69 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹18.50 LPA this year (−18.5%). That is a material move for Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 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 2.4%
Highest CTC rose from ₹33 LPA in the prior cycle to ₹33.80 LPA this year (+2.4%). That is a modest change for Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 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.
Sales & Marketing led the batch at 29.7%
Sales & Marketing accounted for 29.7% of offers, the largest sector share in this 2021 report. The next sector, IT, Analytics and Consulting, sat at 26.7%, 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 56% of offers
Sales & Marketing and IT, Analytics and Consulting together made up 56.4% of offers, a concentrated recruiter mix. Supply Chain and Operations was a distant third at 20.8%. Concentration is not automatically good or bad, but it does mean batch-level averages can mask thinner opportunity in secondary functions.
Average sits above the median
Average CTC (₹18.50 LPA) sits about ₹2.3 LPA above the median (₹16.20 LPA). That gap usually means a smaller set of higher offers pulled the mean up, so the median is the safer read on a typical package for this 2021 batch.
Sector split
Hover a slice to view the percentage / count split
Top recruiters
Frequently asked questions
How did average CTC compare with the median in 2021?
Average CTC was ₹18.50 LPA and median was ₹16.20 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 2021?
The highest CTC was ₹33.80 LPA, about 1.8x the average of ₹18.50 LPA.
Which program does this 2021 report cover?
This page covers Department of Management Studies (MBA), Batch 2019-21 at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Where do these placement figures come from?
Every number on this page is transcribed from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi's own published materials. Open the source link under the title for the original document.
Notes
Sales & Marketing led the placement overview at 29.7% of the batch, ahead of IT, Analytics and Consulting at 26.7%, Supply Chain and Operations at 20.8%, Finance at 17.8%, and Human Resource at 5.0%, together accounting for the full batch. DMS achieved 100% placements that season despite it coinciding with major pandemic-era disruption to hiring processes, which the report explicitly credits to strong existing corporate partnerships.
The recruiter list spans consumer and industrial names (Reckitt, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti), technology and services firms (Accenture, Wipro, Capgemini, Paytm), and an electronics major (Texas Instruments) alongside banking in ICICI, reflecting the IT/Analytics and Sales & Marketing lean of the sector split. The highest CTC of Rs 33.8 LPA was about 1.83 times the average of Rs 18.5 LPA, and the median of Rs 16.2 LPA sat Rs 2.3 LPA below the average, indicating a right-skewed distribution with a smaller cluster of high-paying offers pulling the mean above the midpoint.
This report covers only DMS’s MBA program for the 2019-21 batch, not IIT Delhi’s institute-wide B.Tech placements, and the source document did not state total participating-student, offer, or recruiter counts.