The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is one of the top ranked business schools across the world. Established in 1961, IIMA is recognized globally for excellence in management education. 

• IIMA’s Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPX) is ranked 29th in the world
• IIM Ahmedabad follows a cluster-based approach for the final placements, where companies offering similar job profiles and positions are grouped into cohorts, which are then invited to the campus in particular clusters
• Students are offered the opportunity to submit ‘dream applications’ in both the summer and final placements sessions that allow them to apply in their preferred sectors and roles

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IIM is consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in India and in the Asia-Pacific region. The institute provides Post-graduation, Diploma, Certificate, Executive and fellowship programs in management.

Candidates have to give CAT 2019 to qualify for IIM Ahmedabad and they must clear the overall and the sectional cut off

• Selection in all the courses is on the basis of personal interview and group discussion as conducted by IIMA Read More 
• Through an equating process, raw scores are adjusted for variances in difficulty levels across the different test forms. Read about  Score Calculation
• There are different CAT reservation policies as per the candidate’s category 

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Summer Placement

The summer placement process for the Class of 2020 of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management at IIM Ahmedabad was successfully completed in November 2018 with 3 clusters of students being placed across sectors and functions of their choice. 

• Firms were grouped into cohorts based on the profile offered and groups of cohorts were invited to campus across different clusters
• Students were provided the flexibility of making ‘dream applications’ to firms of their choice in a subsequent cluster even with an offer in hand
• Students had the opportunity to work under the mentorship of Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad on their entrepreneurial ideas in the Summer of 2019

Top Recruiters 

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• Firms from different sectors and geographies congregated and took part in the recruitment process at IIM Ahmedabad
• Recruiters in the management and niche consulting domain included Accenture Strategy, Alvarez & Marsal, A.T. Kearney, Bain & Co., Deloitte USI, McKinsey & Co., Monitor Deloitte, Strategy&, The Boston Consulting Group, among others. 
• Prominent recruiters in the investment banking and markets space include Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Morgan Stanley. 

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Final Placement

Final placement for IIM Ahmedabad’s Class of 2019 Post Graduate Programme (PGP) was completed successfully in February, 2019. Firms from a range of sectors and domains congregated in three main clusters and the students were placed in more than 23 cohorts. A total of 398 students were recruited in the 2019 recruitment cycle and the final cluster was completed on February 14, 2019. 

• Students were able to choose the sector they wanted to work in by sending ‘Dream’ applications
• Students are allowed to sit for 5 more companies even after securing an offer

Placement Process Stages: 

Lateral Process: Firms interviewed students who had previous work experience and offered mid-level / managerial / lateral positions

• Around 45% of the batch was eligible for this process
• More than 43 firms from diverse sectors such as General Management, Analytics, Consulting, Analytics, Banking and Technology participated

Final Placement Process: Firms were grouped into cohorts on the basis of the profile that they offered and groups of cohorts were invited on campus across different clusters

Prof. Amit Karna, Chairperson of the Placement Committee stated, “The final placement process this year was yet another opportunity for our valued recruiters to find future leaders for their organizations. This year we got an opportunity to welcome 33 new recruiters, including a new cohort of media and advertising firms. The 143 ‘dream applications’ made by our students demonstrate the effectiveness of cluster-cohort system where students are pursuing opportunities in sectors and firms of their choice across sectors.”

Sector Wise Classification 

• Firms from different sectors and geographies participated in the process at IIM Ahmedabad
• Recruiters in the management consulting domain included Accenture Strategy, A.T. Kearney, Bain & Co., McKinsey & Co., Monitor Deloitte, Oliver Wyman, and The Boston Consulting Group among others
• Prominent recruiters in the Investment Banking domain included Avendus Capital, Citi Bank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan

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Salary Data

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