How good are the placements at IIM Shillong?
Posted On - Feb 5, 2021IIM Shillong recently completed its 2022 placements drive and was able to place all of its students in the PGP 2020-2022 batch. The highest package offered during these placements was INR 55.22 LPA, while the average package was INR 23.10 LPA and the median package was INR 22.28 LPA. A total of 197 recruiters visited the campus during the placements, and 117 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) were made.
It is worth noting that the highest package saw a significant increase of 72.56% in 2022 compared to the previous year, while the average package decreased by 16.95% and the number of recruiters declined by 14.06% compared to 2021. In addition, during the PGP summer placements for the 2021-2023 batch, a total of 240 offers were made to 240 participating students. The highest and average stipends offered during these summer placements were INR 3.50 lakh and INR 1.73 lakh, respectively. Overall, it appears that IIM Shillong had a successful placements drive in 2022, with a high percentage of students being placed and relatively competitive salaries being offered.
IIM Shillong has an excellent placement record and has shown immense growth in a short period since its inception. The placement scenario is much better than the new IIM’s and is constantly improving. Placements are consistently 100% and what’s more promising is that IIM Shillong is regularly attracting new prominent recruiters every year for their recruitment process.
For the batch of 2020, nearly 60 recruiters came to the campus for recruitment and offered niche roles in diverse roles. Out of the 185 offers that were made for 170 students, the following are domain-wise offers made by various companies:
- 29% from Consulting & Strategy
- 27% from Sales & Marketing
- 20% from Finance
- 8% from General Management
- 7% from Human Resources & Operations
- 9% from IT & Analytics
The table below shows more placement statistics of the institute:
|
Particulars |
IIM Shillong |
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Batch Size |
170 |
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No. of offers |
185 |
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Highest Package |
48.5 LPA |
|
Average Package |
18.76 LPA |
|
Median Package |
17 LPA |
Some of the top recruiters include who visited the campus for the recruitment process include Amazon, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase & Co, GlaxoSmithKline, PwC, Bain & Co, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel, Aditya Birla Group, Mahindra & Mahindra, Xiaomi, Mahindra GMC, Ab InBev, JSW Group, Bajaj Finserv, Titan, Tillomed Laboratories, DE Shaw & Co, Moglix, HSBC Bank, HDFC, Barclays, Thomson Reuters, etc.
