The summer placement process for the MBA class of 2024 of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management at IIM Ahmedabad has concluded, with students placed in more than 20 cohorts. Virtually, 146 firms participated with 200 different roles spread across three clusters.
As in previous years, students were given the opportunity to apply to firms of their choice without having an offer in hand. This year, 101 students submitted over 265 dream applications, with more than 214 students placed in the first cluster, 130 in the second, and 51 in the third. This year, 396 students were placed in total.
Consulting, which had the most students placed (154), saw firms such as Alvarez & Marsal, Arthur D Little, Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Company, and others make their mark.
Finance and marketing saw 79 and 56 students, respectively, as companies such as Bank of America, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Blackstone, and others secured them, while banking and insurance saw participation from firms such as ICICI Bank and Universal Sompo General Insurance.
Marketing, General Management, Product/Category Management, and other categories saw a smaller but significant number of students placed. While 56 and 38 candidates were placed in Marketing, 45 and 24 students will be doing their summer placements in Product/Category Management and HR, Business Development, respectively.