The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta) on Thursday said that it has logged 100 per cent placement for its 61st batch, claiming that it recorded the highest domestic annual compensation of Rs 1.45 crore, with the highest international offer of Rs 1.10 crore per annum.
A total of 458 students took part in the process, securing 542 offers from 202 recruiters, including 61 first-time participants. The average compensation recorded a 5.05 per cent year-on-year rise to Rs 36 lakh per annum (LPA). The number of recruiters also increased by 3 per cent compared to the previous year, said the IIM-C.
The consulting sector topped the chart with 206 offers (38 per cent). Boston Consulting Group (BCG) emerged as the top recruiter in management consulting, while Accenture Strategy dominated the strategy consulting cohort. American Express emerged as the top recruiter in the payments and card domain.
Other consulting firms that participated included Alvarez & Marsal, Bain & Co, EY-Parthenon, Kearney, KPMG, McKinsey & Co, Monitor Deloitte, PwC, TCS, Vector Consulting, and YCP Auctus, among others.
More than 100 offers were made in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, markets, asset and wealth management which saw participation from firms like Ambit, Arga Investment Management, Avendus, Bank of America, Citi, D E Shaw, Deutsche Bank, Edelweiss, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J P Morgan, Kotak Alternate Asset, Kotak Mahindra Capital, Neo Asset & Wealth Management, O3 Capital, Rothschild & Co, Standard Chartered, and UBS.
“The recruitment season witnessed noticeable growth in consulting and product management roles, with overall sectoral distribution remaining largely aligned with last year’s trends. Both new and legacy firms participated in the process, reflecting strong recruiter confidence across sectors. The marketing domain saw participation from AB InBev, Colgate-Palmolive, Dabur, Glenmark Pharma, Hindustan Unilever Limited, ITC, and Procter & Gamble, among others,” an official of the top management institute said.
The general management domain featured recruiters such as Aditya Birla Group, Airtel, Eternal, GMR, Godrej Industries Group, Reliance Group, and Tata Administrative Services, among others. Together, the marketing and general management domains accounted for 161 offers (30 per cent).
The technology domain witnessed participation from companies such as Adobe, BrowserStack, Emergent, EXL, Google, HCL, HiLabs, Infosys Global, ITC Infotech, Microsoft, Ola, Salesforce, and Tekion India. Collectively, the sector extended 72 offers (13 per cent). The new recruiters included Berger Paints, Cargill, DAMAC Group, Hero MotoCorp, Meesho, Merisis Advisors, Niva Bupa Health Insurance, and Snapmint, among others. The placement season also saw participation from several global firms.
This year also saw several new trends, most notably a heightened interest in Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs).
Prof Alok Kr Rai, Director, IIM Calcutta, said, “The diverse range of roles and sustained recruiter participation underscore the institute’s commitment to academic rigour, industry relevance, and holistic development.”
Prof Ritu Mehta, Chairperson, placement committee, said, “We are pleased to have achieved remarkable placement outcomes despite challenging market conditions. Our graduates have secured excellent opportunities to begin their professional journeys after completing the program. We remain deeply grateful to our recruiters for their continued confidence in our students and academic ecosystem.”
Mallika Kelkar, one of the students from the 61st batch, said, “Placements compress a year’s worth of anxiety into a few weeks. What helped was knowing the Placement Team was thinking two steps ahead. The process felt structured without feeling impersonal, which is not easy to pull off at this scale. That balance made the experience far more navigable than I expected.”