IIM Bangalore Summer Placements: 542 Offers For 513 Students; Consulting Dominates With 181 Offers

IIM Bangalore summer placements witnessed a record 100% placements within just 2 days! The summer placement process for the PGP and PGP-BA Class of 2021-23 of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM B) saw a total of 542 offers for 513 students.

“With the market reviving post-pandemic, the industry is looking for talent in large numbers” to manage the post-pandemic market,” IIM B's Prof. Kumar explained. 

Let’s look at some key highlights of the summer placements of IIM B 2023. 

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IIM Bangalore: The record placement season

IIM Bangalore witnessed a record placement season with all the 513 students getting placed within just two days. IIM B recorded a total of 542 full-time offers, with an increase of nearly 30 percent in the placements for students of the Postgraduate Programme (PGP) and Post Graduate Programme-Business Analytics (PGP-BA) this year compared to last year. 

Prof. U Dinesh Kumar, the chairperson of Career Development Services at IIM B, explained in an interview, “On an average, we have had nearly 20 to 30 percent more offers from prominent recruiters in comparison to last year. This is undoubtedly the best summer placement we have seen since 2018. The economy is reviving, and the industry is looking for talent in large numbers to manage the post-pandemic market.” 

Top recruiters at IIM Bangalore 

Consulting firms

Consulting firms made a total of 181 offers. Prominent recruiters include: 

Accenture tops the list in the Consulting domain, providing 33 offers closely followed by Bain & Company with 22 offers. 

Information Technology and Project management 

Information Technology and Project management sector witnessed a total of 44 offers. Prominent recruiters from the Information Technology and Project management domain include: 

E-commerce and Operations firms

42 offers were made by the combined bucket of E-commerce and Operations. Prominent recruiters include: 

Finance sector

IIM B witnessed a total of 84 offers from the Finance sector. Top banking firms include: 

Other prominent recruits include:

PGP-BA (Business Analytics) Placements 

The second batch PGP Business Analytics received offers from numerous domains namely: 

• Consulting
• Analytics 
• Project management
• Business Intelligence 
• Marketing and Business strategy

Prominent recruiters include: 

About IIM Bangalore

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM B) is a leading graduate school of management in Asia. With the record placement season, students of IIM Bangalore were placed within 2 days of the placement process. With the industry slowly getting back on track post-pandemic, Student Placement Representative Harshit Verma said that the Institute witnessed an increase in high-paying offers across sectors.

“We saw a rise in offers for Finance roles, while Consulting continues to be most sought-after,” Verma explained.

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