The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has successfully completed the final placement process for the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) Class of 2025, achieving 100% placements across 30 cohorts. Conducted through its well-established cluster-cohort system, the recruitment drive attracted a diverse range of firms from multiple sectors, ensuring job offers for all students.
Among the prominent recruiters, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) emerged as the highest recruiter, making 35 offers in total. Accenture Strategy followed closely with 30 offers. In the investment banking sector, Goldman Sachs led with nine offers, followed by Avendus Capital, which extended seven offers. The general management domain saw Tata Administrative Services making five offers, while GMR Group recruited four students from IIM Ahmedabad.
The process, which began with the Lateral Placements Processes on January 6 2025, ended on January 21 2025 as firms across sectors such as technology, banking, finance, consulting and analytics interviewed students with prior work experience, offering them roles in middle and senior management positions.
In a release, Saurabh Chhajer, managing director & Partner at BCG, said, “IIM-A has consistently been one of our preferred campuses, delivering exceptional talent year after year. We are thrilled to onboard some really outstanding candidates this cycle.”
The placement cycle also recorded a surge in offers across niche consulting (22%), fintech (40%), cards and financial advisory (300%), advisory consulting (120%), retail B2B & B2C (400%), and consumer tech (800%), indicating a growing diversity in both student aspirations and recruiter demand.
In the Laterals process, FinIQ Consulting made 11 offers — the highest in the domain, followed by Navi with 10 offers. Milind Kulkarni, MD and Group CEO of FinIQ Consulting said, “FinIQ is delighted to have yet another fruitful round of recruitment at IIM Ahmedabad. Expansion into more and more markets worldwide needs a very unique combination of financial and technical skills, along with the right cultural fit necessary to operate in the international banking space with ease.”
Prof Viswanath Pingali, chairperson of the placement committee at IIM Ahmedabad, said: “Amidst the current volatile state of the geopolitical environment, we expected strong headwinds for this year’s placement season. However, corporates showed faith in IIM-A as usual. Students, too, were well prepared for the job market. A variety of firms and roles offered are testaments to the quality of students at IIMA, as well as the faith the recruiters have in our institute and its students. The Placement Committee, too, deserves to be commended for their grit, especially in a tough market.
Prominent recruiters across several sectors included KPMG India, PwC India, Deutsche Bank, WhiteOak, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, Aditya Birla Group, Microsoft and American Express. Among the pool of new recruiters, key firms included GMR Group, Pekers Group, Pluckk and Showtime Consulting.
Keeping in practice with the previous year, Class of 2025 MBA students had the opportunity to make “dream” applications to companies of their choice in subsequent clusters. This cycle saw a 16% increase in dream applications compared to the corresponding year.