IIM-Ahmedabad 2024 Placements: 121 accept offers, consulting firms recruit 35% students

IIM Ahmedabad Placement 2024: The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad concluded the final placement process of its one year MBA (PGPX) at the end of June 2024. About 121 students from the IIMA PGPX class of 2024 accepted offers across sectors, geographies and economic conditions.

According to the final audited placement report of IIM Ahmedabad, as many as 105 companies from diverse sectors offered a wide range of roles to the students of the PGPX 2024 batch.

The final audited placement report, aligned with the ‘Indian Placement Reporting Standards’ (IPRS), was audited by an external agency and finalised in August 2024, an institute statement released in this regard said adding that IIMA is one of the first management institutes in India to put forth an audited placements report since 2011. 
 
Consulting (management and technology) is the largest recruiting sector followed by IT services, BFSI and healthcare. According to the IIM Ahmedabad placement report, consulting firms (management and technology) hired 35 percent of the students. Information Technology (IT) services, BFSI and healthcare sectors hired around 18 per cent, 11 percent and 10 per cent of students respectively.

Sharing his views on placements 2024, Professor Viswanath Pingali, Chairperson of the Placement Committee said, “Despite challenging economic conditions, this year’s One Year MBA (PGPX) placements continue to demonstrate exceptional performance. These statistics clearly illustrate the consistent confidence shown by the industry in our programme.”

IIMA PGPX students continue to prefer leadership roles as well as middle and senior management roles from both Indian and international recruiters. Some positions for which students, including women students, were hired include chief product officer, vice president, associate director, associate vice president, leadership programmes, programme head, product head and consultant.

While the IIMA PGPX students were largely considered for senior leadership and middle management roles by large corporates, start-ups – both unicorns and soon-to-be-unicorns – too recruited students this year. 

More News
GATE 2025 registration date extended
GATE 2025: The registration deadline for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 has once again been extended. Earlier set to end on October 3, now the deadline is October 11. This is the second extension as the first deadline was Septe...
UGC NET Results 2024: Where to check scorecards
The University Grant Commission (UGC) is expected to soon release the results of the National Eligibility Test (NET) 2024 June session re-exam. Candidates can check their results at the official UGC NET website – ugcnet.nta.ac.in –&n...
JEE Main 2025: Check IIIT Hyderabad’s performance in NIRF rankings
Founded in 1998, the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H) has ranked 47 under the latest NIRF 2024 rankings under the engineering category. This year, IIIT Hyderabad did not get a position in the top 100 institutions under o...
UP NEET UG Counselling 2024: Round 3 registration begins at upneet.gov.in
UP NEET UG Counselling 2024: The Directorate of Medical Education and Training, Lucknow has started the registration for the third round of the Uttar Pradesh National Eligibility Entrance Test Undergraduate (UP NEET UG) counselling 2024. The reg...
CAT 2024: How can non-engineers score above 95 percentile in Quantitative Aptitude
CAT 2024: The Quantitative Aptitude (QA) section of the CAT (Common Admission Test) can seem challenging for non-engineering students. While engineering students often have a stronger foundation in mathematics, with the right strategies and cons...
Is it okay to take a drop year to prepare for JEE Main
For many students hoping to get into India’s top engineering universities, such as the IITs and NITs, taking a year off to prepare for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is a big decision. While some students succeed in passing the exam on th...
These engineering branches dominate IIT BTech students’ choices
Like previous years, the most popular courses at the 23 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) are Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Civil Engineering. As per the data shared by the Joint Admission B...
IGNOU December 2024 TEE assignment submission deadline extended
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has extended the assignment submission deadline till October 31. The extension is given for all kinds of courses, ODL, online programmes, GOAL, and EVBB for December 2024 tern-end examination (TEE). ...
UGC NET June 2024 candidates left in lurch as result date not announced yet
It’s been a month since the University Grants Commission–National Eligibility Test (UGC–NET) was held, however, there is no information by the authorities on the result declaration date. The provisional answer key is already out. UG...
NMC issues notification for inclusion of new PG medical qualification
Medical colleges intending to start a new postgraduate (PG) medical course like MD/MS, DM/MCh, PDF, PDCC or six-year DM/MCh will have to seek guidance from the PG Medical Education Board (PGMEB) for starting the new course. Only after the receipt of ...