The IIMs said consulting and financials sectors were the lead recruiters and the placement season this time saw better response than the previous edition. IIM-Calcutta has said its outgoing batch received an average salary of a record ₹28 lakh per annum, at least 10% higher than in the last hiring season. On Monday, IIM-A said 153 companies had offered jobs to their entire outgoing batch of around 400 students. IIM-C said consulting firms were the largest recruiters with 31% of the total offers. At IIM-B, 428 students received 518 job offers with a sizable portion (147) coming from top consulting firms.

Source: Mint February 17, 2020 17:26 UTC