The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore) has recorded 100 per cent summer placements for its Post Graduate Programme (PGP) and Post Graduate Programme in Business Analytics (PGPBA) 2026–28 batches, with all 608 participating students securing offers from 128 organisations.
The summer placement process was conducted between October 26 and 29, 2026. According to the official announcement shared by IIM Bangalore, consulting accounted for 50.7 per cent of the total offers, with recruiters extending opportunities across finance, product management, sales and marketing, general management and analytics.
Technology hiring emerged as another major trend this year, with recruitment in the sector doubling compared with the previous placement cycle.
IIM Bangalore Summer Placements 2026: Consulting Leads Hiring
Management consulting emerged as the largest recruitment domain, accounting for 308 offers from 22 organisations. Accenture Strategy was the biggest recruiter in this category, extending 123 offers.
Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, EY Global Delivery Services and EY-Parthenon made 23 offers each, while Kearney extended 19 offers.
Finance, banking and investments accounted for 74 offers from 33 organisations. Goldman Sachs led recruitment in this segment with eight offers, followed by Citibank and Deutsche Bank with five offers each.
Technology Hiring Doubles At IIM Bangalore
The AI, IT and technology segment recorded 51 offers from 21 organisations. Microsoft and Albertsons Companies made six offers each, while Google extended four offers.
Other recruiters in this category included Nutanix, UKG, Adobe, Eightfold.ai, Sprinklr, Amazon, Apple, Salesforce and Samsung Electronics.
The e-commerce, payments, fintech and retail segment accounted for 46 offers from 10 organisations. American Express emerged as the leading recruiter in this category with 17 offers, followed by Amazon with seven and Booking Holdings with five.
FMCG companies collectively made 43 offers from 14 organisations. Procter & Gamble led this segment with 10 offers, followed by ITC with seven.
The median monthly stipend for the 2026–28 batch stood at Rs 2 lakh, while the average monthly stipend was Rs 1.95 lakh.
Recruitment by Indian conglomerates also increased by 33 per cent compared with the previous placement cycle. Twelve conglomerates extended 40 offers, with Adani Group, Aditya Birla Group and Reliance among the participating recruiters.
First-time recruiters accounted for approximately 40 per cent of the participating organisations, indicating continued participation from new employers alongside established recruiting partners.
The institute’s student Placement Committee also reported that more than 600 students secured offers within two days, describing it as the highest number of offers made during a two-day summer placement process across IIMs.
Lakshima Sareen is a Senior Copy Editor with the Digital Education Desk at Times Now, specialising in education news, exam updates, and policy reporti… View More
