MBA-FABM_Summer Placement_2025-26

PGP-FABM Summer Placements 2025-26
IIM Ahmedabad
17th November 2025
Ahmedabad

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has successfully completed the summer placement process for the 2025-27 batch of the Post-Graduate Programme in Food & Agribusiness Management (PGP-FABM). This process, which was completed on November 3, 2025, took place in a smooth manner through a hybrid format, offering flexibility to everyone involved. The entire batch of 46 students received offers for internships. Students will be interning with their host companies between April and June 2026. This successful placement conveys the quality of the individual students, the quality of the academic experience at the institute, as well as the strength of the full placement process to meet both students' and recruiters' needs.

Prof. Viswanath Pingali, Chairperson of Placement Committee, IIMA, stated, “It is so good to see recruiters repose faith in our PGP-FABM students yet again. Participation by several firms from diverse backgrounds, not just in the food and agri space, but also in other allied sectors, shows the adaptability and strength of this cohort. It is time for us to not only celebrate these results but also reflect upon them to make sure that they strengthen further in the coming times”.

Siddharth Choudhury, Recruitment Secretary of the PGP-FABM Placement Committee, IIMA, thanked all the recruiters who took part in the summer placement process, and appreciated the faith they showed in the PGP-FABM batch. The Placement Committee also extended its sincere congratulations to the Batch of 2027, for successfully concluding summer placements.

Over 35 companies, encompassing a wide variety of sectors such as Management Consulting, Agri-Inputs & Agri-Tech, Conglomerates, Food Supply Chain, Food Processing, ESG Consulting, FMCG Retail, and many more, have participated in the process. Several regular recruiters participated this year as well, such as Accenture, Ernst & Young (EY), Godrej Agrovet, Bayer, Nestle, United Breweries, DeHaat, PI Industries, AgVaya, Varaha, Amul, Everest Instruments etc. Many new recruiters also showed a keen interest in the batch, which is visible by the participation of industry giants like Umami Bioworks, Marico, PepsiCo, ITC, UPL, FIL Industries, Verdesian Life Sciences, Bonn Groups, Drum Foods, Sundrop Brands, DCM Shriram, etc.

Cohort-wise details on the number of students placed:

Cohorts No of Students
FMCG 14
Agri Input & Agri-tech 13
Consulting 7
ESG Consulting & Advisory 3
Manufacturing & Food Processing 3
Alco-beverages 1
Others 5

Further details about the placement process will be released in an audited report, as per the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS), introduced by IIMA to bring about greater transparency in Bschool placements across the country and the link to the report will be shared with all stakeholders once it is released

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