September 19, 2025: After a successful placement process, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) announced the release of its audited placement report 2025, aligned with the ‘Indian Placement Reporting Standards’ (IPRS), for its two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (MBA-PGP).

Like previous years, this year too, recruiters have continued to show immense faith in the Institute and its talent pool. Both in terms of the roles and salaries, there is a significant improvement from the previous years.

Sharing his thoughts, Prof. Viswanath Pingali, Chairperson, Placement, IIMA, said, “It is good to see recruiters placing faith in IIMA graduates even in a challenging business environment, for our MBA-PGP students. IIMA believes in recruiter-recruitee fit and aspires to provide each student with a job profile that matches as closely as possible with their aspirations. I must also note that IIMA believes in publishing placement statistics only after they are fully audited by a third party. I am thankful to the auditors, the placement office, and most importantly, the recruiters for allowing us to accomplish this significant process on time.”

Atharva Kapadnis, Recruitment Secretary of MBA-PGP 2025, IIMA, remarked, “The success of the placement process at IIM Ahmedabad is a direct result of our dedication to achieving the perfect ‘student-recruiter’ fit, which is crucial in today’s dynamic job market. Despite facing strong headwinds, IIM Ahmedabad provided students with the flexibility to explore multiple dream options, ensuring they could continue pursuing new opportunities even after securing initial offers.”

Notably, IIMA is one of the first management institutes in India to put forth an audited placements report since 2011. Our commitment to transparency is central to this success, as reflected by the third-party audited placement report, in compliance with Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS). The Institute ensures that all aspects of the placement process maintain the highest standards of integrity, resulting in leading recruiters continuing to put trust in IIMA. By offering a level playing field to all recruiters, whether long-time partners or newcomers, IIMA reinforces the trust and confidence they have in the Institute’s talent pool. This, in turn, makes IIM Ahmedabad a preferred destination for top leadership roles. Even amidst a challenging market, the Institute saw an increase in recruiter participation and a broader variety of roles across industries, with compensation packages reflecting the growing demand for exceptional students of IIMA. Through careful planning and execution, the Institute has once again delivered a placement process that reflects the high standards IIM Ahmedabad is known for.

Some highlights from MBA-PGP IPRS Report 2025:

• Median Salary – ₹34.59 LPA
   
• Mean Salary – ₹35.50 LPA
   
• In a difficult year, where recruitment across business schools has been sluggish, IIM Ahmedabad not only held a strong position but recorded an increase in both mean and median salaries, reaffirming the continued trust of recruiters in the Institute’s talent pool.
   
• The placement report is third-party audited, in strict compliance with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS) – ensuring complete transparency and standardisation.
   
• IIM Ahmedabad’s placement figures are based on Maximum Earning Potential (MEP) and not Cost to Company (CTC). Unlike CTC, which is often inflated by non-cash components like insurance premiums, gratuity, or notional bonuses, MEP represents the actual cash compensation a student is eligible to earn in the first year. This approach offers a clear, student-centric picture of true earning potential.
   
• Students were given full flexibility to reject or hold offers and continue to sit for other companies regardless of any previous offers received. This ensured students had the opportunity to pursue the best possible match for their aspirations, a principle central to IIMA’s placement process

The detailed IPRS placement report can be accessed here:
https://www01.iima.ac.in/iprs/placement-reports/iim-ahmedabad

About IIM Ahmedabad:

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is a premier global management Institute that is at the forefront of promoting excellence in the field of management education. In more than six decades of its existence, the Institute has been acknowledged for its exemplary contributions to scholarship, practice, and policy through its distinctive teaching, high-quality research, nurturing future leaders, supporting industry, government, social enterprise, and creating a progressive impact on society.

IIMA was founded as an innovative initiative by the Government, industry, and international academia in 1961. Since then, it has been consolidating its global footprint and today it has a network with over 80 top international institutions and a presence in Dubai. Its eminent faculty members and around 46,000 alumni, who are at the helm of influential positions in all walks of life also contribute to its global recognition. Over the years, IIMA’s academically superior, market-driven, and socially impactful programmes, have earned a high reputation and acclaim globally. It became the first Indian institution to receive international accreditation from EQUIS. The Institute is also placed first in the Government of India’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), India Rankings 2025. The Institute has been ranked 35th globally in the Financial Times (FT) Executive Education (Open) Rankings 2025. The renowned flagship two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (MBA- PGP) is ranked 39th in the FT Masters in Management Ranking 2024 and the Full-Time One-Year Post Graduate Programme in Management (MBA-PGPX) has been ranked 31st in the FT Global MBA rankings 2025.

IIMA offers consultancy services and more than 200 curated executive education programmes in customised, blended, and open enrolment formats for a diverse audience comprising business leaders, policymakers, industry professionals, academicians, government officials, armed forces personnel, agri-business, and other niche sector specialists and entrepreneurs.

To know more about IIMA, please visit: https://www.iima.ac.in/

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