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IIM Placement 2026: Consulting sector continues to be one of the most sought-after career sectors after MBA. But have you ever wondered which IIM had the most consulting placement? Out of the 5155 students who got placed in the IIM 2026 placement season, 31.7 % (around 1635 students) got hired in the consulting sector, most among the different sectors. And among these students, the IIM which has the most IIM Consulting placement is IIM Bangalore with almost 45% students placed in the consulting sector, followed by IIM Ahmedabad consulting placement.
IIM Calcutta, known for their consulting placement , placed 38% students in IIM placement 2026 season, and as per the IIM Calcutta placement report 2026, highest consulting salary is Rs 110 LPA. But does a higher share of IIM consulting placement necessarily translate into higher IIM salaries? The answer becomes more interesting when IIM consulting salary 2026, recruiter presence and programme-wise placement data are compared. From BCG, Bain and McKinsey to Accenture, Deloitte and EY, here’s what the latest IIM placement 2026 data reveals about consulting careers at the IIMs.
Out of the available 14 IIM placement 2026 report around 5155 students got placed.
IIM Consulting sector 2026 hired 31.7% students, the most by any sector
IIM Bangalore reported 45% of placement offers in Consulting in its IIM Bangalore final placement 2026 report.
IIM Calcutta reported 206 consulting offers, accounting for 38% of total offers.
Consulting recruiter lists include firms such as BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Accenture Strategy, Deloitte, EY-Parthenon and Kearney.
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Not all the IIMs have published their IIM Placement report 2026. Among the 14 IIMs that have released the MBA 2026 placement report, IIM Bangalore (45%) has the most students placed in the consulting sector, followed by IIM Ahmedabad which placed 44.9 % of their 2024-2026 batch in the consulting sector. Among these IIM 2026 placements, IIM Ranchi MBA consulting placement is the lowest as only 4.9% of the 2024-2026 batch got placed in the consulting sector, as per the IIM Ranchi placement 2026.
IIM | Programme | % Share of Batch/Offers | Est. Students / Offers | Batch Size | Categories Combined |
IIM Bangalore placement 2026 | PGP + PGPBA | 45.0% | 299 | 665 | Consulting |
MBA (PGP) | 44.9% | 176 | 392 | Consulting | |
MBA + Dual Degree | 41.0% | 240 | 586 | Consulting | |
MBA (PGP) | 39.0% | 218 | 559 | Consulting | |
IIM Calcutta 2026 placement | MBA | 38.0% | 206 | 542 | Consulting |
PGP (MBA) | 30.0% | 118 | 393 | Consulting & Strategy | |
PGP (MBA) | 28.0% | 85 | 303 | Consulting | |
MBA + MBA-OSCM + MBA-SM | 25.0% | 126 | 505 | Consulting | |
IIM Ranchi 2026 placement | MBA-BA | 21.1% | n/a | Consulting & Professional Services | |
PGP (MBA) | 18.0% | n/a | Consulting | ||
IIM Tiruchirappalli 2026 placement | PGPM / MBA | 17.2% | 64 | 373 | Consulting/Media Service |
MBA | 13.0% | 42 | 320 | Consulting and Strategy | |
IIM Bodh Gaya placement 2026 | MBA | 12.1% | 39 | 320 | Consulting |
MBA | 4.9% | n/a | Consulting & Professional Services |
* It would be important to note that these table is based on the 14 available IIM placement data 2026
If you are curious about the consulting job after MBA then the recent IIM consulting placement might attract you. Among the available IIM 2026 placement, average IIM Consulting salary is between Rs. 14.14 - 38 LPA. While students graduating from IIM Calcutta earned around Rs. 38.00 LPA as the average IIM Consulting salary on the other hand IIM Jammu consulting salary was of around Rs. 14.14 Lakhs. The detailed breakdown of the IIM Consulting salary 2026 is given below.
IIM | Domain / Sector (as printed) | Median | Average / Mean | Highest | Programme |
Consulting | 43.00 | 38.00 | 110.00 | MBA | |
Consulting | - | 36.90 | 45.40 | MBA (PGP) | |
Strategy and Consulting | 20.61 | 22.91 | 36.35 | All programmes combined | |
Consulting | - | 21.35 | 33.00 | PGP (MBA) | |
Consulting | - | 14.80 | - | MBA | |
IIM Jammu | Consulting and Strategy | - | 14.14 | - | MBA |
Consulting & Strategy | - | - | 46.87 | PGP (MBA) |
* It would be important to note that these table is based on the 14 available IIM placement data 2026
Among the available IIM placement 2026, where 5,155 students got placed, the highest share of the IIM placement is consumed by the Consulting sector. 31.7 % of the IIM placement was occupied by the Consulting sector, followed by Finance and BFSI (18.6%) and Analytics and product (15.4). The details are given below.
Sector / Domain Bucket | Estimated Students Placed | % of All Placements |
Consulting & Strategy | 1,635 | 31.7% |
Finance & BFSI | 961 | 18.6% |
IT, Analytics & Product | 795 | 15.4% |
General Management & HR | 480 | 9.3% |
Sales & Marketing | 350 | 6.8% |
Manufacturing & Industrial | 320 | 6.2% |
FMCG, Retail & E-Commerce | 315 | 6.1% |
Others / Mixed | 158 | 3.1% |
Healthcare & Pharma | 81 | 1.6% |
Conglomerates | 33 | 0.6% |
Operations & Supply Chain | 27 | 0.5% |
TOTAL | 5,155 | 100.0% |
* It would be important to note that these table is based on the 14 available IIM placement data 2026
Among the companies that hired from the Consulting sector across IIMs, Accenture, Bain and Company, Deloitte, EY retained the top recruiters. Here is the list of recruiters that have hired for the consulting sectors from IIMs.
Company | Source Domain Label / Industry Basis |
Accenture | Consulting |
Accenture Strategy | Consulting & Strategy |
Alvarez & Marsal | Consulting / Consulting & Strategy |
Bain | Consulting |
Bain & Company | Consulting & Strategy |
Deloitte | Consulting / Consulting & Strategy |
EY | Consulting / Consulting & Strategy |
Infosys Consulting | Consulting |
Kearney | Consulting |
KPMG | Consulting / Consulting & Strategy |
PwC | Consulting / Consulting & Strategy |
Synergy Consulting | Consulting & Strategy |
TCS | Consulting |
ZS Associates | Consulting |
Accenture (Strategy) | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Auctus Advisors | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Bain & Co | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Bain Capability Network | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
BCG | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Boston Consulting Group | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Ernst & Young | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
EY-Parthenon India | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Grant Thornton | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
McKinsey & Company | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
McKinsey (via Kearney/consulting cohorts) | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Monitor Deloitte | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
PwC India | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
RedSeer | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
Vector Consulting Group | Primary industry: Consulting & Strategy |
* It would be important to note that these table is based on the 14 available IIM placement data 2026
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