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    IIM Placement 2026: This IIM Just Beat IIM Ahmedabad in Consulting Hiring - See Full List
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    IIM Placement 2026: This IIM Just Beat IIM Ahmedabad in Consulting Hiring - See Full List

    Suvam MaitiUpdated on 23 Sep 2026, 02:11 PM IST

    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 Placement 2026: This IIM Just Beat IIM Ahmedabad in Consulting Hiring - See Full List
    IIM Placement 2026: This IIM Just Beat IIM Ahmedabad in Consulting Hiring - See Full List

    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.

    IIM Placement 2026: Key Takeaways

    • 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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    IIM Placement 2026: Which IIM has the most consulting Placement?

    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

    IIM Ahmedabad placement 2026

    MBA (PGP)

    44.9%

    176

    392

    Consulting

    IIM Indore placement 2026

    MBA + Dual Degree

    41.0%

    240

    586

    Consulting

    IIM Lucknow 2026 placement

    MBA (PGP)

    39.0%

    218

    559

    Consulting

    IIM Calcutta 2026 placement

    MBA

    38.0%

    206

    542

    Consulting

    IIM Shillong 2026 placement

    PGP (MBA)

    30.0%

    118

    393

    Consulting & Strategy

    IIM Rohtak 2026 placement

    PGP (MBA)

    28.0%

    85

    303

    Consulting

    IIM Mumbai 2026 placement

    MBA + MBA-OSCM + MBA-SM

    25.0%

    126

    505

    Consulting

    IIM Ranchi 2026 placement

    MBA-BA

    21.1%

    n/a


    Consulting & Professional Services

    IIM Visakhapatnam 2026 placement

    PGP (MBA)

    18.0%

    n/a


    Consulting

    IIM Tiruchirappalli 2026 placement

    PGPM / MBA

    17.2%

    64

    373

    Consulting/Media Service

    IIM Jammu placement 2026

    MBA

    13.0%

    42

    320

    Consulting and Strategy

    IIM Bodh Gaya placement 2026

    MBA

    12.1%

    39

    320

    Consulting

    IIM Ranchi 2026 placement

    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

    IIM Average Salary 2026 : IIM Consulting Salary for 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
    (Rs.)

    Average / Mean

    Highest

    Programme

    IIM Calcutta

    Consulting

    43.00

    38.00

    110.00

    MBA

    IIM Lucknow

    Consulting

    -

    36.90

    45.40

    MBA (PGP)

    IIM Ranchi

    Strategy and Consulting

    20.61

    22.91

    36.35

    All programmes combined

    IIM Rohtak

    Consulting

    -

    21.35

    33.00

    PGP (MBA)

    IIM Jammu

    Consulting

    -

    14.80

    -

    MBA

    IIM Jammu

    Consulting and Strategy

    -

    14.14

    -

    MBA

    IIM Shillong

    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

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    IIM Consulting Placement 2026 : Which Sector Has the Highest Share of Offers?

    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

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    Consulting Job after MBA 2026: Which are the placement companies hired this year

    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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