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    Job Offers In Information Technology At IIMs: An Analysis

    By Atul Ade, Nidhi Agarwal
    15 Dec'23  2 min read
    Job Offers In Information Technology At IIMs: An Analysis
    Synopsis

    Qualifications like engineering with an add on of an MBA degree are considered to be the pathway to a successful career. Most MBA aspirants who secure a seat at IIMs choose lucrative sectors like consulting, IT, manufacturing and Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) when it comes to preferences in job placements. In this study, Careers360 looks at job offers in the IT sector across IIMs over the last four years.

    Job Offers In Information Technology At IIMs: An Analysis
    Synopsis

    Qualifications like engineering with an add on of an MBA degree are considered to be the pathway to a successful career. Most MBA aspirants who secure a seat at IIMs choose lucrative sectors like consulting, IT, manufacturing and Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) when it comes to preferences in job placements. In this study, Careers360 looks at job offers in the IT sector across IIMs over the last four years.

    According to our detailed study and analysis of first, second and third generation IIMs, Careers360 has found that candidates who aspire to work in the Information Technology (IT) sector should set their sights on IIM Nagpur, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Sambalpur and IIM Jammu. These institutes have shown a steady rise with placements in the IT sector in the last four years (2020 - 2023). Some of the most popular sectors are Consulting; Information Technology (IT); Manufacturing; Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) etc.

    Careers360 has gathered placement data of the last four years from official websites of all the IIMs across the country. But data for IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta and IIM Lucknow was not available hence, we will leave them out in this article.

    Top 5 IIMs With High IT Placements (In %)

    IIMs

    2023

    2022

    2021

    2020

    IIM Nagpur

    33.33

    39.59

    25.21

    13.2

    IIM Visakhapatnam

    33

    34

    37

    40

    IIM Sirmaur

    26

    35

    35

    20.2

    IIM Sambalpur

    26

    38.6

    32

    16

    IIM Jammu

    24

    52

    38.27

    -

    Also Read | Placements And Salary Details: Top Non-IIM Management Colleges

    First Generation IIMs

    Among all the oldest IIMs, IIM Indore had the highest percentage of students placed in the IT sector, as good as 15 per cent. The other first-generation institutions did not share the data or if shared, it was not comparable. Also these institutions did not disclose the data in 2020.

    First Generation IIM Students In IT (In%)

    IIMs

    2023

    2022

    2021

    2020

    IIM Bangalore

    14

    20

    17

    -

    IIM Indore

    15

    15

    11

    -

    IIM Kozhikode

    11

    10

    16.7

    -

    Also Read | Nearly 100% Placements At New IIMs, But Average Salaries Much Lower Than The Older Ones

    Second Generation IIMs

    Here, all IIMs in the second generation had published the data on their websites. However, except for IIM Kashipur, IIM Raipur, IIM Udaipur,IIM Shillong and IIM Ranchi Showed that there was a major decrease in the percentage of placement in the IT sector.

    Second Generation IIM Students In IT (In%)

    IIMs

    2023

    2022

    2021

    2020

    IIM Raipur

    23

    30

    37

    18

    IIM Tiruchirappalli

    18

    10

    -

    -

    IIM Ranchi

    15.3

    32.4


    -

    IIM Udaipur

    15.3

    23.5

    28.1

    12.44

    IIM Shillong

    14

    24

    -

    -

    IIM Rohtak

    14

    7

    24

    -

    IIM Kashipur

    11.28

    39

    19

    -

    Third Generation IIMs

    Almost all the third generation IIMs placement data showed a slowdown in 2023. IIM Nagpur marked the highest percentage of jobs offered in the IT sector, but still the numbers were lower compared to the last year. IIM Jammu had more than half of the percentage of students who were offered jobs in the IT sector with respect to the previous year. While IIM Amritsar remained lowest among all the third generation IIMs.

    Third Generation IIM Students In IT (In%)

    IIMs

    2023

    2022

    2021

    2020

    IIM Nagpur

    33.33

    39.59

    25.21

    13.2

    IIM Visakhapatnam

    33

    34

    37

    40

    IIM Sirmaur

    26

    35

    35

    20.2

    IIM Sambalpur

    26

    38.6

    32

    16

    IIM Jammu

    24

    52

    38.27

    -

    IIM Bodh Gaya

    19.51

    27

    13.5

    -

    IIM Amritsar

    7

    15

    30

    -

    Students who want to work in the IT sector in the future and want to pursue management at IIMs should aim at securing a seat at IIM Nagpur, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Sirmaur, IIM Sambalpur and IIM Jammu as these campuses have shown a good placement record for jobs in the IT sector over the last four years.

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