Are placements at IIM Calcutta as good as that of IIM Ahmedabad?

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Tezal Dahiya Posted On - Sep 7, 2023

I will mention the placement statistics of both and let you decide if IIM Calcutta has placements as good as that of IIM Ahmedabad.

Particulars	IIM Calcutta	IIM Ahmedabad
Highest Package	INR 1.15 CPA	INR 1.15 CPA
Average Package	INR 35.07 LPA	INR 34.36 LPA
Top Recruiters	Avendus Capital, Citi Bank, HSBC, Goldman Sachs	Emaar, A91 Partners, BCG, PwC, KPMG, HSBC
Total Offers	573	280

Following are my insight from the above comparison:

Almost all students of both institutes IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta are placed so there isn’t much difference.
Moreover, the median packages are similar proving that the placement scenario is similar.

So I don’t think there is much difference between the placement scenarios at IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta.

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Rajesh Gupta Posted On - Aug 6, 2022

MBA from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (2019)

Yes, IIM Calcutta placement statistics are similar to that of IIM Ahmedabad. The placement average for both campuses is 100% and similar salary packages are offered. During the 2022 placement drive the median CTC offered at IIM Ahmedabad was INR 36.2 LPA. For IIM Calcutta, the average CTC offered this year was INR 34.2 LPA.

Students of IIM C prefer Investment Banking and PE more, this is why the placement rate for consulting is lower.

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Pritha Mandal Posted On - Aug 31, 2020

MBA from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (2019)

IIM Calcutta was the first national institute to be established in 1961 for postgraduate education and research studies in Management. It is considered a pioneer in the field of Management through the post graduate and doctoral programmes. It is one of Asia’s finest Business schools.

IIM Ahmedabad is considered one of the premiere management schools in India. In 2008 it became the first management school in India to be awarded EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development).

Tabulated below are the placement statistics of both institutes:

Categories	IIMC	IIMA
Highest Salary Package	41-54 LPA	70 LPA
Average Salary Package	28 LPA	25 LPA
Lowest Salary Package	25 LPA	10-11 LPA
Placement Percentage	100%	100%

During 2020 placement, a total of 492 offers were made by 136 recruiters in IIM Calcutta. 439 students participated in the placement program. The table given below represents domain-wise placement:

Field or Domain	Percentage of Offers	Recruiting companies
Consulting	31%	The Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey and Co., Bain & Co., Kearney, Price water house Coopers and Accenture.
Finance	17%	Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Arga Investment Management, Gaja Capital and JP Morgan Chase.
General Management and Sales and Marketing	30%	TAS, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance, Vedanta, TrueNorth, Hindustan Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive, ITC and FIITJEE.
IT/Analytics and Operations	22%	Microsoft, Google, Sales Force, Flipkart, Udaan, EXL Service, American Express, HCL, UnitedHealth Group (Optum) and MasterCard.

IIM-A follows a cluster cohort (group) placement process, it takes place in three clusters where companies offering similar profiles are grouped into cohorts. 388 students participated in the placement program.

The first cluster included - Investment Banking & Markets, Management Consulting, Advisory Consulting and Private Equity, Venture Capital & Asset Management.
The second cluster included 6 cohorts - Advertising & Media, Consumer Goods, Consumer Services, Consumer Electronics, General Management & Leadership and Retail B2B & B2C.
The third cluster consists of 12 cohorts - BFSI, Consumer Tech, Core Manufacturing & Infrastructure, Education & Tech., Enterprise Tech., Food & Dairy, Govt. Enterprises, IT Consulting, Pharma & Healthcare, Renewable Energy & Green Tech., Social Enterprises & NGOs and Textiles.

The top recruiters include - Accenture, Kearney, Avendus, Bain & Co., Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte, the Boston Consulting Group, AB InBev, Asian Paints, CavinKare, Dabur, ITC, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Wipro, TCS, Microsoft, Sprinklr, HCL Technologies, BrowserStack, DaytoDayHealth, Edfora and FIITJEE.

IIM C and IIM A both are reputed and popular institutions. They both guarantee placement which is equally valuable.