Students placed across 26 cohorts in IIM Ahmedabad's PGP final placements; Boston Consulting Group emerges top recruiter

IIM Ahmedabad has wrapped up the final placement process for the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) Class of 2026 with students placed across 26 cohorts, in firms spanning multiple sectors.

The private equity, venture capital & asset management cohort recorded a 45% increase in offers, with participation from Blackstone, Elevation Capital, General Atlantic, Temasek, and Z47 among others, the institute said in a statement.

In the management consulting cohort, Boston Consulting Group emerged as the largest recruiter with 33 offers, followed by McKinsey & Company (21) and Bain & Company (20). In the investment banking & markets cohort, Goldman Sachs led recruitment with 6 offers, followed by Citibank (4).


Among conglomerates, Tata Administrative Services (5), Aditya Birla Group (4), Godrej Industries Group (4), and Mahindra (4) were the top recruiters, with Essar Group extending the highest number of offers (8).

Several cohorts witnessed strong growth in the number of offers, including advisory consulting (45%), analytics & IT consulting (150%), conglomerates (41%), consumer services (150%), core manufacturing & infrastructure (33%), fintech (36%), pharmaceuticals & healthcare (60%), and renewable energy & greentech (50%), with increases observed across other cohorts as well. Additionally, advertising & media, banking & insurance, and logistics cohorts also recorded offers this year, the institute said.

The placement cycle commenced with the Lateral Placement Process, conducted from January 5 to 15, 2026. During this phase, firms interviewed students with prior work experience for middle and senior management roles. FinIQ Consulting emerged as the largest recruiter in the Lateral Placement Process with 15 offers, closely followed by NTT Data (14).

The Final Placement Process that followed was structured through a cluster-cohort based system, with firms grouped into cohorts based on their core business and industry profiles.

Prominent recruiters in the consulting domain included Accenture Strategy, Alvarez & Marsal, Analysys Mason, Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte Consulting India, EY Parthenon, Kearney, Kepler Cannon, KPMG India, McKinsey & Company, Monitor Deloitte, PwC India, Simon-Kucher (India), Strategy&, Vector Consulting Group, and YCP Auctus among others.

The investment banking & markets and private equity, venture capital & asset management cohorts saw increased participation, with firms such as ARGA Investment Management, Ares Management, Avendus Capital, Bank of America, Blackstone, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Elevation Capital, Faering Capital, General Atlantic, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, O3 Capital Advisory, Standard Chartered Bank, Temasek, UBS, and Z47 among others.

The consumer goods, consumer services, consumer tech, and pharmaceuticals & healthcare cohorts saw participation from AB InBev, Airtel, Amazon, Berger Paints, Eternal, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Haleon, Hindustan Unilever Limited, ITC Limited, Leeford Healthcare, Mankind Pharma, Marico, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Venus Remedies Limited, and Wipro Consumer Care among others.

Key recruiters in the conglomerate and retail B2B & B2C cohorts included the Aditya Birla Group, CKA Birla Group, Damac Group, Dot & Key, Essar Group, GIVA, Godrej Industries Group, Lodha Ventures, Mahindra, Meesho, Murugappa Group, Nykaa, Purplle, Reliance Industries Limited, TATA Administrative Services, and Vedanta Limited.

In the enterprise tech and artificial intelligence cohorts, firms such as Adobe, BrowserStack, Cisco, Deskera, HiLabs, Lyric, Microsoft, Newgen Software Technologies Limited, and Teradata extended offers while recruiters in the cards & financial advisory and fintech cohorts included American Express, FinIQ Consulting, Mastercard, and Navi Finserv Limited among others.

Additions to the recruiter pool this year included Analysys Mason, Emergent Labs, Indegene, Intertec Systems, Mebigo Labs Private Limited, Murugappa Group, NTT Data, Thriveni, and Venus Remedies.

P. Kamalesh Khanna, the Recruitment Secretary at IIMA, said: “A standout feature of this year's cycle was the significant broadening of sectoral participation. Several newer cohorts witnessed a substantial increase in offers, reinforcing the process’s ability to adapt and deliver relevant career opportunities in an evolving market landscape.”