XLRI wraps up final placements with Rs 22.35 lakh average salary

XLRI- Xavier School of Management has completed final placements for the 2017-19 batch of its flagship two-year postgraduate diploma in management – HRM and BM with all 358 candidates getting offers. The median salary offered to the batch is Rs 21 lakh per annum, while the average salary has gone up to Rs 22.35 lakh from last year’s Rs 20.1 lakh.

The highest offer was Rs 50 lakh per annum from the BFSI sector.

The final recruitment process saw participation from 104 recruiters with 362 domestic and international offers, inclusive of 19 first-time recruiters. Students bagged about 122 pre-placement offers.


The Boston Consulting Group made the highest number of offers among other regular recruiters such as Microsoft, Amazon, P&G, Aditya Birla Group, ITC, Avendus Capital, Hindustan Unilever and others.

First-time recruiters included companies such as Allianz Global Investors, Bain & Co., Adani Group, Jubilant Foodworks, Rivigo, Experion, Belden, Xiaomi, Google, Udaan amongst others. PSUs including ONGC, GAIL and RECL participated in the process.

The top segments based on roles offered were Consulting, Sales & Marketing and BFSI. Consulting firms extended offers to 21 per cent of the candidates. Sales & Marketing and BFSI constituted 27 per cent and 22 per cent of the roles offered to Business Management students respectively. Other roles included niche functions in Analytics, Product Management, Business Development, Brand Management and Finance.