IIM Calcutta Records 100% Summer Placements, Record Stipend

IIM Calcutta recorded 100% summer placements for its 63rd batch, with an all-time-high average monthly stipend of Rs 1.93 lakh.

By Career Ahead AI · India — AI-assisted, fact-verified against cited sources. Readers should verify key facts.

The 63rd batch secured more offers than students

The median monthly stipend for the batch was Rs 2 lakh. Four hundred seventy-five students secured five hundred forty-six offers from one hundred fifty-six companies. Those counts track different parts of the placement outcome: students, offers and recruiting companies. The offer total was higher than the student total. The placement season concluded ahead of schedule during Cluster 3, marking the point at which the institute’s placement cycle wrapped up.^¹²³⁴

The 62nd MBA batch also achieved 100% summer placements. Its average monthly compensation reached Rs 1.85 lakh. That earlier cohort offers a separate comparison for the current batch’s average stipend; its placement figures should not be combined with the 63rd batch’s student, offer or recruiter totals. The current batch’s median stipend is another measure of its outcomes, distinct from its average.^¹²³⁴

Consulting accounted for the largest share of offers

Consulting was the largest recruiting sector, with 220 offers, or 40.29% of the total. It accounted for more offers than any other single sector reported. The figure shows how much of the hiring came from consulting relative to all offers across the season, while the full offer count also included roles in finance, general management and marketing.^¹

That earlier cohort offers a separate comparison for the current batch’s average stipend; its placement figures should not be combined with the 63rd batch’s student, offer or recruiter totals.

Recruiters in consulting included Accenture Strategy, Alvarez & Marsal, Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Kearney, McKinsey & Company and Roland Berger. Their participation sat alongside hiring across other functions, rather than accounting for the entire placement result. The range of recruiter names provides examples of the companies active in the largest sector.^¹²³

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Finance generated 127 offers, or 23.26% of the total. General management and marketing roles together produced 158 offers, representing 28.94%. These figures separate the two functions from consulting and show the distribution of offers across several areas of work. The institute did not give a separate total for general management and marketing in the combined figure.^¹³

New recruiters joined the placement season

The institute recorded participation from 51 first-time recruiters. IIM Calcutta Director Alok Kumar Rai said the results reflected industry confidence in the institute’s talent pool, brand and industry-aligned curriculum. Sudarshan Kumar, chairperson of placements at IIM Calcutta, credited students for the outcome. Their comments linked the placement result to recruiter confidence and student performance.^¹²³⁴

Internships covered several functions and locations. Varun M. Pai secured an internship with Goldman Sachs in Global Banking & Markets, FICC and Equities Trading, covering Hong Kong and Singapore. Khyatika Shah secured a sales and marketing internship with Hindustan Unilever. Anukriti secured a product management internship with Microsoft, while Radhika Garodia secured a summer consultant role with L.E.K. Consulting.^¹²³⁴

Anukriti secured a product management internship with Microsoft, while Radhika Garodia secured a summer consultant role with L.E.K.

The next internship process was announced for October

IIM Calcutta announced that the summer internship process for its 63rd batch, graduating in 2028, would commence on October 9, 2026. The announcement concerns the internship process for that batch, separate from the completed placement season and its reported offers. The result and the scheduled process date therefore refer to different stages of the institute’s summer-placement cycle.^¹²³⁴

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For the 62nd batch, summer internship placements were finalized on October 17, yielding 510 offers for 470 students. Its placement week used a hybrid format, with 183 recruiters from different sectors and industries offering cross-functional roles. The top 5% of students received a monthly stipend of Rs 3.4 lakh; the highest domestic salary was Rs 4.5 lakh per month and the international peak was Rs 6 lakh per month.^¹²³⁴

Professor Ritu Mehta, Chairperson of placement activities at IIM Calcutta, said the 62nd batch’s performance led to another year of summer placements. The institute’s cluster-cohort placement strategy included a “dream offer” policy to improve alignment between students and recruiters. These details describe the approach and outcomes of the preceding batch, rather than the 63rd batch’s completed season.^¹²³⁴

Consulting leads, pay skews high

If you are weighing an MBA or a career move, the sector split is the clearest signal. Consulting produced 220 of 546 offers, or 40.29%, far ahead of finance at 127 offers and general management plus marketing at 158 combined. That means consulting offers the widest entry path, but the 51 first-time recruiters show hiring is broadening beyond the usual names. Target consulting for volume, yet watch for new firms entering the space.^¹

For pay, use the median of Rs 2 lakh as your realistic benchmark, not the average of Rs 1.93 lakh, which is dragged down by lower offers. The prior batch's top 5% earned Rs 3.4 lakh, and the domestic peak reached Rs 4.5 lakh, so the ceiling is far higher. When negotiating, ask for role-specific stipend data rather than accepting a single headline figure, and plan around the median as your base case.^¹²³

Consulting leads, pay skews high If you are weighing an MBA or a career move, the sector split is the clearest signal.