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IIM Ahmedabad completed the first cluster of the IIM Ahmedabad summer placement 2025-2027 batch on October 28, 2025. According to the recent IIM Ahmedabad press release, “Management Consulting”, “Transformation & Operations Consulting”, “Advisory Consulting”, “Cards & Financial Advisory”, “Investment Banking & Markets”, and “PE/VC, Asset Management & Hedge Funds” are the 6 cohorts where almost 80 firms participated in cluster 1. In this cluster, the top five recruiters for the IIM Ahmedabad 2025 summer placement were Accenture Strategy, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Company, Bain & Company, and Kearney. This IIM Ahmedabad 2025 summer placement cluster 1 was concluded in hybrid mode - both online and offline mode.
As 80 companies participated in the IIM Ahmedabad 2025 summer placement cluster one here is the sector-wise breakup of the 6 cohorts -
Investment Banking & Markets cohort - Goldman Sachs, Standard Chartered were the prominent banks in this sector. Apart from this, other banks that participated in IIM Ahmedabad 2025 summer placement include Avendus Capital, Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank, HSBC, JPMorganChase, and Morgan Stanley.
Consulting - Alvarez & Marsal, EY Parthenon, Kepler Cannon, L.E.K. Consulting India Pvt Ltd., Oliver Wyman, Roland Berger, Strategy&, Vector Consulting Group and YCP Auctus, among others.
Private Equity and Venture Capital - Ares Management, Blackstone Group, Faering Capital, Gaja Capital, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Piramal Alternatives and Premji Invest
Cards & Financial Advisory- IIMA summer placement 2025 first cluster got American Express, Cranmore Partner and Synergy Consulting as the top recruiters from this cohort.
IIMA International Opportunities: In the IIMA summer placement 2025, students of the 2025-2027 batch got international offers from Goldman Sachs (Hong Kong/Singapore), HSBC (Hong Kong) and Strategy& (Middle East)
However, IIM Ahmedabad Summer placement Clusters 2 and 3 will be held on 31st October and 3rd November, respectively.
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In the 2024-2026 batch of IIM Ahmedabad, 51 new companies participated in the summer placements, up from 12 in 2023.
Management Consulting: Alvarez & Marsal, Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Kearney, Kepler Cannon, McKinsey & Company, Roland Berger, Simon Kucher, Strategy& India, and YCP Auctus.
Transformation & Operations consulting: Accenture Strategy (India Market Unit), Accenture Strategy (Global Network), Vector Consulting Group
Advisory Consulting: In this domain, EY-Parthenon India, PwC, EY-Parthenon Singapore and KPMG were the top recruiters in the IIM Ahmedabad Summer Placement
Cards & Financial Advisory: American Express (7 offers)
Investment Banking and Markets: Goldman Sachs (11) and HSBC (India and Hong Kong) made 6 offers for this sector. Apart from these, Arpwood Capital, Avendus Capital, Axis Capital, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Citibank, Deutsche AG, Deutsche India, DE Shaw, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley gave an offer to the IIM Ahmedabad management students.
Private Equity and Venture Capital: Ares Asia Asset Management, Arga Investment Management, Faering Capital, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.
Consumer Goods, Consumer Durables and Consumer Services: Arga Investment Management, Faering Capital, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Conglomerates: Aditya Birla Group, CK Birla Group, JSW Group, Mahindra Group, Reliance, TAS, and Lodha Ventures, among others
Cluster | Number of students placed (Net offers after dreams/hold options) |
Cluster 1 | 210 |
Cluster 2 | 100 |
Cluster 3 | 84 |
Other Internships (Off-campus, IIMAvericks) | 8 |
Total number of students placed | 394 |
On Question asked by student community
With a CAT 2025 percentile of 99.27 and all sectional percentiles above 93, your son has a strong and competitive profile, but calls from IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Calcutta depend on more than just CAT score.
For IIM Ahmedabad, the CAT cutoff for the general category is usually very high
With an NC-OBC category, 85.77 percentile in CAT, a strong 9/9/8 academic profile, and a graduation background in Horticulture, you do have some chances, but they differ significantly between IIM Ahmedabad FABM and IIM Lucknow ABM.
For IIM Ahmedabad – FABM, the institute usually has a very high CAT percentile
Yes, if you appear for the CBSE improvement exam as a private candidate and score higher marks, then the latest marksheet will be considered as your valid Class 12th result. For IIM A, B, C and other top IIMs, they look at the final updated marksheet that you present at
Hey Ramesh! Looking at your profile—10th: 92%, 12th: 93%, Master’s CGPA: 8.3, no work experience, SC category—you have a solid academic record. For top IIMs like Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Calcutta, SC category candidates usually need a CAT percentile of around 92–94 to have a realistic chance at admission. Other IIMs
Hi Lokendra
As you are from SC category and also a PWD candidate, your chances of getting a call from IIM A,B,C will be very good at 60 - 65 percentile. The official minimum percentile required for your category (cutoff) is 50 percentile but the safe percentile for getting a
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