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Top consulting companies like McKinsey, BCG, EY, JP Morgan, and Deloitte often recruit top talent from IIMs, IITs, and other top MBA colleges in India. These consulting giants value the strategic decision-making, thinking, problem-solving abilities, and leadership skills that MBA in consulting graduates from these Indian B-schools bring to the table. This article lists the prominent consulting firms that actively hire from India's top MBA colleges. This list has been compiled using the data obtained from the official placement brochures and college communications highlighting the hiring trends and the number of MBA graduates recruited by top consulting companies last year.
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The highest salary package offered in the consulting domain during the IIM MBA placements 2024 was around Rs. 45 LPA.
The highest number of consulting job offers were made by top consulting firms like Deloitte, Accenture, EY, PwC and KPMG.
IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode, IIT Delhi and IIM Calicut are some of the best MBA institutes to kickstart a career in the consulting domain offering the highest MBA salary packages.
The table below lists the total number of students that were recruited by top consulting firms like Deloitte, Accenture, EY, PwC and KPMG last year from IIMs, IITs, and other MBA colleges in India.
Company Name | IIM/ IIT | Other Institutes | Grand Total |
Deloitte | 19 | 47 | 66 |
Accenture | 23 | 33 | 56 |
Ernst & Young | 11 | 33 | 44 |
PwC | 15 | 22 | 37 |
KPMG | 6 | 28 | 34 |
Capgemini | 9 | 21 | 30 |
JP Morgan | 9 | 10 | 19 |
Goldman Sachs | 7 | 11 | 18 |
McKinsey | 11 | 6 | 17 |
CRISIL | 5 | 12 | 17 |
Morgan Stanley | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Bain & Company | 5 | 5 | 10 |
S&P Global | 9 | 9 | |
Moody's Corporation | 8 | 8 | |
Gartner | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Boston Consulting Group | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Blackrock | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Acxiom Consulting Private Limited | 2 | 2 | |
Zaax Consulting | 1 | 1 | |
Valorant Consulting | 1 | 1 | |
TecTree Software Consulting Private Limited., Search Bourne Consulting, MSC (MicroSave Consulting), Kellogg's | 1 | 1 | |
Grand Total | 132 | 271 | 403 |
The placement cell at IIMs and IITs maintains strong relationships with the top recruiters of all sectors. The training and quality of education given by these top MBA institutes make these MBA graduates an attractive bet for the top multinational consulting firms in India. Additionally, the NIRF ranking and other accreditations of top MBA colleges in India attract consulting firms to pick eligible candidates during the MBA consulting placements drive.
Deloitte recruited the highest number of MBA graduates in the consulting domain which is 66, out of which 19 were from IIM/IIT and 47 from other institutes. Deloitte is one of the top consulting firms where every MBA aspirant aspires to work.
Accenture is the second in the line hiring 56 MBA graduates in consulting. It recruited 23 students from IIM/IIT and 33 from other BSchools in India.
EY recruited 44 graduates from IIM, IIT and other MBA colleges. Ernst and Young is one of the desirable Big 4 companies where MBA graduates wish to work in the consulting domain.
PwC recruited 37 MBA graduates from top MBA colleges in India with the best salary packages offered for the consulting sector.
KPMG, another leading firm in the consulting domain for years, offered placement to 34 students of these top MBA colleges last year.
Capgemini offered MBA placement to 30 graduates from IIM, IIT and other colleges with the best MBA salary packages in the consulting domain.
JP Morgan made 10 and 9 MBA consulting job offers to the students at IIMs and IIT respectively.
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The table lists the top MBA colleges offering MBA placements at consulting firms along with their average salary packages.
Top Consulting Firms | Name of the Institute | Median Salary (in Rs.) |
Accenture | ||
IIM | 1650000 | |
1853244 | ||
1525000 | ||
1600000 | ||
2700000 | ||
3100000 | ||
IIT | 1725000 | |
2664000 | ||
1809000 | ||
2450000 | ||
2445000 | ||
2045668 | ||
Other Institutes | 3024000 | |
2613000 | ||
2400000 | ||
2650000 | ||
3200000 | ||
Deloitte | ||
IIM | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 3100000 |
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 2700000 | |
3200000 | ||
2470000 | ||
2000000 | ||
IIT | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 2445000 |
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 1809000 | |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 1725000 | |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 2664000 | |
Other Institutes | 6000000 | |
1450000 | ||
10000000 | ||
1410000 | ||
EY | ||
IIM | 1594000 | |
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | 3300000 | |
1720000 | ||
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 2700000 | |
1873972 | ||
IIT | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 1809000 |
Other Institutes | 1500000 | |
International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar | 1200000 | |
International Management Institute, Delhi | 1633000 | |
International Management Institute, Kolkata | 1050000 | |
830000 |
MBA aspirants who wish to make a career in the consulting domain can see the table below to know the different job roles offered in the consulting domain along with their average salary packages. Entry-level job roles usually start as business analysts, with opportunities in fields like finance, IT, and operations based on skills and MBA specialization.
Consulting Job Roles | Average salary package in consulting role |
Business Analyst | Rs. 10 LPA to Rs. 18 LPA |
Consultant | Rs. 18 LPA to Rs. 28 LPA |
Senior Consultant | Rs. 25 LPA to Rs. 40 LPA |
Engagement Manager | Rs. 35 LPA to Rs. 50 LPA |
Principal / Associate partner | Rs. 50 LPA to Rs. 75 LPA |
Managing Director | Rs. 80 LPA to Rs. 1 CPA |
Strategy Consultant | Rs. 20 LPA to Rs. 35 LPA |
Operations Consultant | Rs. 18 LPA to Rs. 30 LPA |
Financial Consultant | Rs. 15 LPA to Rs. 28 LPA |
IT Consultant | Rs. 12 LPA to Rs. 25 LPA |
Also See: Average Package of IIM
Choosing the right MBA college and specialization is crucial for landing a job at McKinsey, BCG, EY, KPMG, Deloitte, etc. The table below lists some of the best MBA institutes and programs that one can pick up to make a career in consulting.
MBA Specialisation | MBA College |
MBA in Strategy | IIM Ahmedabad IIM Bangalore |
IIM Calcutta IIM Mumbai | |
IIM Calcutta XLRI Jamshedpur | |
SPJIMR Mumbai ISB Hyderabad | |
IIM Indore IIT Delhi | |
XLRI Jamshedpur TISS Mumbai | |
IIM Bangalore ISB Hyderabad |
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Hello dear candidate,
NO. your application for CAT will not rejected for wrong gender small mistake in the OBC NCL certificate. You will be considered as an OBC candidate.
you just need to get your OBC certificate corrected and need to inform the CAT helpdesk about this error.
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Here are some top MBA colleges in India with fees under Rs. 2 lakh and their exam/cutoff details:
SIMSREE, Mumbai – Fee around Rs. 1.3–1.4 lakh for 2 years. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, MAT, ATMA. Cutoff is very high, usually 99+ percentile in CAT/CMAT.
PUMBA (Dept. of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University) – Fee around Rs. 1.2–1.3 lakh. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, ATMA. Cutoff approx. 75+ percentile in CAT, 90–95+ percentile in CMAT, high scores in MAH-CET.
TISS, Mumbai (MA HRM & other management-related programmes) – Fee around Rs. 1.7–1.9 lakh. Accepts CAT for some courses. Qualifying cutoff is around 60–70 percentile, but final selection cutoffs are higher.
These are the main government institutes where the full MBA/PG programme fee is within Rs. 2 lakh. Cutoffs vary slightly each year and by category, but SIMSREE and PUMBA generally need high scores, while TISS has its own process along with CAT shortlisting.
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Hey! With a NEET score of 344 in the ST category, it is highly unlikely to get admission in any government BDS college in Delhi through the All India Quota. The cutoff for government BDS seats in Delhi usually falls around 400–450 for ST category, so your score is below that range.
You can consider private dental colleges, state quota seats in other states, or reattempt NEET next year to improve your chances.
Hello dear candidate,
YES, with NEET score 344in the ST category you have high chances of getting admission in a BDS College in J&K through JKBOPEE counselling.
check the seat availability and next participate in JKBOPEE Counselling with all the necessary documents.
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Hey! With an All India Rank (AIR) of 302,821 in NEET and belonging to the BCE category, it is highly unlikely to get a BDS seat in Telangana under the state quota, as the closing ranks for BCE are usually below 50,000. You may consider applying to private colleges under management quota or explore BDS seats in other states, but the chances remain very limited with this rank.
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