IIM-A placements: Participation of PE/VC, asset management firms up by 80%

In all, 153 firms participated with 182 different roles for the 2020 batch, with McKinsey & Co and BCG leading the pack with 27 and 23 offers, including PPOs

At its conclusion, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad's final placement process has seen a rise of 80 per cent in number of recruiters participating from the private equity (PE), venture capital (VC) and asset management (AM) cohort this year over 2019.

Part of the first cluster which included other cohorts like investment banking and markets, management consulting and advisory consulting, the PE/VC/AM cohort had earlier seen a 200 per cent rise in 2019 over 2018, according to a consolidated but unaudited placement report by IIM Ahmedabad. Unlike many other B-schools, IIM Ahmedabad follows a cluster system of final placements