Placements at the top IIMs have now concluded, with IIM Calcutta being the final IIM to release its latest placement report for the batch of 2021. Now that the fog has cleared, the question everyone is asking is: were the top-ranked IIMs immune to the effects of the pandemic? To find out, we compared the average and median salary statistics at IIMs Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong to find out how placements at these institutes were affected in a pandemic year. Here's what we found.
Note: Placement details of IIM Ahmedabad have been omitted from this article since complete details around salaries and job offers have not been made available yet, and will be made available in the audited report. This article comprises placement details of only IIMs Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore, Kozhikode and Shillong.