Analyzing Placements At Baby IIMs - Are These Institutes Worth Joining?

The IIM brand is one of the strongest brands in the corporate world, and students graduating from these institutes are usually the creme de la creme of India's talent pool. With the objective of expanding the scope of management education in India, the government set up seven more third generation IIMs post-2011, which came to be known as the 'baby IIMs'. Having been operational for five years, how do these institutes perform when it comes to placements? What kind of salaries have been offered to PGP students in the recent years? This article will attempt to answer these questions based on placements data available for the recent graduating PGP classes at these institutes.