- The top three recruiters in Cluster 1 are Accenture Strategy, Boston Consulting Group, and McKinsey
- Clusters 2 and 3 will be held on 15th and 18th November, respectively.
- Goldman Sachs is the largest recruiter in the Investment Banking/Markets cohort, with 11 offers
NE EDUCATION BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, NOV 13
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) on Tuesday concluded the Cluster 1 summer placement process for the postgraduate programme (PGP) class of 2026. The process was conducted in hybrid mode with companies joining in online as well as offline mode. A total of 73 roles were offered across various domains.
The firms that participated comprised six cohorts – “Management Consulting”, “Transformation & Operations Consulting”, “Advisory Consulting”, “Cards & Financial Advisory”, “Investment Banking & Markets”, and “PE/VC, Asset Management & Hedgefunds”
The top three recruiters for the cluster were Accenture Strategy (India Market Unit & Global Network), Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Company. Goldman Sachs was the largest recruiter in the Investment Banking/Markets cohort, with 11 offers followed by HSBC (India and Hong Kong), says a release.
Other prominent recruiters in the consulting domain included regular recruiters such as Bain & Company, Alvarez & Marsal, Strategy&, Kearney, YCP Auctus Advisors, PriceWaterhouse Coopers, KPMG, Vector Consulting Group, EY-Parthenon and Kepler Cannon. Some prominent recruiters in the Investment Banking/Markets cohort included Avendus Capital, Bank of America, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, DE Shaw, Deutsche Bank India and HSBC.
In the PE/VC domain WinZo Funds and WhiteOak Capital led the charge with 6 and 3 offers respectively. This cohort also saw participation of firms like Ares Management Asia, Arga Investment Management, Premji Invest, RTP Global, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Faering Capital, Neev Fund (SBI Ventures Limited), PH Values, Pkeday Advisors and Piramal Alternatives. American Express led the way with Cranmore Partners and Synergy Consulting in the “Cards and Financial Advisory” cohort.
The institute witnessed active participation from some new recruiters like Roland Berger, EY-Parthenon Singapore, Cranmore Partners, BNP Paribas, IIFL Securities, UBS, Moelis & Co., Deutsche AG, Deutsche India and Pkeday Advisors in the Summer internship process.
“Cluster 1 saw an increased participation of international firms from locations such as Hong Kong, Germany, the USA, Singapore and the Middle East,” the statement added.
As stated earlier, Clusters 2 and 3 will be held on 15th and 18th November, respectively.
