IIM Calcutta Placement 2026: Salary Packages & Recruiters

IIM Calcutta placement 2026 closed in February 2026 with 100% placement reported. The 61st batch finished the 2024-26 MBA and is the latest batch with a final placement report.

Is IIM Calcutta Worth the MBA Fee?

The Class of 2026 median package of Rs 35.00 lakh was above the MBA fee of Rs 27,00,000 for the 2024-26 batch. Add food, living costs and loan interest before you judge. Ask your target firms what part of the package is fixed pay, because the report states the highest offers as CTC.

What Does 100% Placement Mean at IIM Calcutta?

The institute reports 100% placement, with 202 firms making 542 offers to a batch of 458 students. Its report speaks of a fair and equal opportunity for students who opt in to the placement process. The report does not say how many students opted out, so ask the placement office how it counts a placed student.

The IIM Calcutta placement highlights for 2026 are the mix of domains and the tilt towards consulting and finance. The batch took 542 offers across five domains. Consulting and general management together took close to 60% of them.

The batch profile in the final report is below.

Who Should Check Twice Before Relying on IIM Calcutta Placement?

Check twice if you want a career outside consulting, finance and general management, because the IIM Calcutta placement statistics lean that way. Those three domains took more than three in four of the offers, and technology, sales and marketing roles took the rest. Ask the placement office which firms in your domain came in 2026.

IIM Calcutta placement statistics show 100% placement in two of the last three batches and 99% in the third. The table uses the data the institute submitted to NIRF for its two-year PG programmes. It shows the students placed and the median salary for each graduating year.

In 2024-25, five students chose higher studies. The 60th batch (Class of 2025) had more than 190 firms and 540 offers, as per the Annual Report 2024-25. These NIRF figures are for earlier batches, so do not mix them with the Class of 2026 report.

Did IIM Calcutta Placement Fall in 2023-24?

The median fell from Rs 33,67,000 in 2022-23 to Rs 30,00,000 in 2023-24. It rose to Rs 35,00,000 in 2024-25. The institute gives no reason for the dip. Check the offer mix of your target domain before you read it as a trend.

The IIM Calcutta placement package depends on where you fall in the batch, so read the IIM Calcutta placement package slices below. The top 5% of the Class of 2026 averaged Rs 84.9 lakh, and the top 50% averaged Rs 47.0 lakh. The table shows the slices.

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Only the MBA has a full IIM Calcutta placement report on the website. The other programmes give names of recruiters and not package figures. The table shows the IIM Calcutta placement details that the institute publishes for each programme.

Does the PGDBA Have Placement at IIM Calcutta?

Yes. The PGDBA page lists placement opportunities at all three institutes: IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur and ISI. It also lists a hands-on training period at a company. The page gives no package figure, so ask the PGDBA office for the outcome of your batch.

The IIM Calcutta top recruiters in the Class of 2026 report include McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Goldman Sachs, Google and Amazon. The IIM Calcutta placement report groups the 202 firms into three clusters. Cluster 1 (consulting and finance) had 62 firms and 299 offers. Cluster 2 had 90 firms and 183 offers. Cluster 3 had 50 firms.

Which Firms Recruit the Most at IIM Calcutta?

Firms in Cluster 1 took 299 of the 542 offers, which is more than half. They are the consulting and finance firms. Cluster 2 took 183 offers, and the 50 firms of Cluster 3 took the remaining 60.