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IIM Ahmedabad Summer Placements 2026: All 410 Students Placed, Consulting Takes 40% of Offers
IIM Ahmedabad has reported its summer internship placements for 2026, and consulting dominated again. All 410 students who took part got internships, with offers from over 155 companies. Here is what the numbers show, how to read them, and what they mean if you are aiming for …
IIM Bangalore Summer Placements 2026-28: 100% Placed, ₹2 Lakh Median Stipend and Half the Offers in Consulting
IIM Bangalore has completed summer placements for its 2026-28 batch. All 608 students got offers, the median stipend is ₹2 lakh a month, and consulting took more than half of all offers. Here is what the numbers show, how they compare with last year's batch, and what they mean…
Summer Placements 2026-28 Compared: IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, SPJIMR and FMS Delhi
Four top B-schools have now reported summer placements for their 2026-28 batches, and every one of them placed 100% of its students. That makes the headline numbers look the same, so the real comparison is in the stipend, the sector mix and the recruiter base. Here is a side-b…
FMS Delhi Summer Internship 2026-28: 100% Placed, ₹3.76 Lakh Median Stipend and What It Means for Aspirants
FMS Delhi has completed summer internship placements for its 2026-28 batch, and the median stipend has gone up to ₹3.76 lakh, with a highest of ₹6 lakh. Here is what the numbers show, how they compare with the last batch, and what they mean if you are applying this year.
SPJIMR Summer Placements 2026-28: 100% Placed, ₹2 Lakh Median Stipend and What It Means for Aspirants
SPJIMR has completed summer placements for its Class of 2028, and the numbers are higher across the board. The median stipend is up 17% to ₹2 lakh a month, and all 365 participants are placed. Here is what the numbers show, how to read them and what they mean if you are applyi…
IIM Calcutta Summer Internship 2026-28: Process, Batch Profile, Stipend Benchmark and PPOs
IIM Calcutta's summer internship process for the 2026-28 batch began on 9 October 2026, and aspirants want to know how it works, who is in the batch and what the stipends look like. The official figures are not out yet, so here is what is confirmed, what last year's batch earn…
XLRI Jamshedpur Summer Internship 2026-28: 100% Placement, Stipend Numbers and What They Mean for MBA Aspirants
XLRI has wrapped up summer internship placements for its 2026-28 batch, and the numbers are strong. Every student got an internship, the median stipend jumped to ₹1.8 lakh a month, and 32 new recruiters came on board. Here is what happened, how it compares with the last two ba…
IIM Lucknow Summer Placements 2026-28: 100% Placement, Stipend Numbers and What They Mean for CAT Aspirants
IIM Lucknow has wrapped up summer placements for its 2026-28 batch, and the numbers are strong. Here is what happened, how to read stipend figures the right way, and what it means if you are preparing for CAT now.