Great Lakes Institute of Management's PGDM Class of 2025 celebrated a stellar placement season with robust participation from esteemed marquee recruiters like Accenture, Deloitte, EY, Nestlé, Gartner, HCL, JP Morgan Chase, PwC, Wells Fargo, ITC and many others. Students also secured offers from over 25 new recruiters spanning diverse industries, including Adani Wilmar, Godrej, MasterCard, Federal Bank, L&T Finance, etc. The average CTC offered to the Class of 2025 was 15 lakhs p.a. and the highest CTC offered was 39.3 lakhs per annum by a leading multinational FinTech firm.

Students were offered varied roles including Consultant, Key Account Manager, Credit Analyst, Retail Logisitician, Advisory Consultant, Customer Success Manager, Finance Consultant, Product Development Manager, etc.

27% of the offers came from the BFSI/NBFC sector, followed by 22% from the IT/ITeS sector, 16% from Consulting, and 9% from Financial Services. The remaining offers came from Investment Banking, FMCG/Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Aerospace, Telecom, etc. New age sectors including Fintech, Analytics, Healthtech, E-Commerce, etc also made offers to the students.

Finance roles constituted the largest proportion of offers at 33%, followed by Sales & Marketing at 32%, Tech Consulting at 12%, and Operations at 11%. Rest of the roles were offered in the domains of Analytics, Business & Strategy Consulting, Market Research & Product.

Mr. Kiran Neti, Director - Corporate & Career Services (CCS), Great Lakes Institute of Management said, “I wish to thank all our recruiters, both existing marquee recruiters as well as new recruiters who have hired exceptional talent from our PGDM cohort. Congratulations to all the students and all the best for a great start to their management careers. I would like to sincerely thank all faculty, CCS team members and Great Lakes leadership who have supported the students throughout this journey.”

Dr. Debashis Sanyal, Director, Great Lakes Institute of Management, said, “I wish to congratulate all our students who have given their best and secured their future with some of the most respected brands in the country. As they begin a new chapter in their professional lives, I wish them all the best, may they make the most out of this opportunity. I also thank all my colleagues at Great Lakes, along with the faculty, placements team, and our alumni, who have of great guidance and support to our students over the past 2 years of their MBA life.”