FORE’s published 2024-26 placement snapshot
FORE’s admissions portal labels its placement graphic “Highlights 2024-26”. It reports a highest CTC of ₹26.45 lakh, an average of ₹16.5 lakh and a median of ₹16.2 lakh. The same graphic says 206 firms visited, that one company made a maximum of 39 offers, and that 39 pre-placement offers were recorded. These are institute-reported figures for the named cohort, not a forecast for students applying to the 2027-29 intake. FORE admissions portal
The highest CTC is a single top offer, so it should not stand in for a typical outcome. The reported median is a better central comparison point; the average is useful alongside it because it shows the effect of higher and lower offers across the group. The portal’s rounded ₹16.5 lakh average and ₹16.2 lakh median are consistent with the more precise “Entire Batch” figures in FORE’s Placement Report 2026. The detailed table and what it does, and does not, establish are set out below. Placement Report 2026
The recruiter figures describe different things from the salary figures. “206 companies visited” counts organisations reported as visiting; it is not a count of students or offers. The maximum of 39 is the highest number of offers attributed to one company, not total offers across the batch. The 39 PPOs are a separate offer count. Since the portal does not provide the number of unique students represented by these counts, do not convert them into a placement percentage or assume each offer went to a different student.
Whole-batch CTC figures in the 2026 report
The report’s “CTC Classification” page labels the figures as “Entire Batch” and the value column as INR. It lists an average of ₹16,52,238 and a median of ₹16,20,000. Its percentile summaries are:
The whole-batch average is ₹32,238, or about 2%, above the median. The average is the arithmetic mean; the median marks the midpoint of the reported distribution. Their closeness here gives two complementary views of the batch rather than a guarantee that an individual offer will fall near either number.
The report prints a top-10 average below that group’s median, while the top-25 and top-50 averages are above their medians. Those are the figures as shown in the report. The report page does not explain the calculation behind its percentile groups or give their headcounts, so the differences should not be used to infer how many students received a salary in a particular band. The groups also do not tell an applicant how outcomes are distributed between programmes, roles or campuses.
All four rows are CTC values, not take-home salary. The page labels the unit as INR but does not break CTC into fixed pay, variable pay, benefits or one-time amounts. For a cost comparison, ask for the recurring fixed component and the conditions attached to incentives rather than comparing CTC directly with monthly in-hand pay. Placement Report 2026, CTC Classification
Questions to ask before comparing the figures
The public figures are useful as a starting point, but the cited placement highlights and whole-batch table do not give a placement rate, the eligible-student denominator, the number still seeking work, or a programme-by-programme salary breakdown for this cohort. Without the denominator, an applicant cannot tell from these figures what share of the graduating batch secured a placement. The page also does not say whether the “entire batch” means every student, only students eligible for placement, or students who participated in the process. Ask for those definitions before comparing this result with another school’s rate.
Request a breakdown for the programme and role you are considering. FORE offers several distinct PGDM programmes, but the cited table is labelled only “Entire Batch”; it does not support a claim that each programme or campus had the same median. Ask how many students in your programme were eligible, opted into placements, received offers and remained unplaced at the reporting date. Ask whether students with multiple offers are counted once or more than once, and whether internship conversions are included in final offers. These questions help explain what the 39 PPO figure means for the cohort without treating the count as 39 additional unique placements.
For salary comparison, ask the placements team to separate fixed recurring pay from variable incentives, joining bonuses, stock or other benefits, and state whether each component is guaranteed or conditional. A CTC headline cannot be read as monthly take-home pay. Compare like with like: the same graduating cohort, programme, campus, role category, currency, and definition of compensation. The report’s percentile labels can show how upper groups differ from the whole-batch figures, but without headcounts and a stated method they cannot answer how likely a particular applicant is to reach one of those bands.
The report is a historical result for 2024-26. It can help frame questions about the school’s disclosed outcomes, but it cannot predict the 2027-29 batch. Ask for the latest cohort report and its publication date when making an application decision. FORE lists [email protected] and 011-41242472 on its official placements page.