Read the two placement sources on their own terms
Great Lakes Gurgaon publishes programme-specific placement summaries for its one-year PGPM and two-year PGDM. They cover the Class of 2026 and report average and highest cost to company (CTC), roles and industry or function mix. A separate official submission for NIRF 2026 reports previous-year outcomes for its PG two-year programmes, including graduates, placed students, median salary and students in higher studies. These sources answer different questions: a programme report gives current employer and role context, while the NIRF table supplies a graduating cohort denominator and median.
Do not combine the PGPM and PGDM figures into one campus average. The programmes have different lengths and student profiles, and their published metrics are not identical. CTC is also not take-home pay. The PGPM report explicitly says its CTC figures include fixed, variable and other benefit components; the PGDM report makes the same qualification. The public summaries do not supply individual salary distributions, fixed-pay medians or enough data to calculate a net return after fees and living costs.
PGPM: one-year Class of 2026 report
The Gurgaon PGPM report lists average CTC of ₹16.2 lakh and highest CTC of ₹34.5 lakh for the Class of 2026. It says average post-MBA CTC was 2.6 times average incoming CTC. That is the institution’s comparison of two averages; it is not a promise of an individual salary increase and does not subtract tuition, living costs, loan interest or the income a student forgoes during the programme.
The report gives more context than the two headline figures. IT/ITES accounts for 41% of offers, consulting for 30% and analytics for 11%. Its functional mix lists analytics at 21%, functional consulting at 17%, business consulting at 11%, and marketing and sales at 11%; other named areas include digital consulting, strategy, product management and operations. The report lists roles such as consultant, business transformation lead, decision analytics consultant, associate product manager, product analyst, assistant brand manager and operations manager. These categories describe the reported one-year cohort; they are not predicted vacancy shares for the next class.
The report notes participation by more than 15 new recruiters and names examples including Alvarez & Marsal GCC, AmexGBT, Evocus, Newgen, TVS Supply Chain Solutions and Vinculum Group. It also names long-standing recruiters such as Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte, Tiger Analytics, WNS Procurement and ZS Associates. The list is illustrative, not a guarantee that any employer will recruit or make an offer in a future cycle. The public summary does not state the number of PGPM graduates or the number seeking and obtaining placement, so it cannot establish a placement rate.
PGDM: two-year Class of 2026 report
The Gurgaon PGDM report lists average CTC of ₹12.1 lakh per annum and highest CTC of ₹24 lakh per annum for the Class of 2026. It identifies the highest result as being offered by a major Indian multinational mining company. Named role examples include corporate strategy, product manager, business consultant in financial services, techno-functional consultant, senior analyst in portfolio management, customer success manager, solution advisor and programme manager.
The report says IT/ITES represented 28% of offers, BFSI and fintech 23%, and business consulting 17%. It also lists advertising and marketing, manufacturing, analytics, logistics, technology consulting, global capability centres, automotive, hospitality, technology and product, energy and internet business. The report identifies 30+ new recruiters and names examples including JPMorgan Chase, Citicorp Services, Capgemini, Delhivery, Times OOH, ICICI Bank, TVS Motor Company, Mahindra Finance and Wipro. The participating-company list is expressly partial.
These are institution-reported Class of 2026 results. CTC includes fixed, variable and other benefits, so it should not be read as monthly fixed salary. The public summary gives no number of graduates, placed students or placement seekers for this cohort. The NIRF table provides a separate official two-year PG series for graduating years through 2024-25; it is not the same Class of 2026 cohort and must not be used as its denominator.
NIRF 2026: cohort counts and median salary
The institute’s NIRF 2026 submission identifies Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, and reports its placement table under “PG [2 Years Program(s)].” The rows pair each intake year with the subsequent graduating academic year. Across the three rows, the table records 117 graduates and 92 placed for 2022-23, 120 graduates and 115 placed for 2023-24, and 180 graduates and 180 placed for 2024-25. It records no students selected for higher studies in these rows.
A simple placed-to-graduating count gives 78.6% (92/117), 95.8% (115/120) and 100% (180/180), respectively. These are calculations from the submitted table, not the institute’s placement-seeker rates. The report does not state how many graduates were seeking placement, whether every graduate participated in placement, or whether the NIRF cohort covers the same programme population as the Class of 2026 placement page. Avoid comparing these ratios with another college’s “placement percentage” unless the denominator is defined the same way.
The submission’s median salary is ₹10 lakh for 2022-23 and ₹10 lakh for 2023-24. For 2024-25 its numeric cell reads ₹11.83 lakh, but the written-out cell says “Eleven Lakhs Eighty Three Lakhs,” which conflicts with the numeric amount. Treat the 2024-25 median as unresolved until the institution clarifies the written amount; this page does not use that row as a confirmed median. The PDF is a submitted NIRF 2026 report, so its cohort rows are institution-submitted data, not independent verification of each placement.
Questions to ask before relying on a headline
Request the placement-seeking denominator, number of graduating students, number placed, number choosing higher studies, fixed-versus-variable pay split and median for the exact programme and class. Ask whether the reported CTC includes joining bonuses, stock, benefits or performance pay, and whether the figure is annualised. For PGPM, request the one-year cohort’s underlying count because the public report gives averages but not a denominator. For PGDM, keep the Class of 2026 summary separate from the NIRF two-year data through academic year 2024-25.
If you are comparing the one-year programme with the two-year programme, calculate likely take-home income from an offer rather than treating CTC as cash received. Compare that with the programme’s exact fee edition, mandatory accommodation, personal expenses, financing cost and the time away from paid work. Historic cohort results help frame questions; they cannot forecast your own role, compensation or employer shortlist. Confirm current evidence directly with the Gurgaon placement office and check that any report you receive names the programme, graduating class and metric denominator.