IIM Shillong placements: read the cohort and the measure together
IIM Shillong’s latest full-time PGP placement report reviewed here is for the 2024-26 batch. The institute’s completion report records 393 students, participation from 147 recruiters (including 51 new recruiters), and 102 pre-placement offers or pre-placement interview offers (PPO/PPI). It reports an average CTC of ₹27.03 lakh per annum, a median CTC of ₹26 lakh per annum and a highest CTC of ₹71.50 lakh per annum. These are batch-specific figures from the institute’s report, not a promise of an individual outcome or a fee-adjusted return.
What the 2024-26 report says
The report calls its document a Placement Completion Report and labels the salary figures as CTC. Its key highlights state that all 393 students secured placements and label the achievement 100%. This is the institute’s report claim for PGP 2024-26; keep it tied to that cohort and do not treat it as a guarantee for another batch. The report does not explain in this summary how the eligible placement pool is defined. It also combines PPO and PPI in the 102 figure. Do not infer that 102 candidates accepted offers, or add that figure to final offers.
Compare like with like
A highest package describes one upper-end outcome and says little about what a typical student received. For cohort comparisons, the median is usually the more useful middle value; here it is ₹26L/yr. The mean is ₹27.03L/yr. The difference between them does not reveal the full salary distribution, and the report excerpt does not provide individual compensation data. Recruiter count likewise measures participating organisations, not the number of jobs or offers.
Before comparing IIM Shillong with another school, align the graduating batch, programme, reporting period and salary definition. The report’s values are CTC, which can include components beyond fixed cash salary; the published summary does not give a complete component-by-component conversion to take-home pay. Also check whether the other institution reports an MBA/PGP cohort, all programme cohorts, domestic placements only, or a different placement process.
Questions to ask before using a headline figure
- Which graduating batch and programme does the report cover?
- Is the number average, median or highest CTC, and is it annual?
- Does the source explain fixed pay, variable pay, bonuses or other CTC components?
- Are recruiter and offer counts separated from the number of students placed?
- Does the comparator use the same cohort and reporting definitions?
IIM Shillong’s official PGP Placement Cell page links the 2024-26 final placement report and separate summer-placement information for the 2025-27 batch. Summer internship outcomes belong to a different cohort and stage; they are not included in the final-placement figures above. No 2026-28 or 2027-29 final placement outcome is claimed here.
Compensation bands in the same report
The completion report also lists average CTC for three upper portions of the cohort. It gives ₹43.26L/yr as the top 10% average, ₹38.62L/yr for the top 20%, and ₹30.51L/yr for the top 50%. These are subgroup averages, not additional overall averages. The report presents them alongside the overall average of ₹27.03L/yr and median of ₹26L/yr.
The subgroup figures help show how the report summarizes different parts of the distribution, but they do not provide a full salary histogram or individual offer data. Do not compare one school’s top-decile mean with another school’s overall median.
Placement domains
The report distributes the batch’s placement outcomes across six domains: Consulting and Strategy (30%), Finance (25%), Sales and Marketing (18%), IT and Analytics (14%), General Management (8%), and HR and Operations (5%). These percentages describe the institute’s domain-wise placement analysis for this batch. They indicate the mix of roles reported, not the probability that an applicant will enter a particular function.
Consulting and Strategy is the largest share in the report, followed by Finance. The listed domains sum to 100%, but the report does not provide a candidate-level table in the summary that would let applicants recalculate the percentages or inspect every role. Treat the distribution as the institute’s cohort-level summary. A student’s outcome will depend on prior experience, interview performance, role preferences and recruiter selection.
Who was in the cohort
The report describes a batch of 393 students, including 177 women and 216 men. It says about 74% had prior work experience, with the largest experience segment—35%—between 25 and 36 months. The report also shows academic backgrounds across Engineering, Commerce and Finance, Pure Sciences, Arts and other fields. This mix provides context for the placement figures: the cohort is not a single-profile group, and its aggregate salary statistics do not describe every student’s starting point.
The batch profile is useful when comparing like-for-like cohorts, especially when another report covers a different programme or has a very different experience mix. The source does not report outcomes for every subgroup, so do not infer salary differences by gender, degree or experience from these aggregate charts.
How applicants should use the report
Treat the 2024-26 completion report as a dated summary of one PGP cohort. Use the median and overall average as cohort-level context, then read the top-group and domain figures with their specific labels. Check whether another school’s report covers the same programme, graduating period, salary basis and placement population. A larger recruiter count does not automatically mean more offers, and a domain percentage does not predict which role an individual student will secure.
Ask the admissions or placement office for the latest cohort report, the definition used for the placement achievement, the composition of CTC and whether any costs are excluded from the headline measure. The current report is not evidence for outcomes of the 2026-28 or 2027-29 batch. The PGP Placement Cell lists summer placements separately; those internship outcomes should not be mixed with the final placement results here.