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The highest package offered at SDMIMD is INR 15.25 Lakhs, while the average package stood at INR 10 Lakhs. Various recruiters participated in the recruitment process of SDMIMD including Oracle, Wipro, Deloitte, HDFC Bank, Morgan Stanley and more.
SDMIMD Mysore has released placement data for the PGDM 2024-26 batch yet. SDMIMD recorded an average CTC of INR 10.10 LPA and a highest CTC of INR 16.25 LPA in that season.
Key numbers from the SDMIMD Placement Report for the PGDM 2024-26 batch:
- Top 10% of the batch averaged INR 13.80 LPA and the top 50% averaged INR 10.70 LPA.
- More than 30 companies took part, of which 10 were first-time recruiters at SDMIMD.
- The highest salary rose 8% over the previous cycle, and more than 10 firms returned for a third consecutive year or longer.
- Infosys, Wipro, Schneider Electric, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, TTK Prestige, Federal Bank, Coffee Day Global, Ujjivan SFB, Bajaj Housing Finance and MakeMyTrip were among the recruiters.
The institute reports that all eligible students of the 2024-26 batch were placed. Roles offered included Management Trainee, Consultant, Business Analyst and Credit Analyst positions.
SDMIMD Placement Highlights 2026
The table below summarises the officially disclosed outcomes for the PGDM 2024-26 batch, the latest completed placement season at SDMIMD.
| Particulars | PGDM 2024-26 Batch Statistics |
|---|---|
| Programme covered | PGDM (two year, full time, MBA equivalent) |
| Average CTC | INR 10.10 LPA |
| Highest CTC | INR 16.25 LPA |
| Top 10% average CTC | INR 13.80 LPA |
| Top 50% average CTC | INR 10.70 LPA |
| Recruiters participating | 30+ |
| First-time recruiters | 10 |
| Recruiters returning for 3 years or more | 10+ |
| Change in highest CTC | 8% increase |
| Largest hiring sector | BFSI (44% of offers) |
| Placement status | All eligible students placed |
Note: SDMIMD states that all eligible students of the 2024-26 batch were placed. The institute's Director separately noted that over 92% of the 2024-26 batch was placed before the annual convocation held in early April 2026. The two figures use different denominators, one counting eligible students and the other counting the batch as a whole at a specific cut-off date.
SDMIMD Placement Trends: 2022 to 2026
SDMIMD publishes a one-page placement report for every graduating PGDM batch. Five consecutive reports are currently available, which allows a like-for-like comparison of salary bands and recruiter counts.
| Particulars | 2026 (2024-26) | 2025 (2023-25) | 2024 (2022-24) | 2023 (2021-23) | 2022 (2020-22) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest CTC | INR 16.25 LPA | INR 15.25 LPA | INR 14.00 LPA | INR 13.00 LPA | INR 13.00 LPA |
| Average CTC | INR 10.10 LPA | INR 10.00 LPA | INR 10.00 LPA | INR 9.80 LPA | INR 8.90 LPA |
| Top 10% average CTC | INR 13.80 LPA | INR 13.00 LPA | INR 12.70 LPA | INR 12.00 LPA | - |
| Top 50% average CTC | INR 10.70 LPA | INR 10.70 LPA | INR 11.06 LPA | INR 11.00 LPA | - |
| Recruiters participating | 30+ | 40+ | 37+ | 25+ | 19 |
| First-time recruiters | 10 | 12+ | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Key Takeaways:
- The highest CTC has risen in every cycle since 2023, moving from INR 13.00 LPA to INR 16.25 LPA, a gain of 25% over four years.
- The average CTC has been far flatter, moving only from INR 8.90 LPA to INR 10.10 LPA across five cycles, with three of those years clustered at INR 10 LPA.
- The top 50% average has slipped from INR 11.06 LPA in 2024 to INR 10.70 LPA in 2026, which indicates the salary gains have concentrated at the upper end of the batch.
- Recruiter count peaked at 40 plus for the 2023-25 batch and came down to just above 30 for the 2024-26 batch, which the institute attributes to a cautious hiring market.
Sector-Wise Placement Distribution
SDMIMD publishes a sector split for each batch. BFSI and IT together have absorbed roughly 76% to 80% of offers in the last two cycles.
| Sector | 2024-26 Batch | 2023-25 Batch |
|---|---|---|
| BFSI | 44% | 41% |
| IT and Services | 36% | 35% |
| Consulting | 9% | 8% |
| FMCG / FMCD | 4% | 1% |
| Real Estate | 2% | - |
| E-Commerce | 1% | 3% |
| Investment Banking | 1% | 2% |
| Manufacturing | 1% | 1% |
| Market Research | 1% | 4% |
| Wealth Management | - | 4% |
| NGO | 1% | - |
| Others | - | 1% |
Key Takeaways:
- BFSI overtook IT as the single largest recruiting sector from the 2023-25 batch onward and widened that lead to 8 percentage points in 2026.
- Wealth management and market research roles, which accounted for 8% of offers in 2025, dropped to 1% in 2026.
- For the 2022-24 batch the mix was different, with IT and ITES at 33%, consumer products at 9%, consulting at 7% and manufacturing at 7%.
Specialisation-Wise Placement Distribution
SDMIMD students pick single or dual specialisations in the second year from Finance, Marketing, Systems, Data Analytics, Human Resources and Operations. The institute maps every offer back to a functional domain.
| Specialisation | 2023-25 Batch | 2022-24 Batch |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | 38% | 40% |
| Systems | 26% | 43% |
| Finance | 21% | 14% |
| Human Resources | 8% | 3% |
| Operations | 7% | - |
Systems roles halved as a share of offers between the 2022-24 and 2023-25 batches, while finance and HR roles expanded. The institute did not publish a domain split for the 2024-26 batch.
SDMIMD Placement Process and the 2025-27 Batch
SDMIMD runs a centralised placement process through its Career Services office and a student Placement Committee. Companies submit a job description with compensation and location, which the committee circulates to students before a pre-placement presentation on campus.
The institute follows a strict one student, one offer policy. Once a student accepts an offer, they are withdrawn from all further placement processes, and an offer is treated as valid only after the placement office receives written or email confirmation.
The published calendar for the outgoing PGDM 2025-27 batch is as follows.
| Stage | Timeline |
|---|---|
| Pre-placement talks | September 2026 |
| Final placements | October to December 2026 |
| Students reporting to employers | April 2027 |
Profile of the Batch Entering Placements
The 2025-27 placement brochure lists 234 students available for recruitment, the largest cohort SDMIMD has taken to a placement season so far.
| Particulars | PGDM 2025-27 Batch |
|---|---|
| Students available for placement | 234 |
| Male / Female | 62% / 38% |
| Freshers / with work experience | 71% / 29% |
| Karnataka / outside Karnataka | 44% / 56% |
| Largest specialisation pairing | Finance and Marketing (105 students) |
| Second largest pairing | Marketing and Systems (65 students) |
Marketing and Human Resources accounts for 29 students, Finance and Systems for 14, and Marketing and Operations for 10. Smaller groups take core Finance, Finance and HR, Finance and Operations, Systems and HR, and Systems and Operations.
Every student in the batch completes a two-month summer internship between the two academic years. The 2025-27 profile book lists internship hosts including SAIL, Maruti Suzuki Arena, Geojit Financial Services, Kogta Financial, Tata Power Solar, Jubilant Biosys, Apollo BGS Hospital, Aequs and N Rangarao and Sons.
SDMIMD Top Recruiters
SDMIMD classifies a set of about 43 companies as regular recruiting partners, meaning firms that have returned to campus across multiple cycles. More than 10 of them recruited from the 2024-26 batch for the third consecutive year or longer.
| Sector | Recruiters |
|---|---|
| Banking and NBFC | HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Federal Bank, South Indian Bank, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, ESAF Small Finance Bank, Bajaj Housing Finance, Sundaram Home Finance, Home First Finance, SMFG India Credit, CreditAccess Grameen, Inprime Finserve, Neo Credit |
| Financial services and broking | Anand Rathi, Morgan Stanley, ICICI Prudential Life, Hitachi Cash Management Services |
| IT and consulting | Infosys, Infosys BPM, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Oracle, Deloitte, Capgemini, Neosys, Equalizer RCM |
| Consumer, retail and FMCG | Tata Consumer Products, L'Oreal, TTK Prestige, Reliance Retail, Cafe Coffee Day, Coffee Day Global, Zomato, MakeMyTrip |
| Manufacturing and infrastructure | Schneider Electric, Escorts Kubota, UltraTech Cement, Freudenberg Gala, Veolia Water Technologies, Power Rays, 42 Estates |
| Research, logistics and social sector | Feedback Insights, Afcom Cargo, Akshaya Patra Foundation |
Ten companies recruited at SDMIMD for the first time in the 2024-26 cycle, drawn mainly from banking and financial services, consumer products and manufacturing. The 2023-25 cycle added more than 12 new names, including Tata Consumer Products.
The recruiter mix has shifted over time. Hindustan Unilever, L&T Infotech, IBM and EY GDS appear in the 2020-22 and 2021-23 reports, while Zomato, Reliance Retail, MakeMyTrip and several small finance banks are recent additions.
SDMIMD Placement FAQs
Ques. Has SDMIMD released placement data for the 2025-27 batch?
Ans. No. SDMIMD has not published any figures for the PGDM 2025-27 batch. The institute's own calendar places pre-placement talks in September 2026 and final placements between October and December 2026, so a report is unlikely before early 2027. The latest official document is the placement report for the PGDM 2024-26 batch.
Ques. Why do SDMIMD placement reports and NIRF filings show different numbers?
Ans. The two documents count different groups. SDMIMD's placement reports state that all eligible students were placed, where eligible means students who met academic requirements and opted into campus recruitment. NIRF filings report the entire graduating cohort, so the 2023-24 filing shows 156 placed out of 176 graduates. Students who choose family business, entrepreneurship or an off-campus route are counted in the NIRF denominator but not in the institute's eligible pool.
Ques. What does the one student, one offer policy mean for a student at SDMIMD?
Ans. It means a student is removed from the placement process as soon as they convert their first offer. There is no option to sit for a higher-paying company later in the season. The policy is designed to help recruiters plan headcount and to spread offers across the batch, but it does mean an early offer effectively closes the season for that student.
Ques. Which sectors and roles dominate hiring at SDMIMD?
Ans. BFSI and IT have accounted for about 76% to 80% of offers in the last two cycles, with BFSI at 44% and IT and services at 36% for the 2024-26 batch. The most common designations across reports are Management Trainee, Consultant, Business Analyst, Credit Analyst, Functional Analyst and Key Account Manager. Consulting has stayed in a narrow 7% to 9% band for four straight years.
Ques. Do SDMIMD placement reports disclose international offers or internship stipends?
Ans. No. Every figure in the SDMIMD placement reports is quoted as CTC in INR lakh per annum, and no offer is identified as an international or dollar-denominated package. The institute also does not publish summer internship stipend data in its placement reports, although it names the companies that host interns in the batch profile book.
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