What companies recruited at IIM Indore for summer internships in 2025 and what were their stipend packages?

IIM Indore's 2025 Summer Internship Program (SIP) saw participation from approximately 152 companies, though the quality and compensation varied significantly across the batch — and the picture that emerges is more contested than either the institute's official narrative or its harshest critics suggest.

The headline number most students reference is an average placed stipend of ₹80k–85k per month across the batch. Mid-tier recruiters were largely clustered in the ₹50k–85k range, which, in our experience tracking peer institution benchmarks, sits roughly in line with what other large-batch IIMs report toward the tail end of placement completion. With a batch size exceeding 500 students, it is well understood that later recruitment rounds will pull in companies offering lower compensation — that context matters when evaluating any single data point.

That said, there are legitimate concerns we've seen raised consistently by current students and recent alumni. Reportedly, 70–80% of companies that had hired for General Management, Marketing, and Consulting roles the prior year did not return for the 2025 cycle. Overall placement rates were cited at around 55%, with approximately 40% of placed students going into what many characterise as sales-heavy or low-differentiation roles. Premium consulting names — EY-Parthenon, KPMG, and McKinsey — were notably absent or non-participatory.

On the other side of that ledger, tier-1 financial and FMCG recruiters did show up. JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and HUL all participated. However, an important nuance here: 9 out of 16 JP Morgan offers, along with all Godrej offers — which came in at ₹2.2 lakh per month — reportedly went to IPM batch students rather than the PGP cohort. This distinction matters considerably if you are evaluating outcomes for a two-year MBA admit specifically.

Beyond recruiter mix, we've also tracked concerns about the placement process itself — specifically, allegations of CV shortlisting bias, placement committee politics, and structural pressure on students including a reported nine-attempt limit on placements, even against a backdrop of 40–50% students still seeking roles at various stages.

The honest assessment is this: IIM Indore does attract marquee names, and for IPM students in particular, outcomes at the top of the distribution are strong. For PGP students, however, the 2025 cycle raised genuine questions about whether recruiter depth has kept pace with batch expansion. Whether this reflects a cyclical market correction or a more structural shift in recruiter preference is still being debated — and we would caution against drawing firm conclusions from a single placement season.