ahmedabad the final placements for iim ahmedabads flagship pgp programme in 2018 reported 358 jump in the maximum domestic pay package soaring from rs 53 lakh per annum in 2017 to rs 72 lakh this year the overall rise is reported at 82 from rs 225 lakh to rs 244 lakh while the overall average international package has gone up by 72 the maximum package has gone down from us 127275 to us 99172 the figures were released in the placement report audited by brickwork ratings on thursday it covered summer and final placements of pgp pgpfabm food and agribusiness management courses along with pgpx executive final placementsaccording to the report accenture strategy was the top recruiter for the year 2018 with 18 offers followed by bcg 15 and amazon 14 a total of 388 students had accepted the offers whereas 10 students opted out of the placementsectorwise consulting firms made highest offers 119 followed by banking financial services and insurance 54 fmcg 39 online services 37 and conglomerates 5 the maximum offers were made for consulting followed by marketing and sales general management finance product or category management and research advisorycompared to 18 international placements this year 16 opted for foreign locations led by germany 4 hong kong and uae 3 each and singapore and malaysia 2 each nigeria and vietnam saw one placement each in india mumbai topped the charts with attracting 106 of 372 domestic placements it was followed by delhi ncr 84 and bengaluru 48sectorwise consulting fetched the highest average paypackage at rs 2185 lakh whereas real estate sector was the secondbest paymaster with average package of rs 1964 lakh25 jump in best pgpx packagefor the other courses pgpx placements showed 255 jump in maximum domestic package with rs 546 lakh per annum the figure was rs 43 lakh last year the average package rose from rs 2848 lakh to rs 2884 lakh this year there was no international placement for pgpx course according to the data whereas this year maximum package is us 70252 per annum and average package is us 67261 the pgpfabm showed a slight dip in average domestic package