IIT Bombay has released no official 2025–26 placement statistics as of June 2026 — just a single unofficial Day 1 data point: 42 companies, 98 offers, and a media-reported highest offer of about ₹1.48 Cr from trading firm Da Vinci. The placement cell hosts the 2025–26 brochure but the most recent finalised report on its site is for 2023–24. Below is what's verifiable, the honest 2024–25 baseline (where the institute's overall placement rate actually fell to 69.3%), and the NIRF 2026 figures sourced directly from IIT Bombay's own PDF.
What does IIT Bombay's 2025–26 placement season look like so far?
IIT Bombay is the opacity outlier of the top three. Where IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur both put out interim numbers by end of December, the IIT Bombay placement cell has issued no official 2025–26 statement. The only data point is from a Hindustan Times / HT Syndication report on 2 December 2025 — that's student/media reporting from Day 1, not an institute release. The widely-quoted "₹1.48 Cr highest" from Da Vinci is from that same media report and not officially confirmed.
IIT Bombay 2025–26 — only Day 1 data exists
| Metric | Day 1 (1 Dec 2025) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Companies participating | 42 | Hindustan Times, 2 Dec 2025 (HT Syndication) |
| Offers rolled out | 98 | Same |
| Interim selections (reported) | ~70 | Same |
| Highest offer (reported, media) | ~£125,000 (≈ ₹1.48 Cr) — Da Vinci, trading | Same |
| Official Phase 1 totals | Not released | — |
| Official salary aggregates | Not released | — |
The placement cell site (campus.placements.iitb.ac.in) hosts the 2025–26 brochure but no published 2025–26 report.
What about the previous cycle — what actually happened in 2024–25?
This is where most of the verifiable IIT Bombay data lives. The 2024–25 figures come from the institute's annual report and NIRF submission rather than a standalone placement-cell PDF (treat that as official-derived rather than placement-cell-published).
IIT Bombay — 2024–25 placement-year (batch of 2025)
| Metric | 2024–25 | 2023–24 (comparison) |
|---|---|---|
| Students registered for placement | 2,469 | — |
| Students who participated | 2,040 (82.7%) | — |
| Students who accepted offers | 1,422 | — |
| Overall placement rate | 69.3% | 75% |
| Companies participating | 417 | — |
| Average CTC | ₹26.45 LPA | ~₹24 LPA |
| Median CTC | ₹20.00 LPA | — |
| Largest recruiting sector | Engineering (429 offers) | — |
| Second-largest sector | IT (316 offers) | — |
Source: IIT Bombay institutional annual report and NIRF 2026 submission. The overall placement rate falling from 75% to 69.3% generated significant coverage and is the single biggest fact about IIT Bombay's recent cycle.
What is the median package at IIT Bombay in 2026?
NIRF 2026 — which we sourced directly from the institute's own PDF — gives the cleanest median figure available. The PDF actually spells the number out in words: "2020860 (Twenty Lakh Twenty Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Only)".
IIT Bombay — NIRF 2026 (verified from institute PDF)
| Programme | Students placed | Median CTC | YoY (vs NIRF 2025) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UG 4-year (B.Tech) | 730 | ₹20.21 LPA | up from ₹19.61 LPA (+3.1%) |
| PG 2-year | 779 | ₹18.00 LPA | up from ₹17.30 LPA (+4.0%) |
Source: NIRF_IITBombay_2026_Overall_Category.pdf, iitb.ac.in.
What about the ₹3.67 crore record I keep seeing?
That figure (and ₹2.2 Cr from Da Vinci-Amsterdam) is a prior-cycle international offer, not 2025–26. It surfaces across media coverage every season because it's a clean headline — but it's not the current season's record. The 2025–26 number actually circulating (Da Vinci ~₹1.48 Cr) is a media report from Day 1, not an institute disclosure, and it's lower than the prior cycle records. If you're using a "highest package" figure to make a decision, cross-check the season and source.
Why is IIT Bombay's placement rate lower than IIT Delhi or Kanpur?
Three reasons that come up in the actual reporting:
- Larger registered cohort. IIT Bombay has 2,469 students registered for placement — bigger than Delhi or Kanpur — so even with more total offers, the percentage placed drops mechanically.
- More students opting out of placements. Higher rates of self-employment, family business, MBA prep and CAT-route students at IIT Bombay reduce the denominator that registers but inflate the un-placed share when the % is reported as "rate".
- Stricter "accepted" reporting. IIT Bombay's 69.3% counts students who actually accepted a final offer. Many institutes report "students with at least one offer" — a higher number for the same pool.
All three points come from the institute's own annual report context and follow-up media analysis.
Who is hiring at IIT Bombay?
For 2025–26 specifically, only Day 1 names have surfaced in media: Da Vinci, Microsoft, Google are reported as Day 1 recruiters. For the full 2024–25 cycle, Engineering was the largest sector (429 offers) followed by IT (316 offers); the institute does not publish a full company-by-company list in its public reports.
When does the final 2025–26 report come out?
IIT Bombay does not have a fixed public schedule for placement reports. Historically the most recent standalone PDF on the placement cell site is 2023–24 — the institute went two cycles without publishing a standalone year-specific report. Expect the next confirmed verifiable IIT Bombay placement data to come with NIRF 2027 (around April–May 2027), unless the placement cell breaks pattern and publishes a 2025–26 report sooner.
What IIT Bombay students are actually saying
From r/iitbombay (14 June 2026, 10up / 11 comments), an IIT Bombay student literally asked the same question this post answers — "why isn't the placement report on the placement website?" The top reply is the cleanest summary of why the opacity is a problem:
"If you don't release the data, people don't have a basis to criticize you for the placement stats that have apparently gone from worse to pathetic. Big bren moov." — u/NilpotentNecromancer (10 upvotes)
Another current student observed that the transparency reduction has been compounding:
"They are decreasing transparency for placement results in like last 2 years. Like last year (2024-25) they were not reporting the company and person selected on day-by-day placement results, just giving the info about the list of people selected on that day but not the company to which they were selected." — u/Special-Revolution-2
One commenter suggests an RTI (Right to Information request) as the workaround — which is what the AIPC's "stop publishing high packages" policy effectively pushes serious researchers toward. The thread itself is the cleanest live evidence that the lack of a 2024–25 or 2025–26 standalone report isn't just an editorial omission; it's a pattern that current IIT Bombay students themselves notice and criticise.
Frequently asked questions
Has IIT Bombay 2025–26 placement been completed?
The season began 1 December 2025 with 42 companies on Day 1. No official Phase 1 or Phase 2 figures have been released by the institute. Treat aggregator pages claiming "IIT Bombay placement 2026" data as unofficial unless they cite the placement cell directly.
What is the highest package at IIT Bombay 2025–26?
The widely-quoted ₹1.48 Cr (Da Vinci) is from a Hindustan Times media report on Day 1, not an official institute disclosure. The prior cycle record (₹3.67 Cr international) circulates in coverage but is not the current season's number.
What is the median package at IIT Bombay?
The most recent verifiable median is ₹20.21 LPA for B.Tech (UG 4-year) from NIRF 2026, covering 2024–25. PG 2-year median is ₹18 LPA.
What was IIT Bombay's actual placement rate in 2024–25?
69.3% overall (1,422 students accepted offers out of 2,040 who participated, from 2,469 who registered). This is down from 75% in 2023–24 — the single biggest fact about IIT Bombay's recent cycle.
Why doesn't IIT Bombay publish a standalone placement report?
It used to (the 2023–24 report is the most recent standalone PDF), but the institute has shifted toward reporting via NIRF submissions and the annual institutional report rather than a yearly placement-cell PDF. The next standalone document, if it comes, would cover 2024–25 or 2025–26.
Sources: NIRF 2026 institute PDF (link), IIT Bombay placement cell (link), Hindustan Times Mumbai Day 1 report (HT Syndication, 2 Dec 2025), CollegeDekho, Shiksha, Bold News (carried HT report). Hero image via Wikimedia Commons. Last updated: 19 June 2026.