New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- After a tough placement season in 2024, India's leading business schools have said in conversations with Mint that placements are looking sunnier this year. This, even as geopolitical shifts are clearly stamping their mark on the placements, with some recruiters even asking global business environment-related questions of candidates.

Placement heads of some of the older IIMs said that while crore-plus salaries have been coming in, the median pay packages are similar to last year's or have seen marginal uptick. Recruiters from consulting, manufacturing and, in some cases, financial services too have shown higher interest in hiring so far this year.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, one of the older IIM...