At ISB Hyderabad, the average salary paid to women managers was INR 16.4 Lakhs per annum while average salary for whole batch was INR 19.0 Lakhs per annum. So, it seems women managers are paid much less than their male counterparts.
So is this the case of glass-ceiling / discrimination, or different class profile?

ISB Hyderabad also chose to take higher path where its Dean, M. Rammohan Rao, claimed, "We believe that announcing the CTC of a handful of students, out of a large Class of 450, does not give a clear and fair picture of the entire class's performance. In keeping with the tradition followed by international B-schools, we will henceforth share the information that is representative of the student body." But probably the buck stopped there, as unlike their foreign counterparts, ISB chose to give average salary rather than median salary. International business schools provide median salary, not average salary, since average salary figures can be quite misleading.

IIM Bangalore reportedly created history with a large number of International placements in Slot Zero and Slot One. However, there was not much visibility about the companies which were part of Slot One, except ICICI and UAE Exchange. So probably Middle East is becoming a preferred destination at IIMs, or is this just a sign of challenging times?

IIM Lucknow, which is always so much in sync with MHRD, focused on the nation in times of placements. Read this: "With the economy on a high, these students are bound to make the best out of it and lead the way towards a progressive nation," and, "If the trend continues, IIM Lucknow students are bound to leave their foot-marks on the global landscape and make the nation proud." However, they chose to keep all data with themselves, as what has some statistics to do when it comes to the matter of nation???

"Challenges in a young organization are something I look forward to, and aligning my growth story with that of the organization will give me a great amount of satisfaction." No, it was not a statement given by some Country Head about taking a leadership role or becoming a CEO in an upcoming start-up. It was a statement made by a fresh B-school graduate who was going to join a listed bank just as a Manager and was certainly not heading their new business division. (We have kept the name of this student and the concerned company confidential so as not to misalign career paths.)

"A mélange of profiles of every possible kind across all sectors and a plethora of offers to choose from, are few of the factors that led to the path-breaking placements for the outgoing batch - precisely the goal we set out to achieve as the Placement Committee at JBIMS." JBIMS emerged tops on providing well-drafted press-releases with quotes, adjectives, though the pendulum swung in other direction when it came to sharing of actual data.

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