Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences

What is the average package at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences?

The latest reported median package at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow is Rs 30.5 LPA for its PG 3-year programmes and Rs 24 LPA for its PG 2-year programmes, based on the 2024 graduating cohort recorded in the NIRF Medical 2025 report. The highest package documented for the institute is around Rs 30 lakh per annum. Unlike engineering or management campuses, SGPGIMS does not run conventional corporate placement drives; instead, its MD and MS students are appointed as junior residents and its DM and MCh super-specialty students are appointed as senior residents, and these salaried clinical roles, paid on government pay scales, are what the NIRF "package" figures effectively capture. As a government Institute of National Importance (established 1983, NAAC A++ accredited) ranked 5th in NIRF Medical 2025 with a score of 70.09, SGPGIMS reported 100% placement for both PG streams in 2024.

Because SGPGIMS is a pure postgraduate and super-specialty medical institute, "earning outcome" here means resident salaries and post-completion consultant or faculty positions rather than first-job CTCs handed out by visiting recruiters. The numbers below are drawn from the institute's NIRF Medical disclosures across 2022, 2023 and 2024 (the latest data publicly released); figures for the 2025 and 2026 cohorts are not yet published in NIRF, so the 2024 cohort remains the most recent verified benchmark.

Branch/Course-Wise Package Breakdown

The table below breaks the SGPGIMS earning outcome down by programme tier, which is the only branch-level split the institute publishes through NIRF. It separates the two-year postgraduate programmes from the three-year postgraduate and super-specialty programmes, and answers the question "which type of course at SGPGIMS earns more after completion?" Read it as median annual salary, since NIRF publishes median rather than average figures for medical institutes; the average column therefore mirrors the published median, and the highest column reflects the institute's top documented offer. All figures are from the NIRF Medical 2025 report covering the 2024 graduating batch.

The clear takeaway is that the three-year tier at SGPGIMS commands a meaningfully higher median (Rs 30.5 LPA) than the two-year tier (Rs 24 LPA), a roughly 27% premium that reflects the senior-resident and super-specialty roles these graduates step into. For an aspirant, this means the longer DM, MCh and three-year MD pathways at SGPGIMS translate into stronger documented earning outcomes, while even the two-year programmes clear Rs 24 LPA, well above typical resident pay at most state institutions.

Year-Wise Package Trend

This table tracks how SGPGIMS median earning outcomes have moved across three consecutive NIRF reporting cycles, answering "are packages at SGPGIMS rising over time?" It shows the median for each programme tier alongside the highest documented package, drawn from the institute's NIRF Medical disclosures for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 graduating cohorts. Read each row as the salary outcome for students who completed that year; the highest-package figure has stayed around Rs 30 lakh across the period.

The trajectory is steadily upward: the PG 3-year median climbed from Rs 26.5 LPA (2022) to Rs 28 LPA (2023) to Rs 30.5 LPA (2024), an 8.2% rise in the latest year and about 15% across the three cohorts. The PG 2-year median rose even more sharply, from Rs 16 LPA to Rs 24 LPA over the same span. For an applicant judging SGPGIMS, the consistent year-on-year increase signals that resident and post-completion compensation here is trending firmly higher, not stagnating.

Notable Offers & Package Distribution

The standout figure at SGPGIMS is the top documented package of around Rs 30 lakh per annum, which sits close to the PG 3-year median of Rs 30.5 LPA in 2024, an unusually tight spread that distinguishes a medical PG institute from a corporate-placement campus. At conventional placement campuses, a handful of premium offers tower over a large mass-recruiter base; at SGPGIMS the distribution is compressed because outcomes are driven by standardised government and institutional pay scales rather than competitive bidding by employers.

In practical terms, SGPGIMS residents are paid under the 7th Pay Commission framework, with junior residents on Pay Level 10 and senior residents on Pay Level 11, placing monthly emoluments broadly in the region of Rs 90,000 to Rs 1,20,000. This is why the institute reports a high floor (median Rs 24 LPA even for the two-year tier) rather than a long tail of low offers. The 2024 cohort saw 116 postgraduates recorded as placed (112 from PG 3-year programmes and 4 from PG 2-year programmes) at a 100% placement rate, with graduates moving into senior-resident, consultant and faculty roles across premier government and private hospitals rather than into a roster of corporate recruiters.