In the first phase of placements, IIT-D received 300 offers. This also includes pre-placement offers. Whereas, IIT-BHU saw 396 offers in the first slot.
IIIT-BHU saw a total of 30 companies making job offers on the first day of placements.
- They offered 217 jobs with annual CTC ranging from Rs 64.2 lakh to Rs 11.50 lakh pa.
- This is an increase from last year’s range which was between Rs 58.21 lakh to Rs 10 lakh pa.
- A total of 1,365 students applied from which 396 have already been placed.
- Companies having come to hire students from IIT-BHU include Alphonso, AppDynamics, Codenation, Flipkart APM, Microsoft, Jaguar, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Bajaj amongst others.
- On the second day of the placements, companies like Paytm, Deloitte, Oyo, ICICI came to the institute.
IIT-Delhi received 300 offers on the first day of placements. However, this number also includes those students who got multiple job offers.
- Around 13 students have opted out of the placements and will pursue entrepreneurship after their graduation.
- Such students get the option of being able to avail placement services once for up to 2 years.
- Recruiters like Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Intel, etc came to the university in the first round.
The institutes have taken several steps due to which they have witnessed a rise in salary packages offered to the students compared to last year.
All institutes have moved their placement process online. IIT-Delhi conducted virtual placement process for the first time whereas IIT-Madras had already started online internship process.
Some institutes like IIT-D and IIT-M have also allowed students who couldn’t bag their preferred job last year to reappear in the current round of placements.
The Office Career Services (OCS) at IIT-D is also providing various other services like test series, expert talks, seminars, etc to help students prepare for the virtual placement process.
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