IIT Kharagpur students have bagged a total of 1000 job offers in the first phase of placements of this academic year.
This is the first time that placements were conducted virtually.
Amongst the 1000 offers, 30 are international offers from companies like Accenture, TSMC, Sony, Rakuten, and Valuance, etc
More than 200 companies participated in the first phase of the recruitment drive including software, hardware, analytics, consulting, core engineering, education, healthcare, banking, finance. etc.
The average salary offered to the students so far is around Rs 19 lakh pa.
Top recruiters include Google, Microsoft, Apple, Qualcomm, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, American Express, Sony Japan, EXL Service, Oracle, TSMC, amongst others.
“On the closing of Day 1, we had received 400 plus offers which became 900 on the fifth day and crossed 1000 by Day 8,” chairman, Career Development Centre, IIT Kharagpur Prof A Rajakumar said.
“Though pandemic restricted some of the companies to offer more hiring numbers/profiles, IIT KGP achieved significant performance and reassured its legacy,” Rajakumar said.
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