IIT Bombay, Roorkee, Guwahati report modest Day 1 placements
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, Jaguar Land Rover, and Whirlpool. IIT-Roorkee did not disclose the salaries offered, only stating that “as compared to last year, we have received the highest international salary".
Students at IIT-Guwahati received 164 offers from 59 companies by evening, including for core engineering, software and business analyst job profiles, as against 160 offers by 46 companies for the same period during last year’s placements. Its students had already received 214 pre-placement offers , many in core engineering and finance profiles. Top recruiters in the first two sessions at IIT-Guwahati included Google, Microsoft, HPCL, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Sachin Bansal’s fintech startup Navi.
In terms of salaries, too, Day 1 offers have been encouraging, the institute said. “The institute has received as many as 11 placement offers above ₹1 crore package… so far as compared to seven offers in 2022-2023," IIT-Guwahati said in a statement. “More than 50 startups have also registered for recruitment in the ongoing academic year, along with seven public sector undertakings," the institute added.
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