IIT DELHI PLACEMENT
IITian gets trolled for using death in IIT to talk about his startup: 'Can't even let him rest in peace'
An IIT Bombay graduate is facing criticism. His LinkedIn post about a student's death sparked controversy. The post mourned Rohit Sinha's death. It then promoted the founder's recruitment startup. Reddit users accused him of insensitivity. They felt he exploited the tragedy for business. Rohit Sinha, a final-year student, allegedly died by suicide.
IIT Delhi UG students bag 850 unique offers so far in ongoing placement season
IIT Delhi's undergraduate students from the Class of 2025 have already surpassed previous placement records, securing over 850 unique job offers. Major recruiters like Google, Microsoft, and PSUs actively participated, with international offers spanning across multiple countries. A significant portion of the 2024 batch opted for alternative career paths, a trend expected to continue.
IIT Delhi and Kanpur achieve record job offers in 2024-25 placement season
IIT Delhi and Kanpur's 2024-25 placement season kicked off strongly, with over 1,200 and 1,109 job offers received respectively. Top recruiters included major tech and finance companies, with a notable increase in international and core industry offers. Both institutes anticipate continued success in the upcoming placement phase.
Economy is on strong footing then why such low salaries for IITians?
With companies scaling back on hiring and offering lower salary packages, IIT students at the tail-end – those that haven’t been placed yet – are being offered annual packages below Rs 10L
IITs strive to beat placement winter blues
The schools are going all out to get more recruiters to campuses. The placement season ends in May-June for the IITs. Two of the top schools - IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi - have provided official placement data to ET. At IIT Bombay, the top choice for those who clear the entrance exam process, 33% of the 1,973 students participating in placements were yet to get jobs as of April 4. The older IITs are typically regarded by candidates as the most desirable. Apart from the eight older ones, India has 15 other IITs set up since 2008. IT-BHU became IIT-BHU (Varanasi) in 2012 by an act of Parliament.
Lack of mass hiring by Amazon and other big cos adds to the woes of IITD students amid 30% drop in job offers
IIT Delhi's 2024 placement season faced challenges as students struggled to secure roles despite approaching numerous recruiters. The demand for specialized skills and absence of top firms added to the pressure, reflecting the tough job market conditions.
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Many IIT students grapple with tough job market of 2024: From pay package woes to placement challenges
After failing to secure a job during the recent placement season, an undergraduate from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi turned to LinkedIn in hopes of finding employment but faced continued disappointment. Describing the 2024 placement season as lackluster, he emphasized the pressure felt by students. At IIT Delhi, placements occur in three phases,
1,000 IIT Delhi class of 2024 students have job offers in hand after phase 1 of placement
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has received around 1,050 job offers for the 2024 academic year, including pre-placement offers (PPOs), following phase 1 of campus placement. Over 50 students are offered international postings by around 20 international organisations across various geographies. Top recruiters include Air India, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Goldman Sachs, Bajaj Auto, and Ola Electric.
Placement season: At IITs, startups score advantage points
IITs like Kanpur and BHU are seeing about a 30-40% jump in the number of startups compared to last year, placement sources told ET.
Placement 2022-23: 20% more job offers this placement season at IIT Delhi
Over 50 students have bagged domestic offers of over Rs 1 crore. Around 650 full-time job offers and around 550 unique job selections were bagged by students by the end of Day 1 spanning December 1 and 2, 2022.
Robust placement drive at IIT Delhi: 45% jump in number of job offers on Day 1 compared to last year
The placement season at IIT Delhi started on December 1 and will continue till May for full time hiring of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Over 350 national and international organisations offering 750 job plus profiles across multiple sectors have already registered for hiring students as of now, the institute said in its statement.
IIT Delhi to start final placement season on Dec 1 in virtual mode
Entire interview process will be conducted in a single slot each day unlike other campuses, according to the release.
IIT Delhi students bag over 925 job offers in phase 1 of placement season
Top recruiters on the campus in terms of number of students recruited included Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Tata Projects, EXL Services, ICICI Bank, Goldman Sachs, HCL, Wells Fargo and IQVIA, according to a release issued by the IIT.
IIT Placements: 2 weeks on, 50% bag jobs
ET spoke to all seven IITs about their individual placement numbers so far — and the total across all the institutes comes to 5,300. Top recruiters so far include Microsoft, Intel, Flipkart, Oracle, Vedanta, L&T and ICICI, say IIT placement cells.
IIT Delhi students bag over 300 job offers on Day 1 of placement season
The students at the institute have received around 150 pre-placement offers (including PPOs for international locations) as of now. Top recruiters on Day 1 in terms of number of students recruited included Microsoft, Intel, Goldman Sachs.
IIT Delhi students receives 10% more job offers than last year
Over 960 students at the IIT Delhi have got job offers in the first phase of placement that started on December 1 and ended on December 13. Students have bagged 187 pre-placement offers (PPOs) up to now, an increase of 8% over last year. This is the highest number of offers received by the institute compared to the past years from various domestic and international organisations, according to the IIT.
No slowdown in jobs for IITians
First round of placements at the IITs show firms are eager to pick up talent and ready to pay to get the best.
IIT Delhi students receive 244 offers on Day 1
Microsoft has offered the highest number of offers to 30 students including 2 international offers, followed by Intel which gave 27 domestic offers. Other international offers include one each from Uber USA and Squarepoint Singapore. Among other companies offering high number of offers include Qualcomm with 16 offers and Goldman with 12 offers.
Over 350 firms to take part in IIT Delhi campus placements
The foreign organisations that will be offering jobs to the IIT Delhi students are mainly from the European region, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, US etc.
Google resumes talent hunt at IITs after 2-year break
At the last All-IIT Placement Committee (AIPC) meeting in October, the schools had decided to discourage off-campus recruitments.
IIT Delhi registers 10% increase in placements till day 10
Anishya Madan at the Training and Placement Unit of IIT Delhi maintains that, “We have recorded a good jump in the recruitment of students this year which is a positive sign.”
IIT graduates go for core sector jobs over fat pay package from startups
In a first, four out of every 10 offers made and accepted in IIT placements so far this year are from the core sector.
IIT-Delhi: Over 60 per cent placement in first phase
According to IIT Delhi's placement cell, there was a surge in international offers this season with over 20 students bagging offers paying over US $100,000 base pay.
For the first time in almost a decade, Google to give placements a miss at most IITs
"There was an internal decision taken by the company to go the offcampus route. Most of the IITs agreed to this. But Delhi and Bombay have different processes in place," said an IIT Delhi official.
Pre-placement offers offers at all-time high this year in IITs
The number of offers at some IITs has already shot up about a third than that a year ago, officials said, even as companies have more than two weeks left to snap up talent through PPOs from the premier engineering institutes.
McKinsey skips IIT campus placements; recruits the off-campus way this year
McKinsey is among a few companies that are taking the off-campus route to hire fresh talent from the nation’s top engineering colleges this year.
IITs keeping a sharp eye on companies flouting placement guidelines
IITs are keeping a sharp eye on companies flouting placement guidelines even as the war for talent at IITs begins on Tuesday amid rising concerns.
Restaurant guide Zomato goes off placements menu at IITs
Zomato, valued at over $1 bn, was denied a day one slot as a recruiter as its salary offers, amounting to a total of Rs 26 lakh, was too low.
IIT-B, D take spin out of CTC, tell firms to cite taxable pay
IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi have fundamentally altered the way companies conduct business with students during placement season.
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