The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has recorded a historic high in job offers received during the first phase of campus placements for the academic year 2021-22.
At the end of the phase, 73 percent of the 1,500 students who opted for campus placements received job offers. The second phase of placements will begin in the second half of January 2022, a release from the institute said.
45 international offers
During the first phase that concluded on December 10, 1,085 offers were made by 226 companies. This includes 45 international offers from 14 companies, which is also a new record. In addition, 62 start-ups also made 186 placement offers during this process.
Of the 45 international offers made in this phase, eleven were from Rakuten Mobile, Inc. had come from Other international placement offers were from Glenn, Micron Technologies, Honda R&D, Cohesity, Da Vinci Derivatives, Accenture Japan, Hilabs Inc., Quantbox Research, MediaTek, Money. Forward, Rubric, TermGrid and Uber, the release said.
top recruiter
The top recruiters (in terms of number of job offers) during 2021-22 include American Express, Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd., Bajaj Auto Ltd. and EXL Service.
Data science and analytics, core engineering and technology, financial services, information technology and software development were among the top sectors.
With 231 pre-placement offers (PPOs), which arise out of internships and are made before the first phase, the total number of job offers in this academic year is 1,316, the release said.
quality of training
CS Shankar Ram, Advisor (Placements), IIT Madras said, “The quality of academic training and overall development of students during their program at IIT Madras is reflected in this year’s exceptional Phase I placements.”
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