S. Vishnu Sharma
Placement at IIT Madras during the Phase I has been highly impressive. As many as 1085 offers were made during the Phase I which is the highest ever. Over 73 percent of students who have registered for placements in the Phase I have got job offers.
Placement at IIT Madras
The first phase of campus placement at IIT Madras concluded on 10 December this year and the second phase would commence from mid January next year. The highlight point with regards to first phase of campus placement at IIT Madras is that 45 international offers were received.
The institution has recorded a historic high in job offers received during Phase I of campus placement at IIT Madras for the Academic Year 2021-22.
Companies
Over 226 companies have made as many as 1085 offers during the first phase of campus placement at IIT Madras. Over 14 companies have made international offers which is also a new record high.
Even startup companies also had a presence during the campus placement at IIT Madras for 2021-22 academic year. Over 62 startup companies have made 186 offers during the first phase of this campus placement at IIT Madras.
Students
Combined with the 231 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs), which arise from Internships and are made before Phase I, the total number of job offers stands at 1,316 at the end of Phase I. A total of 1,500 students registered for Phase I placement at IIT Madras for 2021-22.
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Phase I
Professor C.S. Shankar Ram spoke about Phase 1 of campus placement at IIT Madras. Professor Shankar is the Advisor (placement) at IIT Madras. ‘The quality of academic training and the overall development of students during their program at IIT Madras are reflected in this year’s exceptional Phase I Placements.’
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The Institute Placement team thanks companies who have made offers to our students and looks forward to working with more companies in Phase II, he said speaking about placement at IIT Madras.
International offers
As far as international offers at first phase of placement at IIT Madras are concerned, 11 offers came from Rakuten Mobile Inc. Other international offers came from Glean, Micron Technologies, Honda R and D, Cohesity, Da Vinci Derivatives, Accenture Japan, Hilabs Inc., Quantbox Research, MediaTek, Money Forward, Rubrik, Termgrid and Uber.
Top recruiters
Top recruiters in terms of job offers during 2021-22 placement at IIT Madras include American Express (16 offers), Microsoft India Pvt Ltd (16 offers), Bajaj Auto Ltd (15 offers).
The other top recruiters during this campus placement at IIT Madras are EXL Service (15 offers), IQVIA (14 offers), EXL Service (13 offers), Goldman Sachs and Co LLC (13 offers).
ICICI Bank (12 offers), Larsen & Toubro (12 offers), Amazon (11 offers), Deloitte India (11 offers), Rakuten Mobile Inc (11 offers), Tiger AI (11 offers), Axis Bank Ltd (10 offers), Bain and Company (10 offers), EY India (10 offers) and Intel (10 offers).
Sector-wise breakup
The sector wise breakup of job offers during the first phase of placement at IIT Madras are Data Science and Analytics (19 percent), Core Engineering and Technology (42 percent), Financial Services (7 percent), Information Technology and Software Development (18 percent), Management (6 percent) and Research and Development (8 percent).
About IIT Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an ‘Institute of National Importance.’
The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres.
The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.
IITM is a residential institute with more than 600 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here. IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.
IITM has been ranked No.1 in the ‘Overall’ Category for the third consecutive year in India Ranking 2021 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India.
The Institute has also been ranked No.1 in the ‘Engineering Institutions’ category in the same Rankings for six consecutive years – from 2016 to 2021.
It was also adjudged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) in 2019 and 2020. ARIIA Ranking was launched by the Innovation Cell of Ministry of Education.