New Delhi: An Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi student has bagged a Rs 1.45 crore job offer at the just concluded placement season.
The girl student, who will pass out in 2020, broke new records as she bagged the highest pay package offered to an IIIT student so far in the country, said an institute statement.
IIT Delhi is better known as the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT).
The placement vibe at the campus has been overwhelming despite the dull sentiment prevailing in the job market. The students from the 2020 batch have received a total of 562 offers, including 310 full-time and 252 internships, along with one international offer from Facebook, the statement said.
The pay package offered to some students was close to Rs 43 lakh and Rs 33 lakh. The average compensation stood Rs 16.33 lakh, the statement added.
The top companies which recruited from the campus included Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Wadhwani AI, WDC, Tower Research, HSBC MathWorks, Harmon Kardon, Reliance &Samsung R&D etc. IIIT-Delhi will hold the second phase of placement in December.