New Delhi: About 60 offers made to the IIT-Delhi students on the opening day of the placement drive are over Rs 1 crore, according to news agency PTI’s sources.
More than 350 national and international companies offering over 750 job profiles across various sectors have already registered for hiring as of now.
Officials said there has been over 45 per cent rise in the offers received by the campus and over 35 per cent rise in the indicative remuneration offered by companies visiting on Thursday as compared with last year.
“IIT Delhi students bagged over 400 placement offers including pre-placement offers (PPOs) highest in past 5 years by the end of the first day of the placement season on December 1,” a statement from the institute said.
Several students have received multiple job offers. “Around 180 PPOs have been received as of now and 7 students have opted for deferred placements facility of the institute. Deferred placements facility is available to students who wish to set up a start-up post their graduation,” the statement said.
“We are confident that given the new ways of recruiting and our scheduling paradigm; companies will be able to make good hiring decisions. We look forward to this positive hiring trend continuing for the rest of the season,” Head, Office of Career Services, IIT Delhi, Anishya Obhrai Madan, was quoted as saying by the statement.
Top recruiters on the hiring spree included Bain, Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, Graviton, Intel, Microsoft, NK Securities and Texas Instruments and others.
“For the first time, few organisations have indicated that their salaries in India may be higher than those paid by organisations recruiting for international profiles,” the career services head said.
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