With the onset of placement season o
December 1, 2014 - the month lon
celebrations began for final year students. Th
Day One saw 163 offers made by 27 visitin
companies. The highlight of the day was highes
domestic package Rs. 42 lakhs and highes
offer from abroad USD 250,000 (IN
1,54,81,250).
The highest number of offers (24) was made b
niche analytics consulting company EXL Servic
Pvt. Ltd. due to growth induced demand. Thi
is followed by international brands like Visa
Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Cisco, Microsof
IDC. Analytics, IT and Finance led the day.
The first time visitors – Parthenon, TSMC
BMGI, VISA, Baker Hughes, and Auctu
Advisors gave an encouraging response an
offered large number of positions to II
Kharagpur talents.
Professor Sudhirkumar Barai, Chairman o
Career Development Center, IIT-Kharagpur
said from this year onward special emphasi
has been given to boost the confidence of th
graduating students, corporate workshop
case study contests, alumni mentorshi
session, assessment tests and soft skill training
The preparation has shown an impressiv
success in terms of day 1 placement this yea
at IIT Kharagpur. Further, there has bee
renewed realization in Indian Industry fo
highly qualified engineering professionals i
Quality Engineering, Product Design an
Manufacturing. IIT Kharagpur has been quic
to identify this need and accordingly
have initiated the programme for Qualit
Engineering, Design and Manufacturing. Th
industry response has been encouraging an
they are looking forward to have the firs
batch of graduates from this programme nex
year.
The total offers received so far stands at 25
which includes 88 PPO.
