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Microsoft, Texas Instruments among top recruiters at IITs in terms of offers
As many as 182 offers were made to IIT Madras students this academic year (as on November 28, 2020) as against 170 offers during the entire 2019-20 academic year
Placements to begin virtually on December 1 as software giants take lead
IIT Delhi, which recently concluded the first phase of the internship hiring process with over 300 offers, saw international training offers from Hong Kong, South Korea and the US
Selection process done seamlessly using e-resources such as registrations, student orientations & training, company presentations, pre-processes like tests, group discussions and interviews
IITs have collectively written to all recruiters asking them to honour their offers
Since most IT firms anticipate a demand slowdown in the coming quarters, hiring from tier-III and IV engineering colleges through walk-in interviews is going take a massive hit in 2020
Students at IIT-H bagged 38 international offers from 18 companies from the US, Japan, and Taiwan so far this year
IIT Kharagpur gets more than 1,000 job offers in a record five days, with 144 companies visiting the campus till Dec 5
Top recruiters include Honeywell, which made 36 offers, followed by Exel (25), Microsoft (24) and Barclays (20)
The institute held its first phase of final placements between October 18 and November 15 this year
Placements details for the first slot are awaited for IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, among others
Session 1.1 witnessed 20 offers from Microsoft, 11 from Goldman Sachs, nine from Qualcomm and Boston Consulting Group with 7 offers
Microsoft, which had emerged the top recruiter last year offering a $215,100 (Rs 1.5 crore roughly) package, is expected to make a similar or a slightly higher package to IIT students on Sunday
Present placement model sees flurry of recruiters visiting in a short span
Delhi, one of the premier older IITs, had 164 PPOs at the start of this week, as against 162 for the entire placement process last year
Several IITs wrapping up process earlier than last year
More than 85 per cent of its students get offers placed during the year-end placements process this week