Phase-I placement sees IIT-M students get 763 offers, top firms come calling

CHENNAI: With the first phase of the IIT-Madras placement concluding on Sunday, the institute witnessed 763 offers being made by Indian and international companies and 877 students got placed till Sunday, a statement from the institute said.Compared to last year, the placement percentage went up from 56 to 62. The number of international offers this year was double that of the last year.
The statement said that 763 offers were made and around 1,100 students had registered for placement. Of them, 877 students got placed, which included pre-placement offers as well. A total of 114 pre-placement offers were made.

Compared to last year, there is a slight increase in the number of students who got placed. While this year it was 877 students, last year it was 745 and 73 pre-placement offers.The departments, which had more than 90 per cent placement  included Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Engineering and Design.

As for the international offers, the number was double that of the last year. While last year saw 10 offers for the whole year, this year 23 offers were made in the first phase. The companies included Microsoft, Uber, American worldwide job search engine Indeed, American cloud data management firm Rubrik, Mercari, Japan, Softbank, and Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.Professor Manu Santhanam, Advisor, Training and Placement, IIT Madras said that the first phase of placement ended on December 10, with more than 60 per cent of the students getting placed.

Top five recruiters
Citi: 25 offers
Intel India Technology Pvt Ltd: 20 offers
EXL Service: 19 offers
Flipkart.com: 18 offers
HCL Technologies Ltd: 17 offers