The Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi on Wednesday announced that after the first 10 days of placements, there has been a 17% increase in PG placements and 10% increase in overall placements this year.
“Placements have been robust this year across all streams with the overall hiring registering a 10% climb after 10 days compared to the previous year’s figures. They are likely to go up further by the end of Phase– I,” the institute said in a statement.
Bright future
“While the overall placements have been better than last year, recruitment trends of PG students is very encouraging for the future of engineering research in the country. I am hopeful that the overall percentage increase in the recruitment of both UG and PG students will improve further,” said Prof. I. N. Kar, Professor-in-charge of Training and Placement at IIT-Delhi.
Students felt that this year, they were being offered more jobs in their core areas and that there has been a significant growth in the PG placements.
‘Very excited’
Jhalak Mittal, a PG student in Electrical Engineering who got a job offer on Day 1 itself said: “I am very excited to start my job. This year, the placements for PG students has been really good. Almost all of us have been placed.”
The Phase I of the placements will continue till December 15. Phase II will commence from January 2018.