Campus placements at IIT-Madras touched an all-time high in 2018-19

CHENNAI: Campus placements at IIT-Madras touched an all-time high in 2018-19. As many as 964 students got placed during the campus recruitment for academic year 2018-19. They include 97 who got pre-placement offers (PPOs).
The total number of students registered for placements was around 1,300, according to official data.
This figure of 964 marks an increase of more than 15% compared with the preceding year when 834 students got placed, including those who got PPOs.
The number of pre-placement offers also increased this year as a total of 136 PPOs were made during 2018-19, compared to 114 in the preceding year, with several offers from large firms such as Microsoft, Qualcomm and Goldman Sachs.
Speaking about the new developments in this placement season, Manu Santhanam, advisor, training and placement, IIT Madras, said, “This year saw a large number of profiles from companies in the data sciences and analytics sector, which clearly depicts the current industry trends.”
IIT-M data showed that as many as 59 offers were explicitly for data science positions.
“Overall trends in sector-wise recruitment indicated that as in the preceding years, ‘Core’ and ‘Information Technology’ sectors still constituted the leading recruiters. This year marked the first time that all leading consulting majors were on campus for recruitment, in addition to the return of Google on campus,” Santhanam added.
IIT-M’s postgraduate placement record also witnessed an increase, with a total of 364 students getting placed (excluding MBA) as against 274 last year.