HYDERABAD: Campus placements at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) witnessed a downward trend this year with the institute getting 116 (as on day) companies in phase 1 as against 150 companies in phase 1 of academic year 2019-20. The number of international offers also dipped this year.
The institute held phase 1 of campus placements from December 1-6. As per the data shared by the institute, more than 500 students had registered for placements across departments this year.
The institute witnessed 222 offers (which includes 30 international offers) from 63 companies during the phase 1 of campus placements. Eight companies from two countries (Japan and Taiwan) made 30 international offers this year as against 38 international offers from 15 companies from three countries (Japan, US and Taiwan) last year.
“We had to practice coding for the short-listing round and all the interviews were held online. We were sceptical that Covid-19 may hit the overall placements. But I am happy to have secured an international offer from a Japanese firm,” said Vinay Prakash, MTech student who will be joining as a digital technology specialist at Yokogawa, Japan by September/October, 2021.
Despite the Covid-19 outbreak and fears of economic uncertainty, the institute observed an upward trend in pre-placement offers (PPOs) this year. The institute had 48 PPOs as against 37 in the last academic year.
“Including the accepted PPOs, a total of 206 students have already been placed at the end of phase 1 placements for 2020-21 academic year. This compares favourably with the overall students placed in the entire previous academic year, which was 295 students (including 37 PPOs),” said Pradeep Yemula, faculty in-charge (placements), IIT-H.
This year, the institute crossed more than 75 per cent placements for circuit branches, which was five per cent less than last academic year. This year too, most of the offers so far are from the information technology and service sectors, with few in core sector as well. Phase 2 placements shall commence from January, 2021 as scheduled.