Despite slump, BITS-Goa sees 91% placement, highest gets Rs 43.4 lakh/year

PANAJI: Even as the economic impact of the pandemic continues to be felt across sectors, students of BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa campus have managed to beat the slump for the second consecutive year, with 91% students being placed. The highest pay package bagged by students matched that of last year, with a CTC of Rs 43.3 lakh. The offer was made to seven students by Microsoft.
The average CTC offered was Rs 16 lakh per annum.
The placement season saw 736 students of the Goa campus receiving offers, which was 162 more students getting offers as compared to 2019-20. Due to an increase in intake, the number of students registered for placements had increased from 635 to 808 during 2020-21.
“There was a 28.2% growth in students placed from last year, ie, 736 students placed this year compared to 574 students placed last year,” said Balasubramanian Gurumurthy, chief placement officer, India & Dubai, BITS Pilani.
“Even though there was an industrial downturn, the average salary for 2021 was at a healthy CTC of Rs 16 lakh per annum and maximum CTC Rs 43.3 lakh per annum. The figures remained at approximately the same level as last year.”

Microsoft remained the top employer with seven offers at a CTC of Rs 43.3 lakh per annum. Google recruited 10 students with a CTC of Rs 33.1 lakh per annum, while Oracle hired 35 students with a CTC of Rs 27.5 lakh per annum.
“BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa campus has managed to surpass last year figures with more than 220 companies in its kitty. The Goa campus witnessed more companies than it ever had, offering a plethora of profiles in emerging technologies such as Blockchain, machine learning and cybersecurity, in addition to the traditional software development roles,” said Gurumurthy.
The demand in the IT space was booming, with internship pre-placement offers and full-time employment roles being given by companies such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Flipkart, Cisco, Oracle, IBM, PayPal, SAP Labs, among others, including international offers from Nutanix and LG, said Gurumurthy.
The electronics sector saw major semiconductor brands such as Samsung semiconductors and Silicon labs, among others, hiring either through the full-time or the summer internship routes.
In the banking sector, some of the recruiters included the likes of JPMorgan, Citibank, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and ICICI Bank, hiring for technology and fintech roles.
Thought the Covid downturn had an adverse effect on the manufacturing and mechanical sector as a whole, the mechanical wing saw General Electric, Mercedes R&D, Maruti Suzuki India, the Anand Group, Larsen&Toubro Ltd, among others, recruiting students for full-time roles either through six months’ internship or on-campus placements, said Gurumurthy.
All in all, the interest in hiring BITS Pilani Goa students by the core sectors, including electronics and IT, led to an increase of 6% in terms of students placed, he said.
“The early indicators in terms of eight weeks summer internship PPOs and registrations by companies for final placements show that the industrial demand is robust for the 2021-22 placement season which is due to begin mid-August, promising a good growth in the placement figures for the next season,” said R B Mouli, senior manager, placements, BITS Pilani, Goa campus.