Rise in postgraduate placements at IIT-M

When it comes to research scholars, the numbers have gone up to 44 per cent, as compared to 25 per cent last year. The phase one of campus recruitment for 2017-18 will be held till December 10.

According to the data made available by IIT-M, the overall placement figure among all registered students is 52 per cent this year by the end of day four compared to 42 per cent during the same time last year.

When it comes to international offers, 22 students have received the same, compared to ten for the whole of last year.

Speaking about the increase in postgraduate placements, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT-M, said, “Postgraduate (PG) placements call for more creative matching of specialised job profiles, to the knowledge and skills of candidates. Since IIT-M now has as many, if not more, of PG students as undergraduate (UG) students graduating, this significant increase in placement of PG students so early in the season is heartening. It also demonstrates that companies with high-end engineering and technology positions are thronging to IIT-M to recruit its highlyqualified PG students.” Prof. Manu Santhanam, Advisor, Training and Placements, IIT-M, said, “This increase shows that IIT-M students are being increasingly preferred for research-oriented positions by the Industry.»

Around 144 companies made more than 540 offers this year (2017-18) as compared to 122 companies that made 493 offers last year (2016-17).