The placements season at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) concluded recently, in which a student created history by bagging a hefty salary package of Rs 1.46 crore.
According to reports, in a press release issued on Tuesday, IIIT Delhi claimed that the placement record this season was impressive. In this year’s placement drive students were offered with a total of 562 offers, out which 310 were full-time jobs and 252 were internships, and one international offer from Facebook. IIIT-Delhi will be conducting the second phase of placement in December.
The institute said a female student from the computer science department secured the highest salary package of Rs 1.45 crore during the IIIT Delhi Placement Season 2019. Including the UG and PG placements, students received packages up to Rs 43 lakh and Rs 33 lakh. The average compensation is said to be Rs 16.33 lakh and the median stands at Rs 14.85 lakh.
Some of the top companies in the market including Google, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Adobe, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Wadhwani AI, Tower Research, HSBC MathWorks, WDC, Reliance, Harmon Kardon, Samsung R&D recruited from the campus.
Internships offers were made by companies like NetApp, Nvidia and Adobe. Amazon made six internship offers, Nvidia made eight, NetApp made four, Tower Research and Adobe offered internship to four students, six lucky students made it to Google and one to Facebook London.
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