Kolkata : With just a month away from final placements, a student from IIT Kharagpur has been offered a staggering Rs 91-lakh package and students like him are being flooded with pre-placement offers with a 20 per cent increase this year, said IIT officials.
Already around 125 students have been extended pre-placement offers and interviews, where most of the companies have increased the package offered by around 20 per cent as compared to the last batch.
International offers include those from Google Mountain View, Facebook, Works Application and Schlumberger while a large number of first time recruiters have also registered for final placements with the Career Development Centre at IIT Kharagpur.
The final placements are set to begin on December 1 in all the IITs before which a 50 per cent increase in the number of pre-placement offer is expected. The latest trend observed is the overwhelming participation of e-commerce firms and startups, fresh from the boom in foreign investments and large rounds of funding by venture capitalists.
“The upcoming season is certainly looking very bright for the students. The response has been absolutely overwhelming with numerous companies expressing their willingness to hire KGPians.” said Punj Rajan, Vice-president of Technology Students’ Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur.
