IIT Madras Placements 2020: 123 job offers made by 22 companies in the first session
New Delhi:
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras placements for the 2020-21 academic year have started and 22 companies made a total of 123 offers in today’s first session.
Despite COVID-19, bids at IIT Madras are higher than in any of the previous academic years. During the final academic year 2019-20, 102 offers were made from 20 companies at the end of session 1.
Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Bajaj Auto, ISRO, Alphonso, and Qualcomm were among the top recruiters who made the bids.
Phase I of placements is expected to continue until December 8, 2020. Placements at IIT Madras began at 7 am and concluded at 2 pm today. It had the participation of 22 companies covering 43 job profiles.
The second and last time slot of the day takes place between 4:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. today. 24 companies with 48 profiles are expected to participate. These companies include TSMC, KLA Tencor, GE, and Wipro.
Professor CS Shankar Ram, IIT Madras advisor (training and placement), explained how the entire online placement process is taking place, “The IIT Madras placement team has worked with our recruitment partners to enable this transition. No problem. I am pleased to share that we have exceeded the number of offers made in the 1.1 sessions of the previous academic year. I am optimistic that a similar trend will continue for the next few days. “
The top recruiters for session 1 include:
- Microsoft – 19 offers
- Texas Instruments – 12 offers
- Bajaj Auto – 10 offers
- ISRO – 10 offers
- Alphonso Inc – 9 offers
- Qualcomm – 8 offers
A total of 1,443 students have signed up for placements in different lines of study. Up to 256 companies will hire 472 profiles. A total of 71 startups have signed up for recruitment in the 2020-21 academic year.
Sharing his experience on the online placement process this year, Pranjal Jain, Deputy Director of Graduate Placement, IIT Madras, said: “The placement process, although it was done virtually for the first time, was very well organized. The placement team and the companies were well prepared and scheduled the interviews to avoid conflicts ”.
Sharing his experience participating in online placements, Dhruv Sriram, a student from the Department of Aerospace Engineering who secured a placement at McKinsey this year, said: “The 2020-21 placement session at IIT Madras was definitely a challenging experience for students, organizers and companies alike. It was encouraging to see the administration and students from the placement committee supporting us to ensure a seamless virtual experience at every stage. The three words that best describe this internship season for me would be empathy, technology, and collaboration. Overall, a great experience that would serve as a model for how future placements can be made across the country. “
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