IIT-Hyderabad placements kick off on a positive note

Hyderabad: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, witnessed 222 offers (which includes 30 international offers) made from 63 companies during the Phase I of Campus Placements held between 1st-6th December 2020. The entire process was held online with students attending job interviews from their respective homes across the country.

This placement season started on a positive note with the 48 Pre-Placement Offers (PPO), as opposed to 37 PPOs in the previous academic year. The Phase II of Placements will begin during January 2021.

There is the same trend in international offers this year too when compared to last year. For the current placement year 2020-21, we have received 30 international offers (as on day) from 08 companies across 2 countries (i.e. Japan & Taiwan). More international offers are expected in phase 2.

For placement year (2019-20), they received 38 international offers from 15 companies across 3 countries (Japan, USA & Taiwan).

A total of 500+ students have registered for placements across departments this year. For the Phase I of placements, a total of 116 (as on day) companies have registered, compared with about 150 companies in the phase I of last year (2019-20). A total of 244 companies had registered in the whole of last year (2019-20) which include 15 start-ups.

Including the accepted Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs), a total of 206 students have already been placed at the end of Phase I Placements for 2020-21 Academic Year. This compares favorably with the overall students placed in the entire previous academic year (2019-20), which was 295 students (including 37 PPOs). In the current placement year 2020-21, for circuit branches we have crossed more than 75% of placement during Phase-I. Most of the offers so far are from the IT/ITES sector, with few in core sector as well.