The HinduFinal
year students of IIT Madras waiting for their turn to attend the group
discussion session at the placement office, in Chennai. File photo Photo: S.S.
Kumar
Students
of the Indian Institute of Technology – Madras are gearing up for the placement
programme starting on December 1.
Babu
Viswanathan, adviser, Training and Placement, said that as many as 1,300 names
had been registered till Thursday. Around 800 students will be able to take the
online tests at a time using their laptops as the institute has provided
wireless connectivity.
Recruiters
are holding online entrance tests during the weekend. As many as 250 companies
with 330 job profiles have registered for the placement programme this year.
Around 70
students have already received pre-placement offers following their summer
internships. “We expect placement season to be better this year. Last year,
over 65 per cent students were placed through campus recruitment,” Mr.
Viswanathan said.
As many as
950 of the 1,450 students registered last year had received job offers.
On the
first day of placement which begins one minute past midnight on November 30,
“the graveyard shift” for recruitment will begin. Around 10 to 12 profiles from
companies such as Microsoft Research, Google, Oracle and VISA will be
available. Most profiles are in the research and development area. As with
students from engineering colleges, candidates who have taken up computer
science engineering get the most lucrative offers and placement exceeds 95 per
cent, Last year the highest annual pay package was around 220,000 dollars.
Within the country, the highest package offered was Rs. 40 lakh per annum.
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