IIT-M placement begins on Monday

 
 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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