Pre-placement offers up by 55% at IIT Kharagpur: Officials

PTI Updated - January 22, 2018 at 10:11 PM.

IIT

Pre-placement offers have increased by more than 50 per cent this year at IIT Kharagpur, an institute official said today.

Compared to 92 such offers last year, IIT students have so far got 142 pre-placement offers (PPOs) this season, said Prof S.K. Barai, Chairman of Career Development Center at the IIT.

The number of companies making PPOs has also crossed hundred this year, he said, adding that students went for internship in areas of core engineering, IT and finance.

The highest package offered till now is ₹25 lakh, according to him.

“The trend for opportunities at IIT Kharagpur is increasing every year. With the increasing number of PPOs we believe that companies really like the talent that IIT Kharagpur is offering,” Barai said.

Placement session will begin from December.

Published on October 2, 2015 10:23