IIT Madras placements would start on 1st December
Posted on: 08/Nov/2019 9:50:51 AM
It is a dream for every engineering graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras or IIT-M to get placed in top companies. This dream would become a reality soon.
It is now said that the first session of the placement season at the famous IIT-M would begin on the 1st of December 2019. It must not be forgotten that in 2018 there was an increase in the offers in the field of data analytics at this IIT-M. This famous educational institute of Chennai made many heads turn when at least 3 major companies visited for campus recruitment for the first time in 2018.
It must be taken into account that at the end of the month of October IIT-M saw 222 companies registering for the 2019-2020 placement season. Information is in 2018 at the same time as many as 224 companies had registered and this was as per Mr. Shankar Ram, advisor, training and placement, IIT-M. He added that till now as many as 1240 students have registered for placements.
It is important to note that in 2018 when the placement session began on 1st December 326 firms and 1300 students had registered and IIT-M received as many as 130 pre-placement offers or PPO.
The point is in 2019 the institute has received 154 PPO and it comes from internships. In 2018, IIT-M saw a 20% rise in the pre-placement offers. According to Mr. Shankar Ram, based on the number of companies and profiles released, the major sectors from which jobs are expected are IT, core engineering, analytics, and R&D. To a question regarding the present job scenario when compared to that in the last year, Mr. Shankar Ram replied that it was difficult to project the number of job offers but the present number of registered companies 222 was close to the corresponding number in 2018.
