IIT Kharagpur Placements: Apple, HSBC, UBER participate in the processCompanies like Flipkart, HSBC, American Express, IBM Research, JP Morgan, Schlumberger, Airbus, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Microsoft, ITC and UBER participated on the first day of the recruitment season with 29 companies visiting the campus.
On second day, according to Press Trust of India, 147 students were placed with 8 students bagged overseas postings.
On the second day, LG Korea, Konica Minolta, Ola, Deloitte, Walmart, Adobe and Bajaj made offers to the students.
"Data Analytics and software are the two booming sectors this year... So far, we are extremely happy with the response that our students have received this recruitment season," said the chairman of Career Development Centre at the institute, Debasis Deb.
According to Mr. Deb, the centre which oversees the placement activities at IIT Kharagpur, has taken innovative measures to strengthen relationships between the institute and the industrial sector.
"The centre has been exploring avenues to engage with the industrial sector beyond recruitment. The students can gain experience from internships and learn about the importance of core engineering sectors at open houses and workshops," he added.
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IIT Madras, a total of 195 job offers have been made on the first day of the placement season with a majority from the analytics, finance and consulting sectors. Some of the companies that participated in the placement season that commenced on Friday, included Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Samsung Research Institute, Bengaluru.
(With Inputs from PTI)