IIT Kharagpur placements are great. Here are the recent placement highlights of the institute.
Parameters | Statistics (2020-21) | Statistics (2021-22) |
Total number of recruiters | 200+ | 245+ |
Total number of placement offers | 1300 | 1600 |
Number of International offers | 30 | 35 |
Number of PPOs | 276 | 400+ |
Highest CTC | INR 80 LPA | INR 2.4 LPA |
HCL, Tata Steel, Microsoft, Google, Hero Motocorp, etc. are among the major recruiters that frequently take part in the placement drive. Most students get recruited in the Software or Analytics domain.
IIT Kharagpur is one of the prominent campuses that people look up to for engineering. Placements are by & large all great. More than 1000 students get placed in the first 10 days of drive.
You must keep in mind that it is very competitive and you really need to pull up your socks to grab a seat. The prominent details regarding the placement scenario of different departments is given below:
Departments |
% of students placed |
B.Arch |
91% |
B.Tech |
86% |
Dual Degree |
95% |
M.Sc |
86% |
Ph.D. |
100% |
The placements are not only a single sector oriented; but offer a wide interdisciplinary career growth as follows:
The general data regarding placements of B.tech students is in the following table:
Average Package Range |
Streams |
More than 20LPA |
CSE, ECE, Instrumentation and Mathematics |
Between 13-20 LPA |
Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Manufacturing , Biotech |
Between 11 – 13 LPA |
Geology & Geophysics, Civil, Economics, Naval Architecture, Mining, Metallurgy, Chemistry and Industrial Engineering |
Below 11 LPA |
Quality Engineering, Exploration Geophysics and Quality Engineering |
The median package stands clearly around Rs. 13 LPA while the highest is bagged by computer science engineering students offered by companies like Microsoft , Google.
The major recruiters of different sectors are quite reputed companies described in brief below:
IIT Kharagpur offers knowledge at a full stretch; the only effort and hard work is required on the part of an individual as grabbing a seat in the core sector is tough job. A lot of students get placed in non core sectors but the best definitely receive good opportunities.