IIIT Lucknow Placements 2022: Average Package: INR 25.86 LPA & Highest Package: INR 1.2 CPA

According to the recent records, the placement of IIIT Lucknow is excellent, with a magnificent average and the highest salary package offered to students by top companies across the world. 

The table below gives a brief overview of IIIT Lucknow.

Key Highlights:

• With an excellent average and highest package, the 2019 batch marked an excellent 100% placement session.
• IIIT Lucknow offers a decent placement preparation through its own training and placement cell throughout the year.
• Some big names in the industry that has visited IIIT Lucknow are Directi, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Goldman Sachs, Code Nation, PayTm, 1mg, Shipsy, MAQ Software, Collegedunia, Sokrati, TCS, Wipro, Amazon, Samsung, American Express, Cisco, etc.
• In the 2018-19 batch, the average CTC of top 50% and top 20% students placed from IIIT Lucknow are Rs. 13.75 LPA and Rs. 22.5 LPA respectively.
• The minimum package offered is close to 10 LPA.

Therefore, it can be considered that the placement scenario of IIIT Lucknow is quite good, though little below the IIT standard, excellent even being a new build institute.

Yes, IIIT Lucknow has a better package for CS and IT students than IIIT Allahabad and IIIT H. However, it will not give you a guarantee that you will get placed after completing your studies from IIIT Lucknow.

The following table will show you the placement record of IIIT Lucknow.

IIIT Lucknow has been established over many years, and is one of the oldest campuses of IITs. The Lucknow campus is from one of the top 5 campuses of IIT and probably the best one. It grew fast as compared to any other institutes 

The average salary offered to IIIT Lucknow students is INR 18.42 LPA, while the highest package goes to INR 43 LPA. The Median package is INR 15 LPA, and the minimum package offered is INR 10 LPA.

Seeing the current scenario, in future also, IIIT Lucknow will give good placement to its students. 

Therefore, if you are thinking of joining IIIT Lucknow then go for it. Because apart from having similar faculty to other top institutes, IIIT - L provides students to improve their technical and soft skills. And that improves the chance of their placement.

Placement at any institute primarily depends on the alumni base and the student quality. As IIIT Lucknow is a fairly new establishment it does not have a wide alumni base. However, the placement record for the institute has been great for the 1st batch. 

Here is the latest placement record of the institute. 

In the coming 4 years, the placement situation of the institute is likely to improve. The institute has already made a mark in the IT industry.

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow, popularly known as IIIT Lucknow has released its placement report for the year 2020. The highlights of the placement drive are as follows.

• Placement Percentage - 100%
• Highest CTC - INR 43 LPA
• Average CTC - INR 18.4 LPA
• Median CTC - INR 15 LPA
• Minimum CTC - INR 10 LPA
• Major recruiting Sectors - Consultancy, Core IT, Analytics, Travel Network

Placement trends:

The placement trends of IIIT Lucknow over the few years are given below. 

• During the placement drive of 2020, the institute witnessed that 100% of students were being placed by some of the top recruiters that include Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Linkedin, and many more.
• The average placement of IIIT Lucknow is far better than many other growing NITs and IIITs. The main reason behind this is the Coding culture. The coding culture of this institution is expanding exponentially. It is seen that the maximum number of students placed in IIIT Lucknow are in the Core IT Sector.
• The students at IIIT Lucknow are engaged in many multinational companies for internships and placement. 

At last, as we know that it is an institute of national importance and all the facilities for the students are of that level itself. If you compare IIIT Lucknowwith any other institution based on the average package, you can easily get the scenario of the college, in just a moment.

There is no doubt that you will receive better placement opportunities in IIIT Gwalior than in IIIT Lucknow. The main reason behind this is that irrespective of the count of students in the IIIT Lucknow, around 40 students from 2020 batch got placed with an average of 18 Lacs per annum package. At IIIT Gwalior, the average salary recorded for 2020 batch was 14.5 Lacs per annum.

The following table would give you a brief comparison of the two colleges:

The fundamental logic behind total strength in IIIT Gwalior 120 IPG students + 30–40 Mtech (2 yr) students + around 30–40 MBA (2 yr) students. If you would estimate the average of top performers of IPG students of IIIT Gwalior for just say top 40 students then it would be 20 LPA You will find the average package for only 120 IPG students was 16–17 LPA.

Among the colleges mentioned, the major competition lies between BIT Mesra and IIIT Lucknow. However, this can be compared and proved by the kind of students that take admission in those two colleges in comparison to LNMIIT.

Following are some of the pointers that will give an unbiased review of both the colleges :

IIIT Lucknow

1. You will come across an outstanding coding culture.
2. Its perfect location, located in its city is a major advantage.
3. Its average package is quite comparable to other IITs too in a very shorter duration of time.
4. It holds better fame than other IIITs.
5. You will experience a wide diversity in culture whether it's related to skills or belongings of students.
6. You will have more freedom.
7. You will come out as an important asset for the country for sure.

BIT Mesra

1. You will get access to better infrastructure.
2. You will experience better campus life.
3. You will get a stronger connection to the alumni network.
4. It holds a bigger campus area.
5. Its reputation is top out of other IIITs.

In conclusion, IIIT Lucknow’s progress is many times faster than BIT Mesra. Even the B.Tech course in Computer Science at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow has the lowest fees than the other two colleges.