IIT Guwahati Placements begins on a strong note; Receives 168 Offers on Day One’s First Two Sessions
Guwahati : Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Campus Placements for the 2022-23 Academic Year began on a robust note today (1st December 2022). A total of 168 offers were made by 46 Companies during Day One’s Sessions 1.1 and 1.2 at IIT Guwahati across Software Development Engineer, Data Science, Quant, Core Engineer, UX Designer, VLSI, Vehicle Engineering, Analyst, Product Designer job profiles, among others. The Institute has received Two International offers at the end of Session 1.2. The figures provided in the release are as on 04.00 PM, 1st December 2022.
The big recruiters of this year’s first two Sessions include Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Google, Uber, Qualcomm, C-DOT, Enphase Energy, Oracle, Nutanix, Thoughtspot MTS-2, Squarepoint SDE/Quant, American Express, JP Morgan Chase, Bajaj, Rippling, Tibra, Cohesity, and Sprinklr Platform + Product, among others. Session 1.1 of Placements at IIT Guwahati began at 12 am while session 1.2 commenced at around 8:30 am. The Final Session of 1.3 began at 4:00 pm and is scheduled to conclude by midnight. Phase I of placements is expected to continue till 15 December 2022 at IIT Guwahati.
Speaking about the Placement process being conducted at the Institute, Dr. Abhishek Kumar, Head, Center for Career Development, IIT Guwahati, said, “Company officials as well as students both are excited to meet face to face after 2 years of gap due to the pandemic. This has given upper hand to both the employer as well as potential employee to interact one to one, giving more space for proper understanding on both sides of the table.”
In the 2022-23 Academic Year, a total of 1269 students have registered for placements, across different streams of study.
The total number of companies registered for Phase I of Placements is 264 who will be recruiting for a total of 470 profiles. As many as 78 start-ups have registered for recruitment in the ongoing academic year 2022-23 along with 05 Public Sector Undertakings.
Expressing his happiness on a strong start to the placement season at IIT Guwahati, Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, said, “We are really excited to physically host companies at IIT Guwahati campus after two years. We have recorded progressive outcomes in the Session 1.1 and 1.2 of the Placement Drive. I am sure the final outcomes will touch new heights for the Institute.”
In addition, IIT Guwahati Students have already received as many as 218 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) during the Academic Year 2022-23, which was the highest in the last four years. Most of the offers were related to Core Engineering, IT, Finance and Analyst profiles.