Madras Institute of Technology- [MIT], Chennai - Placement Details and Companies Visiting

The best placement story would be that of my friend's brother and here's why - he is everything you can imagine. He has been a very multidimensional person with active participation in workshops and extracurriculars, he was the class representative and is a topper as well with a 9.2 CGPA.

The story goes somewhat like this -

• In the middle of September, the placement count of the production department was 1/55. Only one student was placed with CitiCorp. Following this, Titan, Hyundai, and Caterpillar came for recruitment as well.
• After five days of presentations, tests, GD, and interviews those who had applied for Caterpillar assembled at the CEG campus' CUIC auditorium, where students were given technical and aptitude tests to solve.
• My friend's brother qualified up to GD but wasn't able to crack it. However, he wasn't disappointed and the next day took the Titan online test in the IT Department but the result got delayed and the company was not reachable.
• Although to his surprise, Caterpillar again came for recruitment along with M&M and Vedanta. This was probably the last opportunity for all to get placed with a core company.
• These time marks from the previous rounds were being considered by Caterpillar and he has reached up to GD. He became busy preparing for that even while traveling or eating and did make it to the personal interview.

He recollected all the basics of engineering and was ready with his resume points and by 6 pm he made it to the job with his perseverance. I hope this inspires you to make the best of your time.

The Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) is one of the four campuses of the larger state university, Anna University, of the state of Tamil Nadu. The placement process for all these four colleges happens simultaneously in a combined process. 

The placement data for MIT Chennai is given below along with the data of the Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS or Hindustan University) for the year 2018-19.

So undoubtedly, MIT is better than Hindustan University in all respects as well as placements. Anna University placements are even sometimes comparable to some leading NITs and IITs in some branches such as Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). So, you can obviously realize which is better for you in terms of placements.

If you do not have a good academic performance previously, then there is nothing that you can do to change it. So there is no point in crying over that. Placement at college campuses is itself dependent on so many variables, including luck, that it is difficult to predict who will be placed where. People with stellar grades and superb academics throughout have struggled to land top jobs while average grade students have bagged dream roles in big companies such as Google and Apple.

Now there are certain things which are in your hand which can certainly help improve your chances during placements.

• Aim for better grades in whatever time you have at IIT Madras. 
• Do a good internship. Get some practical exposure to the industry. Remember internships are more about learning than getting good compensation.
• Work on research projects or industrial projects at the college level as well as industrial level, if possible. Also, aim for publishing your research in good journals. This will improve your credibility drastically.
• Most important of all, improve your communication skills, both verbal as well as written. This is a soft skill that is often neglected by students, but in fact, is one of the most important skills to possess and could be the x-factor of an average student over a strong candidate.

If you do all the above things you will definitely bolster your chances of getting selected at those companies. But remember one thing, you should aim for a job profile which interests and suits you over an uninteresting job at a top company.