How is the placement scenario at IIT Kharagpur?
IIT Kharagpur is one of the premier institutes in India. It is known for offering excellent education in the fields of engineering, technology, and management. IIT KGP is known for having one of the best placements amongst the top IITs.
Every year, more than 1000 students are offered placements from the IIT KGP campus. Some of the top companies that hire students from IIT Kharagpur are- Microsoft, Google, Intel, Apple, Capital One, DE Shaw, McKinsey, Databricks, and more.
During Phase 2 of the 2024 placements at IIT KGP, the recruiters visited the campus with impressive offers for B.Tech students. Some of these are listed below-
| Company Name | Annual CTC (in INR) | Job Role |
|---|---|---|
| Accenture | 15.9 LPA | S&C Delivery Associate |
| Accenture Japan Ltd. | 86.8 LPA | Data Scientist, Strategy Consultant |
| Accenture Japan Ltd. | 74.7 LPA | Business Consultant, Digital Consultant |
| Accenture Japan Ltd. | 77.2 LPA | AI Architect |
| Air India | 19.6 LPA | Mathematics Analyst, Software Engineer |
| AppOrchid | 35 LPA | Lead Data Scientist |
The highest package for B.Tech CSE was INR 86.5 LPA (Accenture Japan Ltd.), for B.Tech Electrical, it was INR 35 LPA (Ola), and for B.Tech Civil, it was INR 18.3 LPA (YCP Auctus).
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IIT Kharagpur has wrapped its Phase 1 placement for the batch 2023 and received 1600 placements and 900 Internship offers. 45 international offers were also made. IIT Kharagpur highest package stood at INR 2.68 CPA.
The below table represents the department-wise statistics of IIT Kharagpur Placements 2023:
| Department | Students registered | Students placed | Placement Percentage |
| Mechanical Engineering | 189 | 140 | 74.70% |
| Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering | 147 | 134 | 91.16% |
| Electrical Engineering | 145 | 122 | 84.14% |
| Computer Science Engineering | 128 | 119 | 92.97% |
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 119 | 94 | 78.99% |
| Chemical Engineering | 100 | 83 | 83% |
| Civil Engineering | 74 | 67 | 71.28% |
| Mining Engineering | 77 | 47 | 61.04% |
| Agricultural & Food Engineering | 63 | 42 | 66.67% |
| Mathematics | 57 | 46 | 80.70% |
| Aerospace Engineering | 56 | 35 | 62.50% |
| Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture | 51 | 33 | 64.71% |
| Metallurgical & Materials Engineering | 51 | 32 | 62.75% |
| Biotechnology | 40 | 25 | 62.50% |
| Architecture | 34 | 15 | 44.12% |
| Physics | 25 | 11 | 44% |
| Chemistry | 22 | 14 | 63.64% |
Top recruiters who visited the campus for Kharagpur placements 2023 were Excel, Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm, etc.
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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.
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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:
- Higher Education - 23%
- Core Engineering - 23%
- IT - 21%
- Analytics - 12%
- Ecommerce - 5%
- Consulting - 4%
- Finance & HR - 3%
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 |
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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:
- CSE: Adobe Systems, CA Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Oracle Inc., Centre for Development of telematics, Cognizant , Google , HP , HT Media Limited and Texas Instruments.
- Mechanical : ALTAIR, Barclays Capital, Bosch India, IPSOS, ITC Limited, CESC Limited , Coal India Limited, Ericsson India Global Services and EXL Services.
- ECE : Analog Device India Ltd., Atos India, BHEL, CA Technologies Ltd., Infosys Technologies Ltd., L&T , NetApp Systems India Ltd., Cisco Systems and DRDO
- Biotechnology: Sigma Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd, MAGMA Fincorp Ltd.
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.
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