NIT Surathkal Placements 2024: Highest Package, Average Package, Top Recruiters

The NIT Surathkal placement figures for 2023 are not available as of yet. 

As for the 2022 placement season, 450 companies visited the campus in total. Out of 1608 eligible students, 1385 were successfully placed. The highest salary offered was INR 45 LPA, the average package stood at INR 13.12 LPA, and the median package stood at INR 10.5 LPA. The CSE department received the highest package from Microsoft. 91% students were placed from UG and 78% were placed from PG during the placements.

Top recruiters for the placement season 2022 were- Microsoft, DE Shaw, Uber, BEL, Amazon, Arcesium, Oracle, GAIL, Google India, BPCL, IOCL and BFML. Tech giants like Google, Samsung and Flipkart, and top investment banks like JP Morgan and Barclays visit the NIT Surathkal campus even before the start of its placement season. 

Thus, the placements for 2022 were quite impressive at NIT Surathkal.

NIT Surathkal MTech in CSE is a highly regarded program with decent prospects. Most software companies visiting NIT Surathkal allow both BTech and MTech students to sit for placements although preference is given to BTech students. As an MTech student, you need to have better skills that prove you are better and more employable than BTech students. 

Additionally, the institute is located in Karnataka so industrial visits are a common practice. Some of the top recruiters include Amazon, Flipkart, Ford Motors, Goldman Sachs, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Oracle, and Samsung. The median salary offered to MTech CSE students hovers around INR 9.4 LPA and the placement percentage is around 80.73%

The placement scenario of NIT Warangal, Surathkal, and Trichy is somewhat the same with minor differences only. One of my friends studied at NIT Warangal and shed some light on the placement scenario there. Here is a branch-wise analysis 

• CSE : The placements for the CSE branch are the best in NIT Warangal as well as Trichy and Surathkal. Students are placed in huge software giants like Microsoft, D.E.Shaw, Adobe, Directi, Tower Research Capital, Cisco, IBM, and some Investment Bankers like Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, etc The average package of CSE recorded this year was INR 30.8 LPA for BTech while INR 30.43 LPA for MTech.
• ECE - The companies coming on the first day of placements are Qualcomm, Broadcom, Nvidia, SanDisk India, Redpine Signals, Samsung, and Caterpillar, etc., Software companies like Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Oracle, etc allow ECE students to sit for placements. The average package for BTech students is INR 23.6 LPA and for MTech students is around NR 20.4 LPA.
• EEE - Companies like Alstom, Reliance, and PSUs like Power Grid, IOCL, HPCL, etc., offer core profiles to EEE students. Additionally, software companies that come for ECE and CSE students also allow EEE students to sit for placements. The average package for EEE is INR 21.19 LPA for BTech students and between 11- 14.6 LPA for MTech students.
• Mechanical Engineering: Companies like Caterpillar, Michelin, Maruti Suzuki, Honda, Volvo, Larsen and T0ubro, Vizag Steel Plant(RINL), etc., recruit Mechanical Engineering students of NIT Rourkela. The average package is INR 12.4 LPA for BTech students and between 9-12 LPA for MTech students. 
• Chemical Engineering: The Chemical engineering students are usually recruited by companies such as Reliance Industries, Dr.Reddy's Laboratories, Michelin tires, and some PSUs. A few even opt for Management or Consulting companies like MuSigma, Deloitte, IBM, etc., The average package is INR 14.8 LPA for BTech students and between 8-11 LPA for MTech students. 
• Civil Engineering - This is one of the oldest NIT Warangal branches that has recruiters like the Sobha developers group etc., Students opt for Management or Consulting companies like MuSigma, Deloitte, and IBM. The average package for BTech students is INR 13 LPA and between 6-8 LPA for MTech students. 

Overall, placements are similar in all the 3 NITs, NIT Warangal, Trichy, and Surathkal.

There are no specific placements for CSE as it's just one of the many branches of engineering. Most companies like Oracle and Fidelity allow students of all branches to sit for placements while some big companies like Microsoft only allow B.Tech CSE ECE EEE, and M.Tech CSE students who have qualified for the CGPA cutoff 7. Every company has its own CGPA criteria and to stay on the safe side and be eligible for the maximum companies try to score 7+. So if you fulfill the criteria, you can apply for any company irrespective of the branch you are from. For shortlisting, CS companies conduct online coding tests after which you are selected for the interview. So no matter which branch you belong to, you have to be proficient in coding. 

In short, if you want to get selected for CSE placement,

• Maintain a CGPA of more than 8, every semester
• Actively participate in competitive programming right from the first year.
• Learn and practice from sites like Geeksforgeeks, and Techdelight.
• Be proficient in topics like C++, Data structures, and Algorithms to bag offers in big companies.
• Practice from coding Platforms like CodeChef, and Leetcode.

Basically, the more you become proficient in Competitive Programming, the better offers you will get!