IIT Placements: Top Recruitment Companies that visit IIT for Hiring

IIT stands for Indian Institute of Technology. These institutes are governed by Institutes of Technology Act, which was made in 1961. These Institutes are all autonomous Institutes governed by a common council. These Institutes are our nation’s pride and the students over there is India’s future in making. It is one of the most sought-after colleges in India.

Majority of the middle-class Indians wants their children to pursue engineering and IIT is undoubtedly the best place in India to pursue Bachelors in Technology. IITs are one of the most prestigious institutions in our nation. They excel when it comes to providing top class knowledge, experienced faculties, it creates a very competitive environment which makes you want to deliver your best every single time.

The campuses are huge and the libraries are always overflowing with books and students. The laboratories in these institutions are on par with the International standards.

The process to get into IITs

To pursue bachelors in Technology from IITs, first you would have to face a very competitive exam named JEE Mains followed by JEE advanced and on the rank, you score in JEE advanced decides your college. If you want to pursue Masters in Technology from these Institutes then you would have to appear for GATE.

To pursue MBA from IITs you have to get a great percentile on an exam called CAT. To pursue M.Sc. you have to appear for a paper named JAM (Joint Admission Test), which is conducted by IITs and IISc across the nation for the students who want to pursue MSc in these Institutes.

Companies and Placements in IITs

Top Indian and Global Tech companies come and hire students from IIT. The Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Goldman Sachs, and a lot many national and international companies are regular visitors and often mass recruit from the IITs. The average annual packages are very high and now the companies are even willing to offer up to 1 crore as the starting salary to the IITians. Companies are hiring in bulk from these colleges.

Intel recently hired all the 59 students from the same class. According to the Professors of these Institutes, the students over here exhibit great traits of required skills and leadership which are two key factors which the companies are looking for these days. Rubric, which was a first time visitor to the IITs this year has also hired aggressively.

Placements have been the best in the IT sector as most of the recruiting companies are technology based. Companies might offer a starting salary of a little over 1 Crore for foreign roles and in the range of 30 – 45 lacs for domestic roles (in India). The placements for all the other branches also have always been satisfactory.

The placement season mostly sees a rise in terms of annual pay packages, a number of students placed, and the job profiles offered to them. If you are a student of IIT, you would see the top companies globally recruiting through your campus and that is an opportunity which you must fight for.

List of the top paying companies which recruit from IITs

  • Google – Google was started by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as a research project in the year 1996. It is an American Multinational Company, one of the best in the world. It started just as a search engine and now dominates most of the internet related products. The perks of working at Google are really lucrative; you can get an idea just by looking at their offices. It gives tremendous opportunities to talented people and a great company to work for.
  • Amazon – Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in the year 1994 and it is an American e-Commerce and Cloud Computing Company. People who are great with algorithms have a high chance of getting selected by this Company. It is also among the Big 4 tech giants of America and provides ample opportunities for people to grow their career.
  • Facebook – Facebook was started by Mark Zuckerberg in the year 2004 and it is a company based in California which tries to connect people. It is a social networking site and people who are brilliant in data mining, finding bugs and ethical hacking are in high demand in this company. It gives great annual packages, great incentives, and a very healthy work atmosphere.
  • Microsoft – Microsoft is an American based company founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates in the year 1975. The Microsoft Office, Windows, and several other products are available to us because of this company. Bill Gates has been the richest man of the year for a very long period of time. Microsoft is known for its work ethics and if you prepare thoroughly then its interview is not so hard to crack.
  • Adobe – Adobe is an American Multi National Company. Softwares like Adobe Reader, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Studio and many more such successful products are delivered by this company. It is a great company to kick starts your career.
  • Apple – Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Robert Wayne in the year 1976. Apple Inc. is an American Multinational Company which develops and sells a range of products like iPhones, ipads, iPods, laptops and many other electronic devices. They deliver the best quality and instead of dreaming about buying the latest iPhone, start dreaming about creating the latest iPhone.
  • Goldman Sachs – Goldman Sachs is an American Multinational Company which provides financial services like investment banking asset management etc. If you are someone who loves numbers, have great problem-solving skills, are good with management then this can easily be your dream company. It can give you work exposure like no other company can.
  • Samsung – Samsung is a South Korean Multinational Company which produces electronic devices and has the largest market in India for selling Mobile phones. Samsung phones are inexpensive and provide a variety of features. Electronics and Computer Science students with good skills can target this Company.

And the list may go on but these are the dream companies of most of the students because of their annual pay packages, their job profiles and learning and growth opportunities.

All these companies along with a lot of many others hire aggressively, consistently and in bulk from IITs giving them a fat starting salary and a job opportunity abroad. They hire in different numbers from different IITs. The placements in the old IITs is far better than the new ones.

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Conclusion:

These Institutes have India’s future in making and if you want to be a part of the glory which they possess then you must put in all you have got, and study really hard to get there. If you get selected you will make your parents, teachers, friends, relatives and all your well-wishers very proud of you.

More importantly, you will earn everyone’s respect; everyone around you would start looking at you differently.  But, these are just the initial perks. IITs have a lot more to offer. When you are on the campus you are surrounded by geniuses all around from across the country which gives you a very competitive environment and you strive harder and harder to be better than the rest.

It grows your mind in ways you cannot imagine and it explores every inch of talent that you have got. You get to hear guest lectures from tycoons belonging to your Industry and the faculties are obviously very experienced and talented. At the time of placements, you land a job in your dream company which offers a dream job with a dream package and all your hard work is paid for.

So, give up on your cell phones, social media, and all other distractions and make studying your priority, you might end up in one of these prestigious Institutes and trust me, it is difficult but it is definitely worth the effort.

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