IIT Delhi placements 2024-25 begin tomorrow; number of PhD holders in on-campus job drive rising
The IIT Delhi special placement drive for PhD scholars in June 2024 helped in increasing the number of offers by 7 times compared to the previous year.
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NEW DELHI: The IIT placement season 2024 is set to begin at all IITs from the start of December. On the eve of the occasion, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) expressed the excitement and said it was looking forward to welcoming a large number of recruiters this year, especially after a dull start in phase 1 placement.
IIT Delhi placement cell informed that 1,222 unique job offers and 741 internship offers were made during the academic session 2023-24. The institute conducted an exit survey in August 2024 to know the excitement for the placements and found that only 5 percent of the graduated students from last year were still on a lookout for appropriate placement opportunities. A large section of these students comprised PhD scholars looking to pursue post-doctoral research opportunities abroad.
The 2023-24 placements, reportedly, were marked by many students struggling to find jobs , with some unable to secure offers despite the increase in the number of students seeking placements.
The number of students availing the on-campus placements in 2023-24 has increased by about 25% compared to the previous year. This also includes a six-fold increase in the number of PhD graduates, IIT Delhi said.
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“The total number of graduates in 2023-24 is higher than the previous year by close to 10%, and the number of PhD graduates by 30%,” it said.
“This year, for the first time, IIT Delhi conducted a special placement drive for PhD Scholars in June 2024, which helped to increase the number of offers by 7 times compared to the previous year. Notwithstanding the success of the initial attempt at PhD placement, a large majority of these graduates are placed through off-campus placement which is to be expected as they are recruited to occupy niche roles,” the institute added.
Correction: A previous headline had suggested that 5% graduates were looking for career opportunities. That has now been corrected.
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