IIT Gandhinagar Placements 2023-24: 59% students yet to be placed

NEW DELHI: Around 59% students are yet to be placed at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, a Right To Information (RTI) revealed. Out of 398 students who registered for placements in 2023-24, 163 students have been placed, including 117 campus placements and pre-placement offers (PPOs), the RTI informed.

Dheeraj Singh, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur who had filed RTIs to different IITs across the country, received the response on May 9.

The number of students who are yet to receive placements are highest in the last three years.

Though the overall placement rates have in the last three years, the number PPOs have been highest this year. Further, the average salary is also highest, in comparison to the last two years – Rs 18.20 lakh per annum. In the 2022-23 round of placements, the average salary was Rs 17.85 lakh per annum.

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IIT Gandhinagar placement trends

Campus placement rates have been low across IITs. Starting from the last week of April, IIT Dharwad, IIT ISM Dhanbad, IIT Hyderabad , IIT BHU, IIT Ropar , IIT Indore, IIT Kharagpur, all reporting placements figures that show around 30%- 40% students who registered for placements had not found jobs by the last week of April.

Given below are placement rates at IIT Gandhinagar over the past three years.

IIT Gandhinagar: Placements over the years