IIT Jodhpur placement 2021 phase one: Average salary at Rs 24.38 lakh

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur placement drive begins for the academic year 2021-22. This year, a total of 40 companies have registered for the placement drive till date with more companies expected in phase two starting from December 2021. As many as 128 students have already been placed as on date (November 2, 2021) in the first phase of the placement, compared to 135 during the whole 2020-21 academic year.

Some of the companies that offered PPOs at IIT Jodhpur during 2020-21 include DE Shaw, Arcesium, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Gojek, Amazon, Adobe, Codenation, SMS Data Tech, Diverta, Otsuka, Exawizard, Goldman sachs, and Google.

A total of four international offers have been made to the IIT Jodhpur students so far. These offers have been made by SMS Data Tech, Diverta, and Otsuka Holding.

There has been an increase in the average salary being offered to the B.Tech students as well. As compared to Rs.14.36 LPA during 2020-2021, an average salary of Rs. 24.38 LPA is being offered during this placement drive.

Based on the 128 offers made till date, IIT Jodhpur has witnessed a demand for the Software Developer, Business Analyst, Strategic Cloud Engineer, Trade Execution Analyst, Market Analyst, Decision analyst, System Engineer, Validation Engineer, Design Engineer, Product Engineer, Application Engineer, Analog Design Engineer, and Graduate Engineer Trainee.

Google, Graviton Trading, Zomato, Paytm, Deloitte, American Express, IBM, Oracle, DE Shaw, Arciesium, Microsoft, Codenation, Media.net, Commvault, Tata Consultancy Services, Adobe, Siemens, ZS Associates, Publicis Sapient, Samsung, Capgemini, Accenture, and, Infosys among the recruiters at IIT Jodhpur.

Last year, the number of international offers were at two but this saw four offers at the end of first phase of IIT Jodhpur placement 2021-22.

Companies that recruited the maximum number of students in the previous year were - Microsoft, L&T Infotech, Reliance and Yodlee. This year, as on November 2, the institute saw Microsoft, Deloitte, Infotech, Zomato, Housing.com, ZS Associates, and Paytm recruiting more students.

To make the ongoing placement drive a success for its students IIT Jodhpur has collaborated with the industries to train the students. This include

• Live projects for the students to gain hands-on experience
• Industry interaction series to introduce the students with future opportunities
• Motivating the students to participate in competitions and events hosted by corporates, across platforms
• Apart from this, IIT Jodhpur project-based curriculum is aligned with the industry.