Over 350 organizations from India and abroad intent to recruit students from IIT Delhi

NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 04: The hiring season at IIT Delhi has started on a robust note. Over 350 organisations from India and abroad intent to recruit students from IIT Delhi. Students are having ample choices during the campus placement as there are over 500 job profiles on offer.

International companies from the European region, Japan, Republic of China (Taiwan), Singapore and US recruited students from IIT Delhi. The largest number of international offers came from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

A rise has been witnessed this year in the organizations registering to hire students for core engineering profiles like electrical engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, etc. Artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning, stochastic modelling and predictive analysis look to be upcoming sectors as industry gears up for Industry 4.0 with an exponential increase in organizations looking for talent with this skill-set.

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Prof. S. Dharmaraja, Head, Training & Placement Unit, IIT Delhi said, "We hope to have more core companies in the coming days". Anishya Madan, Industry Liaison Officer, (T&P), said "The efforts of the entire placement team of staff and volunteers coupled with the positive reaction from industry this year has translated into these hiring numbers. We hope this trend continues till the end of the season."

Several factors have been taken into consideration by IIT Delhi’s T&P unit before starting the placement process. T&P unit has ensured that all kinds of job profiles get a fair representation in the roster and each and every student gets a chance to be interviewed.

The placement season spans from Dec 2018 to May 2019. Registration processes for this season commenced from August, 2018.