IIT Guwahati receives 164 job offers as placement season kicks off

The big recruiters of this year’s first two Sessions include Google, Microsoft, Bajaj, HPCL, Navi, Piramal, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments among others.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati campus placements for the 2023-24 Academic Year began with a total of 164 offers made by 59 companies during Day one’s sessions.

In addition, IIT Guwahati students have received as many as 214 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) during the Academic Year 2023-24. Most of the offers were in the sectors of Core Engineering, and Finance profiles, the institute said in a statement.

The institute has received as many as 11 placement offers above the Rs one- crore package so far as compared to seven such offers in 2022-2023. The big recruiters of this year’s first two sessions included Google, Microsoft, Bajaj, HPCL, Navi, Piramal, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments among others.

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Phase 1 of placements is expected to continue till December 15 at IIT Guwahati. In the 2023-24 Academic Year, a total of 1491 students have registered for placements, across different streams of study.

The total number of companies registered for Phase 1 of placements is 262, who will be recruiting for a total of around 422 profiles. More than 50 start-ups have also registered for recruitment in the ongoing academic year along with seven Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).