IIT Bombay Placements 2019 & 2018 - Check Highest Salary & Top Companies

IIT Bombay Placements have shown considerable growth in the last two years. Check out the complete IIT Bombay placement report of 2019 & 2018 here.

Established in 1958, the second of its kind, IIT Bombay was the first to be set up with foreign assistance. The institute is recognised worldwide as a leader in the field of engineering education and research. IIT Bombay placements are conducted in two phases every year. Phase-I is conducted in December and Phase-II is conducted in January.

The article showcases the highlights of IIT Bombay placement in 2019 & 2018.

IIT Bombay Placements Report 2019

IIT Bombay placement drive for candidates passing out in 2019 was conducted for a year. It started in July 2018 and ended on June 30, 2019. Interview procedure of phase-1 – the main event of IIT Bombay placement 2019 was conducted between December 01 and December 16, 2018.

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During this phase, 361 companies participated to provide placement offers and Pre-Placement Offers (PPO) to candidates. A total of 1,695 students registered for placements and 1,996 students registered for internship programmes.

According to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, this is an all-time high record considering in terms of students placed during phase-I of the placement season. The highest domestic Cost to Company (CTC) offered in phase-I of IIT Bombay placements 2019 is Rs 45 lakh per annum.

The initial phase of IIT Bombay 2019 Placement included a variety of firms from sectors like Engineering & Technology, Oil & Gas, IT & Software, Electronic Hardware, Data Analytics, Consulting, Finance/Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG).

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The phase-2 of IIT Bombay placement 2019 was conducted from January 15 to June 30, 2019. In this article, you will find details on:

• IIT Bombay Placement Highlights 2019
• Key Trends in IIT Bombay Placement 2019
• Number of students placed in the last three years
• IIT Bombay Placement Course- Wise Offers
• IIT Bombay Placement Sector-Wise Offers
• IIT Bombay Department-Wise Internship Offers
• IIT Bombay Top Recruiters 2019

IIT Bombay Placement Highlights 2019

• IIT Bombay witnessed a participation of 361 companies including PPOs securing 1,186 offers in 2018-19 placement drive
• The highest domestic CTC offered in phase-I placements is Rs 45 lakh per annum
• The highest international CTC offered during phase-I of IIT Bombay placement 2019 is USD 1.64 lakh 
• The highest offers were bagged by the Engineering and technology department of the bagged the highest number of offers with an average package of Rs 18.5 lakh per annum
• Top recruiters for 2019 placements in IIT Bombay include Samsung, Adobe, Amazon, Microsoft, TCS, and Qualcomm
• Microsoft, emerged as the top recruiter for this year’s placements and also offered the highest salary package of Rs 1.5 crore per annum,.
• Samsung recruited the highest number of students - 27

Key Trends in IIT Bombay Placement 2019

a. Sector-wise stats for different programmes

b. Comparison of average salary, international and PPOs

The table below depicts the comparison for 2017-18 and 2018-19 data of average CTC for domestic and international placement offers and pre-placement offers.

Description	2017-2018	2018-2019
Average Gross Salary (in LPA*)	12.32	14.11
Average CTC (in LPA*)	15.69	17.49
Total Number of International Offers	75	108
Total Number of Pre-Placement Offers	100	131

Number of students placed in the last three years

The last three year data for total student placements across different programs reflects an upward trend, particularly for BTech and MTech courses. The total number of students offered placement in 2018-19 was 1186 with 475 offers in BTech programs alone which is encouraging for any engineering aspirant targetting admission in 2019-20 season.

Program	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
BTech	394	438	475
Dual Degree (BTech + MTech)	189	157	151
MTech	396	403	402
Others	135	119	158
Total	1114	1117	1186

IIT Bombay Placement 2019 Course- Wise Offers

BTech followed by MTech were the most prominent courses where students received placement offers. Almost 84 per cent of all the candidates who participated in got placement offers.

Program	Registered	Participated	Placed	Percentage Placed
BTech	612	534	475	88.95
Dual Degree (BTech + MTech)	182	158	151	95.56
MTech	524	463	402	86.83
2-year MSc	124	75	57	76
BDes	22	15	15	100
MDes	57	49	44	89.8
4-year BS	20	18	14	77.78
Others Programs*	154	92	28	30.43
Total	1695	1404	1186	84.47

IIT Bombay Placement 2019 Sector-Wise Offers

• The highest number of offers were rolled out in the engineering and technology sector followed by IT/Software
• Samsung was the top recruiter with 27 offers (highest offers)
• Microsoft emerged as the top recruiter as it offered the highest salary package of Rs 1.5 crore per annum
• Apart from the above, three PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings) also recruited 13 students from IIT Bombay in 2019

IIT Bombay Department-Wise Internship Offers

Computer Science followed by Electrical and Chemical are the most popular courses where students are offered internship opportunities based on last three years report. Unlike the placement offers, internship opportunities show a downward trend based of 6 per cent from 2016-17 season to 2018-19 season.

Department	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
Aerospace	39	34	49
Chemical	158	131	137
Chemistry	16	21	25
Civil	98	111	100
Computer Science	187	220	203
Electrical	182	176	133
Engineering Physics	30	17	23
Energy	39	23	18
Mechanical	164	158	166
MEMS	117	88	89
Others	77	96	98
Total	1107	1075	1041

IIT Bombay Top Recruiters 2019

Top Recruiting Companies
Microsoft	Samsung	Google
Qualcomm	Strategy & Carin	Goldman Sachs
Amazon	Adobe	TATA
Morgan Stanley	Accenture	ONGC

IIT Bombay Placement 2018

Given below are all relevant details on phase-I of IIT Bombay placements 2018. Note: Complete report on IIT Bombay placements 2018 is yet to be out.

As per media reports, this year IIT Bombay students have secured 1,122 offers (including pre-placement) from 361 companies. As per the institute, this is an all-time high record considering the number of students placed during phase-I of the placement season. The highest domestic CTC offered in phase-I IIT Bombay placements is Rs 45 lakh per annum. On the other hand, the highest international CTC offered in phase-I placements is $1.64 lakh.         

Out of all the sectors, the highest number of offers were rolled out in the engineering and technology sector with an average package of Rs 18.5 lakh per annum. However, IIT Bombay's highest package was offered in the IT & Software sector at Rs 21.29 lakh per annum. For further clarity on IIT Bombay average package offered in different sectors candidates can refer the table below:

Sector	CTC (per annum - in lakh)
Engineering and Technology	18.5
Finance	17.51
Research & Development	16.13
Consulting	13.28

Some of the reputed companies that participated in IIT Bombay phase-I placements 2018 include:

• Samsung
• Micron Semiconductors
• Microsoft
• Qualcomm
• BCG
• Strategy &Carin
• Goldman Sachs

IIT Bombay Placements 2017 for BTech, BTech+MTech (Dual Degree) & MTech

This year, Microsoft emerged as the top recruiter for IIT Bombay with the highest salary package offer of Rs 1.5 crore per annum. Samsung emerged as another top recruiter with the highest number of offers – 27. Apart from the above, three PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings) also recruited 13 students from IIT Bombay this year.    

Like every year, IIT Bombay placements 2017 for BTech, BTech+MTech (Dual Degree) and MTech courses were conducted in two phases.

At the end of the placement year, a total of 320 jobs were given by 82 companies to BTech and MTech students at IIT Bombay. Various Public Sector Units (PSUs) were also invited by the institute for campus placements.    

Image Source: IIT Bombay Placement and Internship Report 2017—2018

As stated above, in 2017, a total of 82 organizations from the engineering and technology sector participated in campus placements and hired 320 students. To check the distribution of job offers made in various sectors, candidates can refer to the table below:

Sector	Number of Organisations	Number of Offers
Engineering and Technology	82	320
IT/ Software	65	187
Finance	26	125
Analytics	37	147
Consulting	25	105
Research and Development	22	82
Education	15	39
FMCG	2	8
Public Sector Undertaking	5	30
Others	25	74
Total	304	1,117

Image Source: IIT Bombay Placement and Internship Report 2017—2018

In 2017, a total of 514 BTech students participated in campus placements out of which 438 students were successfully placed. Similarly, the number of BTech+MTech (dual degree) and MTech students that participated in last year’s campus placements was 174 and 489, respectively.

Out of these, the number of students that made through IIT Bombay campus placements was 157 (for BTech+MTech) and 403 (MTech). For further clarity, candidates can refer to the table below:  

Registered	Participated	Placed	Percentage
BTech
562	514	438	85.21%
BTech+MTech (Dual Degree)
195	174	157	90.23%
MTech
542	489	403	82.41%

The department-wise job offers made in last three years is depicted in the table below. It may be noted that other than engineering, job offers made in departments such as Chemistry, Physics, Industrial Design Centre in 2017 are 17, 15 and 35, respectively. Apart from this, offers made in other programs in 2017 are 35.  

Department-wise offers made	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Aerospace	53	48	53
Chemical	97	101	92
Civil	105	89	111
Computer Science	187	181	174
Electrical	205	199	185
Mechanical	159	163	179
MEMS	90	92	104
Energy Science & Engineering	31	35	33
Applied Statistics & Informatics	24	23	24
Biosciences and Bioengineering	14	12	13
Total	965	943	968

Image Source: IIT Bombay Placement and Internship Report 2017—2018

Job offers made by different companies are divided into various categories (C) based on gross salary packages as mentioned in the table below. In 2017, the most number of companies (72) offered salaries above Rs 13 lakh per annum (LPA). Go through the salary-wise classification of job offers below:

Range of Gross Salary (in lakh rupees per annum)	Number of Companies	Number of Offers
C1 ? 13	72	298
11 ? C2	40	164
9.25 ? C3	54	192
7.5 ? C4	59	219
6 ? C5	45	155
5 ? C6	25	65
C7	9	24
Total	304	1117

An average gross salary that was offered in 2017 was Rs 12.32 lakh and CTC offered was Rs 15.69 lakh. The total number of international offers that were made in 2017 were 75. Given below is average salary, international and pre-placement offer details of the last two years for reference of candidates:

Description	2016-17	2017-18
Average Gross Salary (in LPA)	Rs 11.41 Lakh p.a.	Rs 12.32 Lakh p.a.
Average CTC (in LPA)	Rs 13.38 Lakh p.a.	Rs 15.69 Lakh p.a.
Total Number of International Offers	67	75
Total Number of Pre-Placement Offers	59	100

Image Source: IIT Bombay Placement and Internship Report 2017—2018

Below table shows a course-wise comparison of the number of IIT Bombay students placed in the last three years:

2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
BTech
397	394	438
BTech+MTech (Dual Degree)
185	189	157
MTech
429	396	403

Image Source: IIT Bombay Placement and Internship Report 2017—2018

In 2017, BTech and MTech maintained nearly the same demand amongst companies of various sectors. The engineering and technology sector showed greater interest in IIT Bombay students in 2017 as compared to 2016. Check the complete sector-wise statistics for BTech, BTech+MTech and MTech courses below:

Sector	BTech (no. of students placed)	BTech+MTech (Dual Degree)	MTech
Analytics	34	22	56
Consulting	62	16	16
Education	5	1	18
Engineering and Technology	104	39	156
Finance	84	27	12
FMCG	4	2	2
IT/ Software	76	26	69
Public Sector Undertaking	28	1	0
Research and Development	23	11	43
Others	18	12	31

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FAQs Related to IIT Bombay Placements

Q. How are the placements at IIT Bombay placements?

A: IIT Bombay is considered one of the best for Engineering aspirants receiving both Indian and International offers.

Q. What are top companies that offer placements to IIT Bombay?

A. Microsoft, Samsung, Google, Qualcomm, Strategy & Carin, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Adobe, TATA, Morgan Stanley, Accenture, ONGC etc.

Q: Is there 100 per cent placement from IIT Bombay?

A: Last year around 84.47 % out of all the candidates got placement from IIT Bombay.

Q. What is the highest CTC offered at IIT Bombay?

A. In phase 1 placements of 2019-20, packages for domestic roles rose up by 38.4% to Rs 62.28 lakh in 2019, from Rs 45 lakh in 2018. The average CTC last year was Rs 20.34 lakh, up from Rs 17.75 lakh (2018).

Q. What is the highest salary offered at IIT Bombay for CSE?

A. The highest salary for CSE offered was 10 lakhs per annum, and the lowest salary offered was Rs. 5-6 per annum.

Q. What is the highest International offer that IIT Bombay gets?

A. IIT Bombay student gets Rs 1.16 crore international offer.

Q. How many International offers do IIT Bombay get?

A. Last year, 156 international offers from different countries like USA, Japan, UAE, Singapore, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.

Q. How many students accepted offers from domestic companies?

A. A total of 1319 offers were made by 265 companies during the first phase (including PPOs), out of which 1172 offers were accepted by the students.

Q. Which is the top recruiting sector in IIT Bombay?

A. Top Recruiting Sector in IIT Bombay is Research & Development.