IIT Madras Placements 2019 & 2018 - Check Top Recruiters & Sector Wise statistics

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Phase-I of IIT Madras placements 2019 ended with the institute achieving 63% placements. Get the complete IIT Madras placement report at Shiksha.

IIT Madras placements have shown high growth in the last two years. Check out the complete IIT Madras placement report of 2019, 2018 and 2017 from below.

IIT Madras Placements 2019 - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has been ranked as the top public engineering institute in India by NIRF MHRD since last years (2016-2019). A total of 1300 students had registered for IIT Madras placements 2019. The total of 1015 job profiles was offered. Including accepted PPOs, 844 students have been successfully placed. The departments of Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Engineering Design the institute have achieved approximately 80% placements. During the same time in 2017, a total of 766 students was placed.

Candidates were offered jobs at Consulting, Analytics, Finance, Education & FMCG. A few of the top companies that visited the campus include Citibank, McKinsey & Company, ZS Associates, Tata Consultancy Services, Flipkart, Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd etc.

IIT Madras Placement Report 2018

Over 490 job profiles were on offer by a total of 326 companies registered for phase-I campus placements at IIT Madras. Out of the registered companies, a total of 195 companies visited IIT Madras campus for recruitments.

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Including accepted PPOs, a total of 844 students has been successfully placed at the end of IIT Madras phase-I placements 2018. With this, the institute has achieved about 63% placements. However, in the departments of Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Engineering Design the institute has achieved approximately 80% placements. During the same time of the last year (2017), a total of 766 students was placed by 195 companies.

Institute of Technology or IIT, Madras, witnessed the highest ever number of job offers made in its history in the 1st phase of the placement process

  • 63% placement recorded
  • Students registered for placements for 2018: 1276
  • No. of Students placed 2018: 739
  • PPOs Accepted: 95
  • No. of Companies visited IIT Madras for 2018: 246

Major international recruiters in IIT Madras placements 2018 includes Microsoft, Uber (US), Micron Tech (Singapore) & Rubrik Inc (US)

      

IIT Madras students have received offers from over 13 international companies. Some of the major international recruiters in IIT Madras placements 2018 include:

  • Microsoft
  • Uber (US)
  • Rubrik Inc (US)
  • Micron Tech (Singapore)
Table of contents
  • IIT Madras Placements Course- Wise 2018-2019
  • IIT Madras Sector-Wise Percentage Of Placements
  • IIT Madras Sector-Wise Percentage Of Placements
  • IIT Madras Placement Report 2017

IIT Madras Placements Course- Wise 2018-2019

Course Name

Percentage (%)

BTech

85.38

BTech+MTech

85.52

MTech

66.10

MA

81.82

MSc

41.67

MS

73.55

PhD

28.57

IIT Madras Sector-Wise Percentage Of Placements

IIT Madras Sector-Wise Percentage Of Placements

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Sector Wise IIT Madras Placements 2018 (Phase-I)

In first phase of IIT Madras placements 2018, the highest number of job offers have been made in the core/ R&D sector (346 offers) followed by the IT sector with 290 offers. Check complete sector-wise statistics for IIT Madras phase-I placements 2018 below:

Sector

Number of Offers

% Breakup

Analytics/ Finance/ Consulting

248

28%

Core/ R&D

346

39%

Information Technology (IT)

290

32%

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

4

Total

888

100%

Top Recruiters in IIT Madras Placements 2018 (Phase-I)

In 2018, Micron Technology and Intel Technology emerged as top recruiters with 26 offers made to IIT Madras students each. Other top recruiters in IIT Madras phase-I placements 2018 include:

Company

Number of Offers

Micron Technology, Inc

26

Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd

26

Microsoft

22

Citibank

22

Qualcomm

21

EY

18

L&T Construction

18

EXL Analytics

17

Flipkart

16

GE

14

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

14

American Express

13

CSS Corp

13

Eaton Technologies Private Limited

13

Indus Insights & Analytical Services Pvt Ltd

12

JP Morgan Services India Pvt Ltd

11

Oravel Stays Private Limited

10

HCL Technologies

10

RIVIGO Services Pvt Ltd

10

ANI Technologies

10

Capgemini Technology Services India Pvt Ltd

10

IIT Madras Placement Report 2017

In 2017, 224 companies had participated in IIT Madras placements making a total of 854 offers. Out of the total job offers, 739 were accepted by students. Total number of PPO offers that were made in 2017 was 117. Out of this, total 95 PPOs were accepted by IIT Madras students. Including PPOs, total number of IIT Madras students placed in 2017 stood at 834.

In 2017, IIT Madras students had also received international offers from 19 companies. Also, the year had seen participation from 38 startup companies which made over 100 offers to students.

Salary Offered in IIT Madras Placements 2017

Given below is range of salaries offered in different branches of engineering during IIT Madras placements 2017:

Branch

Range of Salary Offered (in Rs)

Aerospace Engineering

4.8 lakh to 20 lakh per annum

Applied Mechanics

4.8 lakh to 212 lakh per annum

Bio Technology

6 lakh to 48.75 lakh per annum

Civil Engineering

4.4 lakh to 18.95 lakh per annum

Chemical Engineering

4.8 lakh to 32 lakh per annum

Computer Science & Engineering

7 lakh to 95.87 lakh per annum

Electrical Engineering

5.38 lakh to 39.02 lakh per annum

Engineering Design

6 lakh to 16.8 lakh per annum

Mathematics

3.6 lakh to 12 lakh per annum

Mechanical Engineering

4.8 lakh to 26.04 lakh per annum

Metallurgical & Metal Engineering

4.8 lakh to 17.2 lakh per annum

Ocean Engineering

4.4 lakh to 48.75 lakh per annum

Physics

3.6 lakh to 20 lakh per annum

Course Wise IIT Madras Placements 2017 for BTech, BTech+MTech (Dual Degree) & MTech

In 2017, a total of 328 BTech students had registered for IIT Madras placements out of which 213 were successfully placed. However, the highest number of placements were seen for BTech+MTech (dual degree) students. In 2017, total 252 dual degree students were placed against 340 registered students. The number of MTech students who had registered for IIT Madras placements 2017 was 250. And, the total number of MTech students placed was 177.

Course

Number of Students Registered

Number of Students Placed

BTech

328

213

BTech+MTech (Dual Degree)

340

252

MTech

250

177

Given in the tables below are branch-wise IIT Madras placement statistics for BTech, dual degree and MTech courses:

IIT Madras Placement 2017 Statistics for BTech

Branch

Number of Students Registered

Number of Students Placed

Aerospace Engineering

22

8

Applied Mechanics

0

0

Bio Technology

0

0

Civil Engineering

37

23

Chemical Engineering

52

31

Computer Science & Engineering

24

18

Electrical Engineering

48

37

Engineering Design

0

0

Mathematics

0

0

Mechanical Engineering

68

45

Metallurgical & Metal Engineering

26

18

Ocean Engineering

29

19

Physics

22

14

Total

328

213

IIT Madras Placement 2017 Statistics for BTech & MTech (Dual Degree)

Branch

Number of Students Registered

Number of Students Placed

Aerospace Engineering

20

14

Applied Mechanics

0

0

Bio Technology

41

27

Civil Engineering

36

25

Chemical Engineering

13

11

Computer Science & Engineering

24

21

Electrical Engineering

55

42

Engineering Design

46

37

Mathematics

0

0

Mechanical Engineering

71

57

Metallurgical & Metal Engineering

15

5

Ocean Engineering

17

11

Physics

2

2

Total

340

252

IIT Madras Placement 2017 Statistics for MTech

Branch

Number of Students Registered

Number of Students Placed

Aerospace Engineering

10

6

Applied Mechanics

8

5

Bio Technology

8

5

Civil Engineering

25

13

Chemical Engineering

28

12

Computer Science & Engineering

40

37

Electrical Engineering

33

28

Engineering Design

0

0

Mathematics

6

5

Mechanical Engineering

47

42

Metallurgical & Metal Engineering

16

6

Ocean Engineering

25

18

Physics

4

0

Total

250

177

Sector Wise IIT Madras Placements 2017

Overall trends in sector-wise placements at IIT Madras remained the same as previous years with highest number of offers made in core sector. Checkout the percentage of offers made in different sectors below:

Sector

% Breakup

Analytics/ Finance/ Consulting

28%

Core/ R&D

45%

Information Technology (IT)

22%

Top Recruiters in IIT Madras Placements 2017

In 2017, Citi, Intel, EXL Services, Flipkart and HCL technologies emerged as top five recruiters in IIT Madras placements. Check out the number of offers made by each recruiter below:

Company

Number of Offers in 2017

Citi 

25

Intel India Technology Pvt Ltd

20

EXL Services

19

Flipkart

18

HCL Technologies

17

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