Japanese firms eyeing fresh IIT graduates

Many Japanese companies have shown interest in hiring fresh graduates from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses. This follows the fact that the Japanese emperor Akihito is currently touring India.

During the first phase of placements at IIT Bombay, companies such as Konica Minolta, Uhuru Software, Daikin Manufacturing, Sony Japan and NEC Japan have offered salary packages ranging from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 35 lakh.

This year, IIT-B expects 15 Japanese firms to visit its campus during all the placement phases. This is thrice the number as compared to last year.

At IIT Kanpur, too, the number of Japanese firms visiting the campus has doubled. Sony Japan and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are two of the companies that have hired talent in the first phase of placements.

“During the first year, students recruited by the firms will be posted in Japan and then sent on international postings,” said Amit Saraswat, Placement Coordinator at IIT Kanpur.

The placement office at IIT Kanpur has also started a course on Japanese language and culture to help students placed in these companies understand the work and life culture well.