NIT Placements – Know Highest Salary Package & Placement Process
Know the highest salary packages and the complete placement procedure of NITs here.
Most of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in India conduct placement drives for their students from December first week to March last week in different phases. Almost all the renowned companies from across the globe visit the NIT campuses to recruit engineering and other graduates. The average package of students in top NITs in India usually ranges from Rs 10-15 lakh per annum whereas, for other NITs, it is between Rs 5-10 lakh per annum.
Top domestic and international companies Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Ashok Leyland, Credence, QuadEye Security, Lowe’s, Wissen, Nokia, Incture, PharmEasy, ATCS, Toshiba, Cartesian Consulting, IBM, Cisco, Amazon, Arcesium, SAP, Qualcomm, Oracle, AppDynamics, etc. visited the NIT campuses to recruit engineering graduates for various job roles.
Engineering graduates are offered various roles in different sectors and domains. Much of the demand is for profiles in business analytics, coding, and software development. Companies from the automobile and FMCG sectors have also visited various NIT campuses to recruit engineering graduates. Function-wise most of the offers are made for positions such as engineering consultants.
The overall placement percentage for the academic year 2022-23 stood at 108.38%. Of all the branches, Mechanical Engineering recorded the highest placement rate of 141.38%. The table below depicts the branch-wise NIT Srinagar placement rate for 2023:
| Branch | Placement Percentage (2023) |
|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering | 104.29% |
| Civil Engineering | 65.90% |
| CSE | 121.12% |
| ECE | 107.60% |
| Electrical Engineering | 114.45% |
| IT | 140.57% |
| Mechanical Engineering | 141.38% |
| Metallurgical & Material Engineering | 100% |
NOTE: The placement percentage is calculated against the number of offers received and the number of students registered for placements.
NIT Durgapur M.Tech CSE placements data has not been released on the official website of the institute. However, during the National Institute of Technology Durgapur M.Tech placements 2022, a total number of 48 students got the placement offer. A few more highlights related to NIT Durgapur M.Tech placement 2022 are given below:
| Particular | Statistics (2022) |
|---|---|
| Total students | 249 |
| Total recruiters | 50 |
| Total students placed | 48 |
| Total offers made | 51 |
In this article, you will find all the information related to placements on all 31 campuses including NIT Warangal, NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal, and NIT Calicut. NITs are the premier engineering institutes in India offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate-level courses in different streams. Placement packages at NITs are one of the most important things that draw the attention of BTech aspirants. To get admission in IITs, candidates have to qualify JEE Mains and appear in JoSAA counselling.
NIT Placements: Procedure
All the NITs follow the below-mentioned step-by-step procedure for the placement of their students.
- Invitations are sent to companies/organizations in the form of brochures with relevant information along with response sheets enquiring about the recruitment details. Soft copies of the brochure and response sheet are also sent.
- The company fills the response sheet and sends it by e-mail/post to the Training and Placement Departments of the respective NITs.
- Once the details are received, the placement officer and coordinators get in touch with the company and a mutually convenient date is fixed for the Campus Placement process.
- The travel plans are obtained from the company and the necessary arrangements are made for various pre-placement, post-placement, and post-placement-related activities
- The offers are made by the company after the selection process and the offer letters are signed and accepted by the concerned students and sent to the company through the Training and Placement Department. The Department recommends offers to be made on the spot after the process with a letter of confirmation signed by the visiting company representatives.
NIT Placements: Salary packages offered
The table below will help the students to know about the highest domestic and average CTC offered at various NITs by different companies. The data is taken from the final placement reports of respective institutes.
| Name of NITs |
Average Domestic Package (Per annum – in lakh) |
Highest Domestic Package (Per annum – in lakh) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.53 |
31.12 |
|
| 7.5 |
37 |
|
| 7.84 |
34 |
|
| 7.82 |
36 |
|
| 6.62 |
17.30 |
|
| 13.3 |
39 |
|
| 6.6 |
13 |
|
| 6.3 |
32.5 |
|
| 7.7 |
39.1 |
|
| 9.56 |
50 |
|
| 7 |
38 |
|
| 7 |
32 |
|
| 6.42 |
12 |
|
| 6.78 |
120 |
|
| 8.24 |
40.63 |
|
| 9 |
19.56 |
|
| 7 |
39 |
|
| 5.6 |
17.5 |
|
| 6 |
13 |
|
| 4.5 |
9 |
|
| 5-6 |
39.1 |
|
| 4.9 |
15.25 |
|
| 14.15 |
39 |
|
| 8.5 |
18 |
|
| 6 |
70 |
|
| 5 |
36 |
|
| National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarkhand |
6 |
10.5 |
| 9 |
32.5 |
|
| 11.2 |
39.5 |
|
| 7 |
22 |
|
| National Institute of Technology, Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh |
5.87 |
13 |
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SVNIT has a good record of placements for courses like BTech, MTech, and MSc, etc. The key highlights of SVNIT Surat placements for the Class of 2024 and 2025 are tabulated below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2024) | Placement Statistics (2025) |
|---|---|---|
Highest package | INR 52.71 LPA | INR 62 LPA |
Average package | INR 10.26 LPA | INR 10.22 LPA |
Median package | INR 8.5 LPA | INR 8 LPA |
Total recruiters | 185 | 189 |
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A total of 540 UG and 186 PG students were placed during the placement drive 2024.
Here are the complete insights of MNIT Jaipur placements 2024:
- UG: INR 64 LPA
- PG: INR 33.06 LPA
- UG: INR 11.06 LPA
- PG: INR 10.28 LPA
- UG: INR 8 LPA
- PG: INR 9.25 LPA
- UG: 540
- PG: 186