NIT Goa Placement 2021: NIT Goa student bags Rs 20 lakh job at Goldman Sachs
NIT Goa student receives the highest job offer so far for the institute. Read further to know more.
NIT Goa Placement 2021: A student at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa has received a job offer with an annual pay package of Rs 20 lakh, the highest so far for the institute which was established in 2010. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 crises and the economic slowdown caused because of it, Prakhar Gupta, a final year BTech student who will pass out in 2021, has been hired by Goldman Sachs.
“Till now, our students’ highest package was Rs 15.9 lakh per annum, as our placement cell records. This is the highest package offered to our students to date. Many other tech institutes may see its students bagging higher pay packages, but the package bagged by Prakhar is a big amount for a new and growing NIT like ours,” said director Gopal Mugeraya.
He said that it also came as a pleasant surprise at a time when the world has been hit by a pandemic.
“We believe in preparing our students for the profession and not the job. But this is encouraging. Even in Covid conditions, students appeared for campus interviews virtually and got jobs. Such packages are often seen for placements abroad, but this offer is significant as it is for an Indian placement for a core job,” Mugeraya said.
More than 45 companies participated in the placement drives during the 2020-21 academic year at NIT Goa. The companies included names like Samsung, Siemens, JSW, Mphasis, L&T, Tata Power, Reliance, Nokia and Infosys, among others.
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, some companies like Goldman Sachs, Wipro, TCS, Sapient, and Knowlarity communication, conducted the placement through the virtual mode.
“More than 90% of our BTech 2021 batch has received placement offers, and placement drives are still going on. The highest package offered to an MTech student was Rs 14.3 lakh per annum. Also, two PhD scholars have been selected by C-DAC Pune with a CTC of Rs 9.1 lakh per annum,” said Mugeraya.
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