128 students placed in first phase of IIT Jodhpur placements

A total of 40 companies have registered for the placement drive with more companies expected in phase 2 starting from December 2021.  

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has started the placement drive for the 2021-222 graduates. So far, a total of 40 companies have registered for the placement drive with more companies expected in phase 2 starting from December 2021. As many as 128 students have already been placed till November 2, 2021, in the first phase of the placement compared to 135 during the entire 2020-21 academic year. 

Anuj Pal Kapoor, faculty incharge, Career Development Cell, IIT Jodhpur, said, “The students’ performance in the interview performance, along with the support from the faculty and administration at IIT Jodhpur, is a testament to our grit and gumption, which ensured almost 55 per cent placements during the first phase. The industry-aligned curriculum along with rigour and relevance brought in respective courses across departments at IIT Jodhpur has enabled us to achieve this mark.” 

Some of the companies that offered PPOs at IIT Jodhpur during 2020-21 include DE Shaw, Arcesium, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Gojek, Amazon, Adobe, Codenation, SMS Data Tech, Diverta, Otsuka, Exawizard,Goldman sachs, and Google. A total of four international offers have been made to the IIT Jodhpur students so far. These offers have been made by SMS Data Tech, Diverta, and Otsuka Holding. 

Many companies are coming to IIT Jodhpur for the first time this year. These include Google, Graviton Trading, Zomato, Paytm, Deloitte, American Express, IBM, Infenion, Bukukas, Park Plus, Housing.com, Increff, Tata Electronics, and Tide. 

Average salary package at IIT Jodhpur campus placements higher than last year 

Based on the 128 offers made till date, IIT Jodhpur has witnessed a demand for the software developer, business analyst, strategic cloud engineer, trade execution analyst, market analyst, decision analyst, system engineer, validation engineer, design engineer, product engineer, application engineer, analog design engineer, and graduate engineer trainee. There has been an increase in the average salary being offered to the BTech students as well. As compared to INR 14.36 LPA during 2020-2021, an average salary of INR 24.38 LPA is being offered during this placement drive. 

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