IIT Madras witnesses increase in pre-placements offers

As many as 227 PPOs have been made to IIT Madras students during the 2021-22 academic year so far as against 186 offers during the entire 2020-21 academic year.  

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras students have registered an increase in pre-placement offers (PPOs) this academic year.  As many as 227 PPOs have been made to IIT Madras students during the 2021-22 academic year as against 186 offers during the entire 2020-21 academic year. The PPOs will continue to be made till the commencement of Phase I of campus placements, which is scheduled for December 1, 2021. 

Explaining the factors behind the increase in PPOs this year, CS Shankar Ram, Advisor (Training and Placement), IIT Madras, said, “The Internship process provides a good opportunity for companies to evaluate our students who intern with them over an extended period of time. It also helps our students to learn more about the company, the roles that they may be offered and potential career prospects. PPOs are a natural outcome of this interaction that is a win-win for both companies and students. We are happy to note the continuing strong performance of our students in this regard and hope to extend this to Phase-I placements.”

Year-wise pre-placement offers at IIT Madras

In the ongoing academic year, the Core Engineering and R&D sectors accounted for most of the PPOs till date. The major recruiters are Qualcomm, Microsoft, Honeywell, Texas Instruments and Goldman Sachs. 

Sathyan Subbiah, Advisor (Internships), IIT Madras, said, “The internship process transforms the student from classroom ready to real-world placement ready. Shaped by curricular and extra-curricular experiences at IIT Madras, our students are excelling in their internships. This has given enough confidence in the companies leading to pre-placement offers.”  

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