National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NIT-RKL) Placement

The placements are good at NIT Rourkela.The institute has a good record of placements for its BTech, MTech, BArch and MBA courses. As per the 2024 placement reports, the NIT Rourkela the highest package offered during the placement drive stood at INR 120 LPA. The key highlights of NIT Rourkela placements for the Class of 2022-2024 are tabulated below:

No specific data is available for NIT Rourkela BSc placements 2024 but As per the media reports, the overall NIT Rourkela average package offered in 2024 stood at INR 12.89 LPA.

Earlier, NIT Rourkela concluded the placements for the batch passed out in 2023. As per the report, the participating recruiters presented 1,326 job offers to the Class of 2023. The the highest and average package offered during NIT Rourkela placements in 2023 was INR 83.60 LPA and INR 13.89 LPA,  respectively.

NIT Rourkela is well known for its BTech placements. It offers good placements every year for BTech course, especially the CSE branch. The NIT Rourkela CSE average package offered in 2024 placements stood at INR 18.31 LPA. The compleate placemet details for the CSE batch 2024 are yet to be released. Meanwhile, check out the key highlights of NIT Rourkela placements for the CSE Class of 2023 in the table below:

The average package for the B.Tech CSE at NIT Rourkela in 2023 was about 24 LPA.

According to unofficial sources, a large share of NIT Rourkela alumni is placed in the Engineering sector, with a 27% share. The other top sectors that involve the majority of alumni are Education and Operations with 12% and 11% shares, respectively. See the below pie chart illustrating the sector-wise distribution of alumni:

NOTE: The ‘Others’ category illustrates the combined data of diverse domains such as Consulting, Program and Project Management, Sales, Arts and Design, Media and Communication, Product Management, Finance, Marketing, HR sectors

The top recruiters who participated during NIT Rourkela placements in 2024 are presented in the table below:

The list below showcases NIT Rourkela placements 2023 statistics as compared to other NITs:

 The salary package offered to sector-wise students during NIT Rourkela placements is given below:

The placement record for the Metallurgy department at NIT Rourkela is good. In the year 2023, the highest package offered was INR 52.98 LPA and the average package was INR 12.95 LPA. The top recruiting companies for the Metallurgy department at NIT Rourkela are Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and Power, Vedanta, Hindalco Industries, and so on.

The top four sector-wise the average package offered in the last three years:

The table below showcases the top five sector-wise the highest package offered over the past three years: