CHENNAI: Sixty-three per cent students of IIT-Madras across various streams of engineering have found jobs in the first round of placements that concluded on December 23. Of the 1,208 students who registered for placements, 769 students found jobs in 209 different companies spanning sectors such as core engineering, banking and finance, fast moving consumer goods, IT and public sector units. “For the first time, companies like Sony Corporation (Japan), Pocket Gems (US), Infoaxe (US), EPIC (US), Honda (Japan), NTT Communications (Japan), Gulf Talent, Social Soft (US), Hyundai Motors, Paypal, WS Atkins, UoP Honeywell, Commvault, have visited the campus. PSUs like NTPC, HAL, ISRO, Indian Navy, Power Grid etc. have also visited us this year,” read a media statement from IIT-Madras. “Core Engineering Companies like Ashok Leyland, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hero Moto Corp, Coromandel Fertilizers, Murugappa Group, etc. have also visited the campus this year.”For some placements in the United States, the compensation offered has been as high as Rs 1,35,000. In general, most of the companies have offered packages between Rs 4 to Rs 15 lakh per annum.
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