NIT Rourkela placement: Great 101 companies take part

NIT Rourkela placement for the academic year 2020-21 was a grand affair with the participation of over 101 new companies.

The highlight point during the recent NIT Rourkela placement drive was that three students were offered annual pay packages of Rs 45 lakh which is the highest so far.

There is more to NIT Rourkela placement. Nine students were offered a pay package of Rs 43 lakhs per annum.

Professor Umesh C. Pati, Head of Training and Placement at NIT Rourkela spoke about the placement drive.

NIT Rourkela placement

‘This year, taking up the NIT Rourkela placement was a rigorous task.’

But, keeping up with the new normal of virtual placement drive, the Training and Placement Centre worked very hard to adapt quickly and enable the students to be at their best for the process, he said speaking about NIT Rourkela placement drive for the academic year 2020-21.

We witnessed 101 new companies which have participated in this placement season. Some of them are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Barclays, Citi Bank, Siemens Gamesa and others, he said.

What is more with regards to NIT Rourkela placement? With 84 companies offering 253 students more than Rs 10 lakh per annum, the average CTC offered was about Rs. 9.36 LPA, an increase of over 4 per cent from the previous year.

As far as NIT Rourkela placement is concerned, another 211 students bagged prestigious internship offers from global majors like Microsoft, Barclays, Bajaj Auto, Citi Bank and Qualcomm with the highest stipend rising to Rs.1 lakh per month.

So far, the Institute received more than 841 full-time offers.

The 256 companies that participated in the placement drive are from the diverse sectors like software, manufacturing, electronics, finance, education, petroleum, construction and top rung public sector units like GAIL, C-DAC, TRAI, C-DOT, IOCL and others.

Director of NIT Rourkela Professor Animesh Biswas praised the students and Placement Committee in connection with NIT Rourkela placement drive for academic year 2020-21.

This year’s NIT Rourkela placement season has witnessed remarkable success despite the current Covid-19 pandemic, which is a testament to the education imparted at NIT Rourkela and the hard work put in by our students.

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‘I am very proud of our students for their dedication which has led to such coveted employment offers,’ he said speaking about NIT Rourkela placement.

Speaking further about NIT Rourkela placement he said ‘We are continuously striving to exceed the expectations of the recruiters as well as stakeholders and thank them for reposing faith in the institute as well as its distinct academic culture.’

I would also like to congratulate Professor Umesh C. Pati, Professor Anup Nandy, (Professor-in-Charge) and the entire Placement Committee 2020-21 for working hard to make this a very successful NIT Rourkela placement season.

All of us at NIT Rourkela wish the outgoing batch the very best for their new professional or academic roles, he said.

There are few more special points to NIT Rourkela placement.

The Computer Science and Engineering Departments bagged 187 jobs, the maximum among all other departments.

More than 230 postgraduate students have bagged job offers so far.

NIT Rourkela placement drive saw undergraduate students doing well, Chemical Engineering department attained 100% placements, followed by Computer Science and Electronics & Communication Engineering departments, which achieved 98%.

Among the others, the Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering and Electrical Engineering attained 92% and 88% placements respectively.

The statistical report of NIT Rourkela placement indicates that the IT and software sector has emerged as the top recruiter (41% of total recruitment) till date.

Core Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Manufacturing, Analytics and Consulting, Banking Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) and Education sectors shared the rest.

About NIT Rourkela

NIT Rourkela is one of the premier national level institutions for technical education in the country and is funded by the Government of India.

NIT Rourkela has earned 16th position in NIRF Ranking 2020 (Engineering Category) and overall 32nd position. In Atal rankings 2020, NITR has been placed in Band A (Rank Between 11th – 25th) among the Institute of National Importance, Central Universities.

The campus of the Institute consisting of the Institute buildings, halls of residence and staff colony in over an area of 262 hectares of land. It is a residential campus offering accommodation to faculty, staff and students.

The campus has all the amenities for developing personal, social and academic skills of the student community.