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IIT Kharagpur placement phase 1: Highest CTC at Rs 2.44 crore, total 1,501 job offers

The phase-I placements, which was held between December 1, 2025, and January 3, 2026, include 457 pre-placement offers and 15 international offers.

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Record 1,501 job offers were made during the phase-I of the IIT Kharagpur placement session of 2025-26. The highest CTC offer read at Rs 2.44 crore, the institute said in a statement. The phase-I placements, which was held between December 1, 2025, and January 3, 2026, include 457 pre-placement offers and 15 international offers.

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Earlier, the institute announced a “milestone when it crossed 1,000 offers for placement on a single day during the session.”

“A historic milestone was achieved on day two of placement at 8 am when the institute crossed 1,000 job offers,” the statement said after assessing the data of the entire Phase-1 month-long placement session.

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The placement drive attracted a diverse and renowned companies spanning the technology, core engineering, finance, consulting, analytics, and manufacturing sectors.

Despite unstable US visa policies, US companies have taken interest in hiring IIT students. Some of the notable recruiters included Apple, Tesla, Google, and Microsoft. Other companies include Nvidia, Airbus, Boeing, Mercedes, Qualcomm, Siemens, Amazon, Walmart, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Databricks, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, American Express, Samsung Korea, Texas Instruments, ExxonMobil, Caterpillar, Schlumberger Limited, L&T Finance, and Tata Group.

Chairperson, Career Development Centre (CDC), IIT Kharagpur, Prof Sanjay Gupta said, “The exceptional outcomes of the placement season underscore the strength of our collaborative model, despite the challenges in the job market.” Phase II of the placement session 2025-26 has started on January 16.