
(The IIT placement is part of a series by The Indian Express where we bring to you the five-year placement record of a course offered by a top engineering college. This will help JEE aspirants choose the course /IIT of their choice.)
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) reported that 445 students were placed in the first phase of the 2022 placement session, out of which 25 students received packages of more than Rs 1 crore.
Similarly, while the number of placed students and total offers have increased in comparison to the 2017-18 placement seasons, the number saw a decline in 2021-22 when compared to 2020-21.
The total number of offers in 2017-18 was 4, which increased to 15 in 2018-19 but has been declining since then, as it was 10 for two continuous years (2019-20 and 2020-21). It fell further down to 6 in 2021-22, which may be an effect of the Covid pandemic. The number of placed students, too, started from 4 in 2017-18, which increased to 14 in 2018-19, but fell again and stayed steady at 10 in 2019-20 and 2020-21. It further fell to 5 in 2021-22 placement season.
While other data sets have seen an increase in the 2021-22 placement season, the average salary has seen a decline in comparison to the 2017-18 season. The average salary was Rs 14.33 lakh per annum in 2017-18, which decreased to Rs Rs 6.93 lakh in 2018-19. The 2019-20 placement session saw an increase to Rs 7.8 lakh per annum, before once again falling down to Rs 6.06 lakh per annum in 2020-21. However, the average salary saw a good increase as it touched Rs 10.6 lakh per annum in 2021-22.
In 2021-22, the percentage of placement was 15, according to the data provided by the institute. The minimum package was Rs 7.8 lakh per annum and the maximum package in 2021-22 was Rs 16 lakh per annum for the Chemistry department.
Some of the top recruiters of the 2022-23 placement season have been Texas Instruments, Bajaj Auto, Qualcomm, J P Morgan Chase, Proctor & Gamble, Morgan Stanley, Graviton, Mckinsey & Company and Cohesity, among others.