IIT-Hyderabad students get 53 offers from 15 companies in phase 1

HYDERABAD: Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) started the placement for the academic year 2019-20 on a robust note as 53 offers have been received from 15 companies by the end of first slot of recruitment on Sunday.
The placement cell representatives said that Microsoft made a record number of 17 offers, of which five are secured by girl students.Similarly, out of 3 offers from Goldman Sachs, two are secured by girl students. The institute received a total of 37 pre-placement offers (PPOs) this year (2019-20), almost double the last year’s figure.
“IIT Hyderabad campus has nurtured an environment of equality and played a vital role in shaping my career. Being a master’s student, my projects were on machine learning which helped me in the interview. This achievement has taught me that there will always be an option if we choose to persevere,” said Swati Jaiswal, a master’s student from computer science department, who bagged an offer from Microsoft.
A total of 477 students have registered for placements across departments this year. For phase 1, a total of 224 companies have registered, compared to about 150 companies in phase 1 last year (2018-19). Total of 244 companies had registered in the whole last year.
While phase 1 of campus recruitment for 2019-20 will be held between December 1 and 12, phase 2 recruitment will happen between January-April 2020. Apart from traditional recruiters such as Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce, Intel, Qualcomm and Oracle, companies such as BookMyShow, Sprinkler and Jaguar are among the prominent first-time companies this year.
“We are delighted to see encouraging results. We thank the companies for their continuous support to the institute. We have made a strong start and look forward to a successful placement season,” said Pradeep Yemula, faculty in-charge (placements), IIT-H.