SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Dec. 5: IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad has been flooded with job offers from the nation and abroad, including Japanese firms with the arrival of the new placement season in the institution.
The Dean, Corporate Communications, IIT ISM, Prof Rajni Singh, said that in the first two days of placement 217 full-time placements have been offered to students with an average package of Rs 17 lakh Per Annum (LPA) while 183 students of final years have received a pre-placement offer.
Pre-placement offers have come for software engineer, data scientist, business analyst, robotics engineer and management trainee roles in various core engineering companies.
Proactive outreach initiatives
“Despite the anticipation of challenging placement season during 2024 due to the market slowdown, the proactive outreach initiatives undertaken by the placement team of students, staff and faculty members of Career Development Centre (CDC) helped the students of IIT ISM to secure top-notch placements in leading firms. The initiation of the season has been marked by a successful start with offers of full-time as well as pre-placement offers,” pointed out Prof Singh.
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The selectors of across various sectors picked up students for core engineering, IT/software, Public Sector Units (PSUs) and startups.
Some of the popular profiles of recruiters were in oil and gas, chemical, mechanical, geological engineering, production engineering, data engineering, strategy and consulting. business development, market analysis, product analyst, semiconductors, banking and others.
Japanese firms
“ Several Japanese firms showed keen interest in hiring the students and five offers were received. But students in general were more enthusiastic about domestic offers and there was a strong inclination for core engineering companies in preference to software,” said an official
The average (median) LPA as of December 2 was around 17 lakhs. Overall, the placement season is still encouraging and more than 30 companies are in queue till the
Christmas break. Phase 2 will begin in January and awaits more participation from companies till March 31.
