CMI Times's video: IIT Delhi Placement 2019 Surpass 10-Year Record

, , The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi this year broke its last 10 years' record for number of placements, with its students grabbing over 900 offers from various national and international employers so far. The number crosses 1,000 if one includes the pre-placement offers, meaning those under which a student works as an intern before getting recruited. According to an IIT Delhi statement, number of companies coming for campus placement also saw an increase of 15 per cent over the last year. The students from core subjects like electrical, chemical, civil and mechanical engineering formed the group bagging the highest number (32 per cent) of offers, followed by Information Technology students, who got 20 per cent of total offers. The rest of the offers were from the fields of analytics, management, finance, consulting, research and teaching, and other motley ones. Over 900 students got “job offers of their choice”, the statement added. As many as 43 students got opportunities to work in Japan, Europe, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and US, Of them only 33 decided explore these opportunities. As many as 160 pre-placement offers were given to students of which close to 90 were accepted.