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IIIT Delhi placements: One student bagged annual package of ₹1.45 crore, claims institute
The placements season at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) concluded recently. In a press release issued on Tuesday, IIIT Delhi claimed that the placement record this season was impressive.
The placements season at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) concluded recently. In a press release issued on Tuesday, IIIT Delhi claimed that the placement record this season was impressive.
The release said that students from the batch graduating in 2020 received 562 offers so far, including 310 full time and 252 Internship offers. The institute further claimed that out of the offers received, there was one international offer, which was made by Facebook.
The institute said a Computer Science engineer bagged a pay package of over ₹1.45 crore, while a couple of other students bagged annual salary close to ₹43 lakh and ₹33 lakh. According to the release, the current average compensation at IIIT Delhi was ₹16.33 lakh and the present median compensation was ₹14.85 lakh (inclusive of all UG and PG programmes).
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According to the release, some of the top companies that recruited from the campus were: Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Adobe, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Wadhwani AI, WDC, Tower Research, HSBC MathWorks, Harmon Kardon, Reliance &Samsung R&D etc.