This is an inspiring placement story of one of my seniors from B.Tech CSE at NIT Jamshedpur. He is a dedicated, talented, and hardworking person.

In 2015, Amazon visited the campus to recruit interns. This senior of mine applied for the internship, along with others in the department. He cleared the written round and the 1st technical interview. But he failed to clear the 2nd technical interview. So he was not among the 5 students who secured the intern position.

A year later, Amazon visited again with a full-time software development engineer position. This time the guy was determined to crack the test. He was one of the only 2 students who cleared the written round and 4 technical interviews. So this time, he secured the position at Amazon. 

Amazon offers one of the highest packages at NIT Jamshedpur. This guy cleared its difficult test against all odds. He cleared the test in 2016, and joined the company precisely one year later, after completing his B.Tech.

This guy enrolled at NIT Jamshedpur in 2013. His roll number contained the number 13, and so did his hostel room number. It feels like 13 is his lucky number after all!

The placement figures for the CSE branch at Thapar University are good.

Some of the well-known brands that visit the campus for placements include- Amazon, JP Morgan, CISCO, IBM, Flipkart, Microsoft IDC, Tata Motors, Alstom Transport, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland (R&D), ARM, Walmart Labs, DE Shaw & Co, MU Sigma, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Sandisk Corporation, Informatica Corporation, Make My Trip.com, Zomato, Oracle, Deloitte, among others.

As per the data on 2023 placements released up till now by Thapar University, the number of recruiters who participated in campus placements is 334. 1774 students were placed in total and 1884 placement offers were made. 1664 students received single offers while 110 students received multiple placement offers. During 2022, the average package offered to the UG students stood at INR 10.97 LPA. 

Thus, the placement figures for the CSE branch at Thapar University are quite impressive.

The placements in Thapar University are better than almost all the NITs, barring the top 4 or 5 NITs. Like the usual trend, CSE placements are the best in Thapar. For other branches, placements at Thapar and all the other Engineering colleges have suffered immensely in the past few years. This is because the PSUs formed a large chunk of recruiters for core engineering branches like Civil, Mechanical, etc, and they are now recruiting via GATE. This is a setback for Thapar University and other Engineering Colleges. 

For the CSE branch, placements are really good. Even the Mechanical branch has good placements. It is a top branch at Thapar University. EIE comes third in terms of placements. The placements for Electrical and ECE are not so good. But ECE, Electrical, and the other remaining branches get plenty of offers from IT companies that are mass recruiters and offer non-core jobs to all the branches.

Choose Thapar University if money is not a concern for you as it has decent placements. However, if there are financial constraints, even an average NIT is not a bad option.

I have a few friends who pursued an M.Tech (Research) at IISc Bangalore. They told me that placement opportunities are good and at par with the M.Tech program.

At IISc Bangalore, for any Engineering branch where the placements are good, you will get equal opportunities in M.Tech and M.Tech (Research). 

Make sure to go for an M.Tech (Research) only if have a passionate interest in your branch because you will be working on your research project. Though you will be spending an extra 0.5 to 1 year on your research project, the coursework load will be comparatively less on you. 

You will also get enough time to spend on a particular course, so you can go for your Ph.D. in that area with a more informed mind.

Some Business, Finance, and IT firms may not allow M.Tech (Research) students to sit for the placement process. However, core companies make no such differentiation. 

Therefore, the placement of M.Tech (Research) at IISc Bangalore is pretty decent and at par with M.Tech.

The INR 43.3 LPA package offered during BITS Goa placements in 2021 was consistent with the previous year. The number of students placed increased by 28% in comparison to 2020. Media reports indicate that Microsoft was the leading recruiter, offering the highest salary package of INR 43.3 LPA to seven students, while Google followed close behind, offering the second-highest package of INR 33.1 LPA to ten students. In total, 200 companies participated in the placement process, offering students various job roles, with consulting roles being in high demand. Additionally, recruiters provided job opportunities in emerging technologies such as cryptography and blockchain.

BITS Goa has a global alumni network, and its alumni work in diverse fields like Engineering, Research, Operations, and Education. A significant proportion of alumni, approximately 33%, work in the Engineering sector, while 20% and 14% are in Operations and Education, respectively.

IIIT students sit along with the NIT students during classes. During placements, the students of both IIIT and NIT sit together for campus placements. 

In general, the placements of IIIT students are less as compared to NIT but some bright students of IIIT get good placement along with good packages. The IIIT students also sit for the campus placements at NITH but some companies don’t allow the IIIT students. At the end of the day, it only depends upon your capability, hard work, and talent. You will get ample opportunities for placements. The other facilities, academics, hostels, etc are all the same for IIIT.

All that matters is the skill that you will gain through learning which will help you get good placements with a good package. The IIIT students have got good placements with the highest package off campus too.