How are the placements at IIT Dharwad?

IIT Dharwad is a UGC approved autonomous institute and has been recently established. The first batch will graduate in 2020. The main campus is under construction as of now, proposed to be spread across 530 acres, the students have to stay in a transit campus. Hence, all facilities cannot be availed yet.

While official data from the institute has not yet been released, these statistics are based on the summer placement and internship data.

• The highest stipend offered at the institute for 2020 was INR 80000 per month by Microsoft.
• Top recruiters at the institute included BARC, CSIR, ARAI, Microsoft, McAfee, SKF India among 30 others.
• With 29 companies taking part in the recruitment process, 80% students were placed.
• Highest CTC offered is 15 LPA
• Average CTC offered is 7 LPA

Sector wise placements and TPO Statistics:

• For the summer internship, 54.4% earned an internship through the TPO whereas 35% found an internship on their own.
• Most students bagged an internship in the computer science sector. This was followed by other sectors like research and development in the IT sector. The following table highlights the same:

Since official data from the institute is not available yet, one can depend on the internship data presented above to judge placements from the college so far. It is expected that these statistics will definitely improve in the next year with more networking and more participation in the activities held by the TPO.