IIT Roorkee Placements 2023: Highest Package: INR 1.3 CPA, Average Package & Top Recruiters

For VLSI, IIT Roorkee and IIT Hyderabad both offer good placement packages. Intel, Qualcomm, Semiconductor, NVIDIA, Samsung Semiconductor are the major recruiters for VLSI at IIT Roorkee. As per the IIT Roorkee VLSI placement of the last few years, the salary packages range between INR 7-20 LPA. 

The placement rate for the VLSI branch at IIT Hyderabad is around 100%. According to IIT Hyderabad placement 2019, the median CTC for the VLSI branch was INR 12.50 LPA.

IIT Roorkee Placements 2023 is still conducting its placement drive. The highest CTC was recorded at INR 1.3 CPA while the highest International CTC stood at INR 1.06 CPA.

The below table represents the year-wise highest CTC trends of IIT Roorkee:

It’s important to note that these highest packages may seem huge but in reality, are misleading. Considering the currency change and tax rate the actual in-hand salary is nothing more than 40 lakhs in CS while 33 Lakhs in Chemical.

My knowledge is limited to MTech Civil Engineering placements from IIT Kanpur only. But I believe the placement scenario of IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee is pretty much the same.

The core Civil Engineering companies prefer structural engineers to transportation engineering and the competition is also high. For a structural engineer position, you might even have to compete with dual-degree students as companies generally prefer them for the structural engineering profile. Also, the number of structural engineers is higher than transportation engineers theory increasing the competition. 

Coming to placements, MTech civil engineers rarely land good packages. A few consulting companies like Spectrum offer a very low package of around INR 4-5 LPA and recruit you as a trainee for 6 months. Lnt also offers 36000 per month to engineering trainees for a period of 6 months.

The general distribution of MTech Civil engineers is as follows

• 30% get placement
• 20% opt for a Ph.D
• 30% are employed within 6 months of course completion.
• The rest 20% goes to ESE/PSU

The average package depends on a lot of factors like what career prospect you go for.

The best way to secure a graduate trainee job at flip may through campus placements at IIT Roorkee is to improve your CGPA. But if you are a 3rd-year student, you are past the stage to improve your CGPA. Here are a few other ways

Written Test: 

This is the first and the most important step for getting shortlisted. The written test comprises questions very similar to that of the CAT. It’s recommended to do some quantitative-based test exercises and practice some puzzles. 

Group Discussion (GD): 

To prepare for this round, brush up on your current affairs, and read a little of the newspaper daily so that you are aware of the current happenings. Perform a mock GD for practice. The judges are looking for candidates with excellent leadership skills and creative ideas. Don’t be aggressive at all while delivering your opinions.

Personal Interview (PI): 

The panelists usually question you about your resume details so be well prepared for that. Make sure your resume is genuine and has no bluff. In this round, your confidence, ability to handle stress, teamwork, and analytical skills are evaluated. You can also be asked to solve a puzzle or case study. Having full knowledge of the company, and its recent development is an added bonus in the round. 

Lastly, be confident while answering everything thrown at you and you are good to go.

The placement scenario of Geophysical Technology (GPT) at IIT Roorkee can be broadly discuses under core and noncore placements 

Core 

• Owing to a small batch size in comparison to other branches, the overall average is higher.
• The range of packages offered by the recruiting companies is also wide.
• The highest core recruiter is Schlumberger which offers packages around INR 32 LPA to 3-4 students every year.
• Other Oil giants include ONGC and IOCL which offer packages in the range of 10–11 LPA.

Non core

Non core jobs are in plenty not only for GPT students but students of all other branches as well. The sectors in which these jobs are offered include

• Consultancy
• Management Trainee
• Operations
• Business Analyst/ Data Analyst
• Marketing
• Teaching sector
• Data Scientist
• Coding

Most of these jobs can be secured with good aptitude skills while coding and Data Scientist specifically require programming skills.

Honestly speaking, the placement scenario for MTech is not very good. Except for CSE most students face issues during placements and end up becoming teachers in universities. The rare packages that are offered to the EE students at IIT Roorkee are also very small around INR 6 LPA. 

However, there are a few top MNCs like Google, Oracle, Practo, Intel, InMobi, etc. that open job profiles for everyone in general, and instead of considering your branch or program, they look for the skills and capabilities of the individuals. 

One needs to invest extra time and effort to secure packages around INR 25 LPA. Most IT companies offer such packages and not many are aware of this and give in to low packages. You need to prepare well for the interview beforehand. Here are a few ways you can ace your interview and grab a good package and role.

• Right from the beginning, start learning at least one programming language.
• Master either Java or C++ and also understand the basics of other programming languages.
• Become proficient in Data Structures and Algorithms.
• Mastering Python is another way to clear the interview owing to the high demand of AI.
• Practice the learned programming language on the Hackerrank website. Some companies ask for your rank on this website to evaluate your programming skills.

Now the question arises of how to inculcate these skills. Well, you need to befriend a good MTech CSE student who will guide you and provide you with the necessary resources. One can also purchase online courses from Udemy.

It’s recommended that you finish learning these skills by the end of the first year only. Anyone who belongs to a branch apart from CSE needs to follow the above steps to ensure good packages and roles.