The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, on Wednesday said that the number of companies visiting the campus this year has witnessed a 15% increase compared to 2018.
“Ongoing placement season at IIT-Delhi is continuing on a robust note with over 900 students getting job offers of their choice. With over 1,000 offers logged, the campus has witnessed hiring numbers that have crossed the previous 10 years’ benchmark,” the institute said.
The number of organisations registering to hire students for core engineering profiles has also seen an increase this year.
“Artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning, stochastic modelling and predictive analysis look to be upcoming sectors as industry gears up for Industry 4.0 with an exponential increase in organisations looking for talent with this skill-set,” the institute said.
Head of Training and Placement S. Dharmaraja said, “As we expected, offers from core companies increased. Core firms, including those registering under the domain of information technology and others, yielded over 60% offers.”
The campus interview processes are conducted in two phases — phase I started on December 1, 2018, whereas phase II commenced in January and will go on till the end of May.
