Placement and Internship Report
Placement and Internship Report
Placement and Internship Report
Internship Report
2018-2019
Placement Office
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
July 2019
Placement and Internship Report 2018-19
Index
Particulars Page no.
Message from Professor-in-Charge 3
Preface 4
Student preparation 5
PCAT (Placement Common Aptitude Test) 6
Diverse recruiters 7
Program-wise statistics 10
Department-wise statistics 11
Salary-wise statistics 12
Year-wise placement comparison 14
Sector-wise statistics for different programs 15
Internship 2018-19 17
Conclusion 21
Annexure-1 22
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Message from
Professor-in-Charge
A developing society demands intelligent, hardworking and trained minds to cater to its
growing desires and needs. IIT Bombay has always had the privilege of admitting the best lot
of students into its engineering, science and management programs, who have succeeded in
living up to the expectations of the communities worldwide. The Institute holds its academic
ambience in a great esteem, where the students are motivated to garner tangible skill-sets that
transform them into leaders of the domains of their interest. It is a pleasure to share that IIT
Bombay is recognized as an Institution of Eminence in the country, which is an honor
attributable to the apt academic curriculum, R&D, industry interactions, comprehensive
development and outreach of our graduates.
The Institute has a coherent and transparent placement policy in place, which is
designed to fulfill the aspirations of the graduating students and serve the requirements of the
recruiting organizations. We strive to meet the expectations of a wide range of organizations
and uniquely talented students. We welcome suggestions to improve the match between the
expectations of our recruiters and the abilities of our students. The details of our previous
placements can be found on our website.
The placement process at IIT Bombay is a rigorous activity that is driven by the
students with support from the officers and staff of the placement office. The present
placement team is well accoutered to welcome top recruiters to the campus and is ready with
a structured plan for smooth operations during the upcoming season. I would like to express
my gratitude to the placement team for their committed support to the placement activities.
Our placement process has been receiving consistent support from our regular
recruiters, who we are grateful to for their faith in our Institute’s professional and personal
value system. I also extend a warm welcome to our new recruiters who will visit us this
season for recruitment and look forward to a perpetual relationship with them.
At the outset of the new academic year 2019-20, I would like to invite all our regular
and potential recruiters to take part in our forthcoming placement season and experience
interacting with and recruiting the most brilliant minds in the country. We look forward to an
exuberant participation from your organization during the current academic year.
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Preface
IIT Bombay has always had the privilege of admitting the best pool of students into the
engineering, science and management programs, who have succeeded in living up to the
expectations of the communities worldwide. The Institute celebrated its 60th year of
establishment during March 2018 to March 2019, and the Ministry of Human Resource
Development granted the status of Institution of Eminence (IoE) to IITB. The presence of
world-class research facilities, vigorous institute-industry collaborations, international
exchange programs, interdisciplinary research collaborations and industrial training
opportunities help the students of IIT Bombay to excel and be ahead in the competitive
professional environment. The Placement Drive at IIT Bombay was a year-long event,
which started in the month of July 2018 and ended on June 30, 2019. The placements were
successfully completed in two phases, clearly demonstrating the demand of our graduates
among the top recruiters in various segments of the economy. Interview procedure of
phase 1, the main event of on-campus placements, was conducted from December 1 to 16 of
2018, which witnessed a participation of 361 companies including Pre-Placement Offers
(PPO). A total of 1695 students registered for placements and 1996 students registered for
internship programs. The registered students belonged to engineering, science,
humanities and design departments of IIT Bombay in bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D.
programs. The phase 2 was conducted from January 15 to June 30, 2019.
The first event was the “orientation” in July, during which the Professor-in-Charge and
placement staff along with the student representatives addressed the students giving
information of the complete placement procedure. Next, there were preparatory activities
conducted by the placement cell, in collaboration with other firms. Companies started filling
up the “Job Announcement Forms (JAF)” in August, which were released to the students in
late September. Pre-Placement Talks (PPT) and Career Fair were organized to facilitate
interactions between the registered students and the companies. A few companies conducted
extra screening levels prior to the interviews. For the students of IDC department, the
interviews were conducted from December 11 to 15, during phase 1.
December 1, 2018, the first day of campus placements, witnessed some of the giant
corporates offering coveted jobs across sectors and recruiting in large numbers, which
was pivotal for the success of the placement season 2018-19. Placement of 184 students
took place that day, re-affirming the faith of top recruiters in IIT Bombay graduates. The
placement season saw the presence of several “core” engineering companies on the first day,
and recorded an all-time highest number of job offers.
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Student preparation
The key focus of the placement office is to prepare students for their placement and
internships. Keeping the students well prepared for what they are likely to face in the
corporate world is the responsibility of every academic institute, and the team here at IIT
Bombay takes every necessary step to train and guide the students. Students are exposed to
challenging and research-based academics, and a host of sports along with cultural and
organizational activities on this vibrant campus. The first event conducted in this
direction was “Boot Camps”, in collaboration with Career Cell, for profiles of coding,
consultancy, finance, analytics etc. In addition, preparatory programs were arranged to
enhance the communication skills, group dynamics and interview skills. Overall, these
programs provided an insight into the job domains and prepared the job aspirants to face
the challenges of the future. The students were assigned mentors for guidance and a series
of aptitude tests were conducted to improve the problem-solving skills. The preparatory
activities sourced information from various alumni, where the alumni background was
mapped according to student preference. Various department level activities were
conducted to cater to individual domain requirements.
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Placement Common
Aptitude Test (PCAT)
The Placement Office strives to facilitate the recruitment process in the most convenient and
optimal manner possible. This year, we conceptualized the IITB- Placement Common
Aptitude Test (IITB-PCAT) to step-up the quality and provide objectivity in assessments
during the placement process. Every year, hundreds of students at IIT Bombay write about
80 company-aptitude tests during their placements. These aptitude tests are quite
exhaustive and stressful when conducted in parallel with the regular curricular activities of
the Institute. On an average, a student gets a break of 2-3 hours before each day of
placement, where the increased stress levels can affect the performance in the interview,
adversely. IITB-PCAT is a standardized test, designed to minimize the number of aptitude
tests conducted by the recruiting companies.
Standardization of IITB-PCAT:
The IITB-PCAT is on par with the aptitude tests conducted by third parties for recruitment
across campuses. Professor-in-Charge of IITB-Placements oversees the conduct of the
test. The test has operating procedures and standards similar to those of JEE and GATE,
conducted by IITs in the country. The recruiting companies are invited to subscribe to PCAT,
and the test scores are shared with the interested companies through the Job Announcement
Forms (JAF).
• The test assesses a student’s ability in three domains − Quantitative aptitude, Logical
Reasoning/ Data Interpretation and Verbal aptitude.
• Each of these sections (domains) are timed separately to assess the relative
performance.
• The students are given an opportunity to attempt three PCATs during a placement
season. The best performance (best of three tests) in each of the sections is disclosed as
the final score to the subscribing recruiter. This gives a more reliable index of a
student’s performance as against a single score normally obtained from a company test.
• Each subscribing recruiter is asked to submit a preferred weightage for the three
sections (Quantitative, Verbal and Logical) based on their shortlisting criterion. The
final weighted score is calculated and the student−shortlist is prepared for each firm,
offering flexibility as that of the third-party test.
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Diverse recruiters
While the placement season has seen recruiters from the entire spectrum of the industry,
the initial part of the season was dominated by a variety of firms from sectors like
Engineering & Technology, Oil & Gas, IT/Software, Electronic Hardware, Data Analytics,
Consulting, Finance/Banking and Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). There were
opportunities provided by the firms with vast learning, travelling experience and varied work
culture. Most of these firms are world leaders in their respective domains. We also had some
of the major start-ups as recruiters, which were screened based on the financial and
technical status. The informal work culture, opportunity to make immediate and visible
contributions, chance to own equity etc. seemed to be the attractions offered by such
start-ups.
About 382 engineering students selected from IITB have expressed a strong commitment to
core companies in the choice of employment. This is primarily attributed to the highly
challenging work profile and remuneration package offered to IIT graduates by the
recruiters. Large group of students opted for science, engineering and technology-oriented
jobs operating in various sectors of the economy.
IT / Software
IITB students known for programming skills have continued to attract recruiters through
campus placement over the past several years. This trend was stronger this year. Around 186
students have been offered IT/Software jobs by over 59 companies through the campus
placement.
Consulting
Over 120 consulting offers were made by several global leaders, who visited IITB for
campus placement this year. These organizations work with large corporations across the
world, helping them resolve complex business problems. With the high quality of recruits
these companies took last year, their return to the campus was marked by a renewed vigor.
With an increased demand for high-end products and services, a large number of
companies strive to develop cutting edge products. The placement season witnessed an
increase in the number of organizations hiring fresh graduates for R&D sector. This sector
has observed a steady growth, offering premier jobs, where 81 positions were offered by
23 organizations in 2018-19.
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Data Analytics
The outstanding analytical and reasoning skills of IITB graduates continued to draw
recruiters from the rapidly growing field of data analytics. There were 171 job offers
from 43 organizations, making the sector one of the biggest recruiters after engineering
and information technology. This trend, observed over the last few years, seems to have
taken strong roots in the Institute.
Financial Services
Financial, Banking and Fintech companies were prominent recruiters. With many of the top
global companies of this sector preferring IITB, the sector saw participation of
prestigious companies to recruit the brightest and the best from the campus. A variety of
profiles were opened up in the sector as these companies admire the analytical and
computational skills of the IITB graduates. Over 116 offers were made by 27 financial
service firms this year.
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Program-wise statistics
Some students in pursuit of their career might initially register for campus placement and
then decide to convert their academic program to Ph.D. or Dual Degree. All the registered
students do not necessarily participate actively in campus placements, opting for higher
studies abroad or in different stream. It is important to note that students also get placed
through channels other than campus placements. The program-wise placement data is
provided in Table-2 and Figure-2.
Note: Participated count excludes students, who opted for higher studies or had other career options,
and hence de-registered from the placement process.
*Includes 5 yr. Integrated M.Sc., B.S. + M.Sc., M.Tech. + Ph. D., Ph.D., M.Sc. + Ph.D., M.Phil., IDDD,
M.S. by Research.
0 20 40 60 80 100
B.Tech.
Dual Degree
M.Tech.
2-year M.Sc.
B. Des.
M. Des.
4-year B.S.
Others Programs*
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Department-wise statistics
IIT Bombay provides engineering education across 23 different departments, spanning
students from under-graduation to Ph. D. The placement team endeavors to get companies
from core as well as non-core sectors for students. The placement statistics of students
across departments including all domains of jobs offered during the placement season
2018-19 are shown in Table-3.
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Salary-wise statistics
The jobs offered by recruiting organizations are divided into various categories based on the
gross compensation packages. Factors other than compensation package, such as job profile,
past association etc. may sometimes influence the classification of a company. Salary-wise
classification of total offers made in the year 2018-19 is shown in Table 4 and Figure 3.
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The Average Gross Salary offered was Rs.14.11 Lakhs and the average CTC was Rs.17.49
Lakhs. Total number of Pre-Placement Offers (PPO) was 131, which was all-time highest. The
number of international offers was 108, including PPOs. This suggests an increasing and a
positive trend in the pay package offered by various organizations (Refer to Table 5).
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438 475
394 396 403 402
Number of students
189
157 151 158
135 119
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Analytics 49 23 54
Consulting 61 25 15
Education 6 3 10
Finance 73 17 14
FMCG 23 2 1
IT/Software 91 12 69
Services 32 4 1
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Analytics
Research & Services 10%
Development 7% Consulting
6% 13%
IT/Software
19%
Engineering &
FMCG
Finance Technology
5%
15% 23%
Students from their second and third year of Bachelor's and first year of Master’s
programs appear for the internship recruitment. Keeping the diversity of students in mind
and the importance of internships in context, the Placement Office strives hard to provide
students with the best of the opportunities in their field of interest. Placement Office also
encourages research by providing students the research internship opportunities at
esteemed universities.
The Internship season 2018-19 started in July 2018 and continued till June 2019. It saw 1041
offers from over 475 organizations. Companies have also benefited as they have offered 162
Pre-Placement Offers (PPO) out of which 131 were accepted.
Department-wise
internship offers
Students from all the departments were in demand by firms and universities alike for
internship positions. A lot of trends, which were seen in the previous years, continued this
year as well. The demand for students from departments such as Computer Science,
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering was high. A light increase in the number of M.Sc. and
Design internships was also observed in comparison with the previous year. Figure 8
presents the department-wise distribution of internship offers made over the past 3 years.
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Reputed foreign universities and firms have an affinity towards IITB-students. The Table
11 and Figure 9 show the country-wise internship offers from different foreign firms and
universities. Students have received the greatest number of internship offers from the
USA followed by Japan, Germany & other countries in the world. This indicates the
preference of IITB-students in other countries.
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Number of 0 10 20 30 40
Country
internship offers USA
USA 40
Japan
Japan 26
Canada
Canada 23
Germany
Germany 18
Australia
Australia 10
Hong Kong
Hong Kong 9
France
France 7
South Korea
South Korea 7
China
China 5
Denmark
Denmark 4
Luxembourg
Luxembourg 3
Singapore
Singapore 3
Switzerland
Switzerland 2
Taiwan
Taiwan 2
UAE
UAE 2
UK 2 UK
Austria 1 Austria
Belgium 1 Belgium
England 1 England
Malaysia 1 Malaysia
Netherlands 1 Netherlands
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Conclusion
The graduating students of IIT Bombay have taken the next step in their lives. They have
joined the top recruiters in various segments of the economy. The firms participating in the
placement seasons over the years appreciated the efforts put in by the students to deliver their
best. The new recruiters got a glimpse of the glorified campus placement activities and we
look forward to strengthening our relations with them over the years to come. The months of
training that students endured were fruitful with the efforts of the placement office including
the student placement team, combined with excellent academic system and the opportunity
for all-round development. The importance of the efforts, which were put are reflected well in
the QS World Ranking and NIRF Ranking of IITB as well, since placement is a major
contributing factor here.
This year witnessed several new organizations visiting IITB for the first time and efforts shall
be required to foster long-term relationship with all these organizations in the near future.
Judging from the increased corporate competitiveness, heightened student aspirations, a
rapidly changing job market and an increasingly insecure global economy, it is clear that
campus placements will be more intensely sought by both students and companies. Following
this, the recruiters have shown that they want to capture and nurture the fresh minds of
students, which is also why the number of pre-placement offers were the highest ever this
year. Placement team has achieved greater milestones and overall number of students getting
placed has remained good with our constant endeavors to create a good placement season.
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Annexure-1
DEPARTMENT-WISE STATISTICS for 2018-2019
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M.Tech.+Ph.D. 1 1 100
Dual Degree
27 23 85.19
(B.Tech+M.Tech.)
Department total 128 97 75.78
Physics Ph.D. 1 0 0
Dual Degree
6 0 0
(M.Sc. + Ph.D.)
2 year M.Sc. 4 2 50
Department total 11 2 18.18
Industrial Design Centre
M.Des. 8 6 75
(Mobility & Vehicle Design)
Industrial Design Centre
M.Des. 11 11 100
(Industrial Design)
Industrial Design Centre
B.Des. 15 15 100
(Industrial Design)
Industrial Design Centre
M.Des. 10 9 90
(Visual Communication)
Industrial Design Centre
M.Des. 10 8 80
(Animation & Film Design)
Industrial Design Centre
M.Des. 10 10 100
(Interaction Design)
Department total 64 59 92.19
Energy Science and
M.Tech. 17 12 70.59
Engineering
Ph.D. 1 0 0
Dual Degree
1 0 0
(M.Sc. + Ph.D.)
Dual Degree
1 0 0
(M.Tech. + Ph.D.)
Dual Degree
22 22 100
(B.Tech+M.Tech.)
Department total 42 34 80.95
Environmental Science and
M.Tech. 5 5 100
Engineering
Ph.D. 0 0 0
Dual Degree
1 1 100
(M.Tech. + Ph.D.)
2 year M.Sc. 1 0 0
Department total 7 6 85.71
Industrial Engineering and
M.Tech. 22 21 95.45
Operations Research
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Dual Degree
0 0 0
(M.Sc. + Ph.D.)
2 year M.Sc. 6 6 100
Department total 28 27 96.43
Systems and Control
M.Tech. 12 11 91.67
Engineering
Ph.D. 0 0 0
Dual Degree
0 0 0
(M.Tech. + Ph.D.)
Department total 12 11 91.67
Engineering Physics B.Tech. 6 4 66.67
Dual Degree
4 4 100
(B.Tech+M.Tech.)
Department total 10 8 80
Applied Statistics and
2 year M.Sc. 25 19 76
Informatics
Department total 25 19 76
Geoinformatics and Resources
M.Tech. 22 22 100
Engineering
Ph.D. 1 0 0
Department total 23 22 95.65
Applied Geophysics 2 year M.Sc. 3 3 100
Department total 3 3 100
Technology and Development M.Tech. 13 10 76.92
Department total 13 10 76.92
Biotechnology (BSBE) Ph.D. 1 0 0
2 year M.Sc. 6 4 66.67
Department total 7 4 57.14
Biomedical Engineering
M.Tech. 15 13 86.67
(BSBE)
Ph.D. 2 1 50
Dual Degree
3 1 33.33
(M.Tech. + Ph.D.)
Department total 20 15 75
Climate Studies Ph.D. 2 0 0
Department total 2 0 0
Total of All Departments 1404 1186 84.47
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