IIT Madras Placement trend – Detailed Analysis
Over the years Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has maintained an excellent placement. 1300 students from IIT madras participated in the recruitment drive, which was remarkable.
IIT Madras offers seven different undergraduate degree programs and one postgraduate program MBA offered by the Department of Management Studies.
The top branch that bagged the highest package whopping INR 133.05 LPA is the department of Computer Science and Engineering followed by the Department of Electrical Engineering. Along with this, the Department of Management Studies witnessed a 100% placement record where the highest CTC offered was of INR. 29.1 LPA.
IT sector recruited the highest number of students, followed by Analytics firm, Consulting firm and finance sector.
Additionally, for MBA 2019 batch 63 out of 65 students participated in placement drive, all these students were from different background like engineering, commerce, hotel management, sciences etc..
IIT Madras Placement Highlights for 2019
| Total No. of Companies visited for campus placement | 246 |
| No. of Students Placed | 872 |
| Total No. of Offers Made | 1015 |
| Total No. of Preplacement offers | 136 |
| No. of Pre-placement offers accepted | 99 |
IIT Madras Course-wise Placement Analysis
The following graph represents the number of placement offers made under different degree courses–
| Course | Placements (%) |
| B.Tech. | 85.38 |
| Dual Degree | 85.52 |
| M.Tech. | 66.10 |
| M.A. | 81.82 |
| M.Sc. | 41.67 |
| MS | 73.55 |
| Ph.D. | 28.57 |
The CSE branch of B.Tech. program had the highest CTC of INR. 113 LPA whereas Dual Degree program with the maximum CTC of INR. 92.94 LPA.
All the courses offered by IITM witnessed great placement record, however, the M.Sc. program which secured the lowest CTC of 9 LPA.
IIT Madras Department of Management Studies Course-wise Placements
Given below is the highest and average package of courses offered under the department of management studies.
| Course Name | Highest Package | Average Package |
| MBA | 29.06 LPA | 12.44 LPA |
| MS by Research | 15.96 LPA | 12.79 LPA |
| Ph.D. | 23 LPA | 18.68 LPA |
Comparing al the courses here, MBA courses have the highest salary offer of 29.06 LPA, while MS by Research had lowest salary package of 15.96 LPA.
IIT Madras Sector-wise Placements
Various companies from different sector recruited more than 204 students of IIT Madras.
| Sectors | No. of Students Placed |
| Analytics/Consulting/Finance firms | 204 |
| Core companies | 170 |
| Education Sector | 38 |
| FMCG Sector | 3 |
| IT Sector | 234 |
| PSU companies | 3 |
| R&D Companies | 122 |
| Others | 98 |
The following graph represents the number of companies from different sectors that came for campus placement-
IIT Madras DoMS Sector-wise Placements
Given below is the trend analysis of sector wise placements for IIT Madras.
Here in the table, you can see the experience wise percentage of hiring in different sectors.
| Sector | Work experience of 0-1 year | Work experience of 1-3 year | Work experience of more than 3year |
| Analytics | 26% | 52% | 9% |
| Consulting | 33% | 16% | 28% |
| Finance | 26% | 12% | 9% |
| HR | 3% | – | – |
| IT | 4% | 4% | 27% |
| Marketing | 4% | 4% | 18% |
| Operations | 4% | 12% | 9% |
IT sector offered the highest CT of INR 16.8 LPA. Some of the major recruiters were CISCO, IBM, Micron Tech. Additionally, the Marketing and the Operations Sector recruited over 8% and 6% of the batch respectively and offered the highest CTC of INR. 29.1 LPA each. The major recruiters were AG Facilities, VIP, Zycus, Amazon, and McKinsey.
Additionally, the Finance sector recruited 17% of the students, HR Sector recruited 2% of students.
IIT Madras Branch-wise Percentage of Placements
Mentioned below is the branch wise percentage of placement for the year 2018-19:
| Branch | No. of Placement Offers (%) |
| Aerospace Engineering | 70 |
| Applied Mechanics | 69 |
| Biotechnology | 67 |
| Civil Engineering | 65 |
| Chemical Engineering | 74 |
| Chemistry | 48 |
| Computer Science & Engineering | 90 |
| Electrical Engineering | 86 |
| Engineering design | 83 |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 82 |
| Mathematics | 59 |
| Mechanical | 75 |
| Metallurgical | 55 |
| Ocean | 64 |
| Physics | 18 |
Again the CSE branch recorded the highest number of placement offer followed by the Electrical Engineering branch. However, Physics branch has lowest number of offers.
Given below given is the range of salaries that are offered to students in various engineering branches during placement 2018-19-
| Branch | Range of Salary Offered (INR) |
| Aerospace Engineering | 6.3 LPA – 29 LPA |
| Applied Mechanics | 6.25 LPA – 18.9 LPA |
| Biotechnology | 6.5 LPA – 17.5 LPA |
| Civil Engineering | 5.25 LPA – 17.5 LPA |
| Chemical Engineering | 4.8 LPA – 32 LPA |
| Chemistry | 3 LPA – 11 LPA |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 9.1 LPA – 133.05 LPA |
| Electrical Engineering | 7 LPA – 39 LPA |
| Engineering Design | 7 LPA – 26 LPA |
| Engineering Physics | 9.3 LPA – 24 LPA |
| Humanities & Social Sciences | 3.6 LPA – 14 LPA |
| Mathematics | 3.6 LPA – 18 LPA |
| Mechanical Engineering | 5 LPA – 31 LPA |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | 7 LPA – 32 LPA |
| Ocean Engineering | 6 LPA – 23 LPA |
| Physics | 8.4 LPA – 10 LPA |
IIT Madras Top Recruiters
Given below is list of top recruiters during the 2018-2019 placement –
- Microsoft
- General Electric
- Citibank
- Ernst & Young
- EXL Analytics
- Flipkart
- Intel
- Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
- American Express
- HCL technologies
- Rivigo Services Pvt. Ltd.
- CSS Corp
- ANI Technologies
- Myntra
- Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.
- Tata Steel
Out of these major recruiters, 22 job offers were made by Microsoft, whereas Intel made 26 job offers. American Express offered 13 job offers whereas Flipkart offered 16 job offers.
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