The ongoing campus placement drive at the KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar for the batch of 2023 witnessed a significant hike in the average pay package. The highest package for this year is Rs. 62 lakhs, taking KIIT to the top leagues of National Institutes in terms of pay offered to the students for campus placement.
Approximately, 3600 job offers by 280 companies have been made to KIIT students, for a batch size of 2800 eligible B.Tech students. To summarize, 2600 students – over 92% of the batch – have already received job offers in the placement drive which started last year.
Additionally, more than 1100 students have received multiple job offers. Founded by educationist and social activist Prof. Achyuta Samanta, the university will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee this year.
The university was established in 1997 and has recorded a near total placement in all academic programmes, irrespective of macroeconomic and job market scenarios.
An innovative teaching-learning process and global exposure make them industry-ready and high performers in today's fast-changing techno-business environment.
Redefining professional education in the country, KIIT has set benchmarks in teaching pedagogies and research outputs. The Education Ministry's NIRF India Rankings 2022 has placed it as the 20th-best university in the country.
The Computer Science stream of KIIT Deemed University ranks 301-400 globally, The University is also accredited with the highest A++ Grade by NAAC.
This year, Eighty-two companies visited the campus offering annual pay packages of more than Rs. 10 lakh. More than 1500 students were placed with companies that offered a CTC of Rs. 15 lakh or more. Another 1000 students were placed with a pay package ranging from Rs. 10 – 15 lakh.
'Day Zero' dream campus drives alone resulted in the placement of 1700 plus students by top-notch MNCs.
The 'Day-One' campus recruitment drive this season generated about 700 job offers from four companies: Accenture, Cognizant, Capgemini, and TCS. This is an excellent 'Day One' & 'Day Zero' conversion taking into account the current job market scenario, said industry experts.
The School of Management, which offers the flagship MBA programme, 230 students out of the total strength of 300 have already received job offers from 50 companies. Like every year, the School of Management has achieved 100% placement this year as well.
The campus placement drive is in full swing and several companies have confirmed participation in the 2023 Campus Recruitment Programme in the upcoming weeks. "We are completely assured that we will be able to provide careers to all deserving students and will achieve 100 per cent placements like all previous years", Prof. Saranjit Singh, Pro-Vice Chancellor, KIIT said, while thanking participating companies and Team Training & Placement for the excellent placement performance.