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The median package offered during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA placements 2023 stood at INR 21.04 LPA.  Further, an improving trend was witnessed in the median package offered over the past three years during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA placements, which is presented below:The median salary trends witnessed during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA placements over the past three years are presented below:Particulars MBA Placement Statistics (2021)MBA Placement Statistics (2022)MBA Placement Statistics (2023)Median packageINR 17.12 LPAINR 18.08 LPAINR 21.04 LPA

A total of 40 companies visited the campus during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the 2022-24 batch. Further, a fluctuating trend was witnessed in the number of companies visited over the past three batches during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements, which is presented below:The trends witnessed during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements over the past three batches with respect to the number of companies visited are presented below:Particulars MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2020-22 Batch)MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2021-23 Batch)MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2022-24 Batch)Companies participated623040

The highest and average stipend offered during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the batch of 2022-24 batch stood at INR 3.40 Lacs and INR 1.77 lakh, respectively. Further, the stipend trends witnessed during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements over the past three batches are presented below:The stipend trends witnessed during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements over the past three batches are presented below:Particulars MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2020-22 Batch)MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2021-23 Batch)MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2022-24 Batch)the highest stipendINR 3 lakhINR 3 lakhINR 3.40 lakhAverage stipendINR 1.28 lakhINR 1.36 lakhINR 1.77 lakhMedian stipendINR 1.15 lakhINR 1.53 lakhINR 1.84 lakh

The placement rate recorded during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the batch of 2022-24 was 100%. Further, the placement rate recorded during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements over the past three batches was 100% as well. The placement rate trend witnessed during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements over the past three batches are presented below:Particulars MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2020-22 Batch)MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2021-23 Batch)MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2022-24 Batch)Batch size9896125Students registered9696125Students placed9696125Placement rate100%100%100%Note: Summer placement rate is calculated against students registered and students placed.

Strategy & Consulting domain emerged as the top recruiting domain that placed 25% of the total students during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the 2022-24 batch. The domain-wise placement distribution recorded during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the batch of 2022-24 is presented below:The domain-wise placement distribution recorded during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the batch of 2022-24 is presented below:Domains MBA Summer Placement Distribution (2022-24 Batch)Strategy & Consulting25%Operations22%Sales & Marketing17%Analytics13%Product Management13%BFSI10%

IIT Kharagpur library collection consists of back-volumes of periodicals, books, theses, conference proceedings, reports, standards,   microforms, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Databases, and various audiovisual materials. The Library has a collection of more than 3.5 Lacs documents, several abstracting databases, and others. Besides, there are more than 2 Lacs e-books. The library has two buildings, the main building, and the other building. Theses, books, and standards are kept in the main building.

The list of top recruiters during VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the 2022-24 batch is presented below:VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA Summer Placements 2022-24 Batch: Top Recruiters AmazonP&GBerger PaintsTiger AnalyticsPwCTITANOptumWells FargoICICI BankMedtronic

The key highlights of VGSOM IIT Kharagpur MBA summer placements for the batch of 2022-24 batch are presented below:Particulars MBA Summer Placement Statistics (2022-24 Batch)Batch size125the highest stipendINR 3.40 lakhAverage stipendINR 1.77 lakhMedian stipendINR 1.84 lakhTop 10% average stipendINR 2.97 lakhTop 25% average stipendINR 2.52 lakhTop 50% average stipendINR 2.25 lakhStudents registered125Students placed125Companies participated40

IIT Kharagpur offers a joint MTech/ MCP PhD programme to students who have completed their UG degree in the relevant stream. Under this programme, at the end of the first year, interested students with a CGPA of 8.0 and above are eligible to appear for a written test and/or interview to check their suitability to enrol for PhD. Those who do not qualify for PhD can continue with their two-year MTech/MCP programme. Students selected for PhD will have to complete the two-year academic requirements of MTech/ MCP programme before enrolment for PhD. For these students, the MTech/MCP and PhD degrees will be awarded together upon successful completion of PhD. The programme is open to students of all categories with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ MSc or equivalent professional degrees (AMIE, etc.) with a valid GATE score.

For admission to MBA at VGSOM (IIT Kharagpur), candidates need to qualify CAT followed by group discussion and personal interview round. The minimum CAT percentile required is 90 for general category students. For NC-OBC and SC/ ST/ PwD the minimum CAT percentile required is 80 and 75 respectively.To be eligible for admission to MBA at VGSOM, candidates must have the following:A bachelor’s degree of minimum 4-year duration in Engineering, Technology, Pharmacy, Medicine, or similar streamsOR a master’s degree in Science/ Economics/ Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor’s level) with 60% aggregate (or CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale) for General and NC-OBC candidates and 55% aggregate (or CGPA of 6.0 on a 10-point scale) for SC/ST and PwD category candidates.Candidates appearing for the final year of the bachelor’s degree/ equivalent qualification examination and those who have completed degree requirements and are awaiting results can also applySelection of candidates for admission to MBA at VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur is a two-step process. The applicants are shortlisted based on eligibility criteria and called for an online Personal Interview (PI). Final admission to MBA is offered on the basis of a cumulative score of the Application Rating (AR), performance score in CAT, and the candidate’s performance in the online PI round. PFB the minimum CAT percentile requirement for selection:CategoryTotal PercentileGeneral/EWS90NC-OBC80SC75ST75PwD75