IIT Placements – Know Highest Salary Package & Placement Process
Students are always curious to know what is the salary package and placement at IITs. Check the highest salary packages and the complete placement procedure here for all 23 IITs .
IIT Placements: Placements in different Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across India are usually conducted from December to May in different phases. The salary package of students in top IITs usually ranges from INR 20 Lakh to 1 Crore per annum whereas, for other IITs, it is between INR 20 to 50 lakh per annum.
The highest salary package offered in the top IITs is usually above INR 1 crore whereas, in other IITs, the annual CTC lies between Rs 30-70 lakh. Usually, the top packages offered by companies are international ones.
Top domestic and international companies like Microsoft, Samsung, Google, Qualcomm, Goldman Sachs, Flipkart, Intel, HSBBC Holdings, IBM, Walmart, Bajaj Automobiles, Accenture, JP Morgan, Cisco, Deloitte, Caterpillar, Amazon, Adobe, TATA, Morgan Stanley, Accenture, ONGC, etc. visit the IIT campuses to recruit engineering graduates for various job roles.
Q: What is the sector-wise employment percentage record during IIT Delhi placements?
Q: What is the placement scenario at IIT Bombay?
The key highlights of IIT Bombay placements 2024 are presented below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2024) |
|---|---|
Average package | INR 23.5 LPA |
Median package | INR 17.92 LPA |
Placement rate | 74.53% |
Registered students | 2414 |
Participated students | 1979 |
Students placed | 1475 |
Offers accepted | 1475 |
Offers made | 1650 |
Total recruiters | 364 |
Offers above 1 CPA | 22 |
PPOs accepted | 258 |
International offers accepted | 78 |
Q: What is the highest package offered during IIT Delhi placements?
According to media reports, 50 students received domestic offers with package more than INR 1 crore per annum during IIT Delhi placements 2023. Further, the highest international package offered during IIT Delhi placements 2023 stood at INR 2.5 crore per annum. The highest domestic and international package offered during IIT Delhi placements 2023 and 2022 are presented below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2022) | Placement Statistics (2023) |
|---|---|---|
Highest domestic package | INR 1.25 crore per annum | INR 1 crore per annum |
Highest international package | INR 2 crore per annum | INR 2.5 crore per annum |
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Engineering graduates are offered various roles in different sectors and domains. Function-wise most of the offers are made for positions such as engineering consultants. In this article, you will find all the information related to placements in all 23 campuses including IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Madras. IITs are the premier engineering institutes in India offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate-level courses in different streams. Admission at IITs is through JEE Main followed by JEE Advanced. Placement packages at IITs are one of the most important things that draw the attention of BTech aspirants.
IIT Placements: Procedure
All the IITs follow the below-mentioned step-by-step procedure for all its students.
Step 1: The Training & Placement Cell (All IITs have a separate T&P cell), assisted by student representatives, sends invitations to companies along with relevant information and documents - Placement Brochure, Job Announcement Form (JAF), etc.
Step 2: A company can also show interest in recruiting students by contacting the T&P Cell of the respective IITs. They need to send an email to the T&P cell of the IITs of their interest.
Step 3: After receiving a filled-in JAF and relevant information from a company T&P Cell will reply to the companies through email. The dates for campus interviews are allotted based on information provided in the JAF.
Q: How good are the BTech placements at IIT Delhi?
A total of 1,200 offers were made and 1,150 students were placed during the Phase 1 of IIT Delhi placements 2025. Further, more than 50 international offers were made during IIT Delhi Phase 1 placements 2024-25.
According to Engineering NIRF report 2024, the median package offered during BTech placements 2023, 2022 and 2021 stood at INR 20 LPA, INR 20.5 LPA and INR 17.6 LPA, respectively.
According to unofficial sources, the placement rate recorded during IIT Delhi BTech placements 2023 was 90.01%.
Q: How many department-wise offers are made during IIT Bombay placements?
The department-wise offers accepted / students placed during IIT Bombay placements 2024 is presented below:
Departments | Students Registered (2024) | Students Placed (2024) | Students Placed (2024) |
|---|---|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | 140 | 119 | 76 |
Applied Statistics and Informatics | 34 | 30 | 24 |
Earth Science | 61 | 34 | 14 |
Biomedical Engineering | 21 | 15 | 12 |
Biosciences and Bioengineering | 34 | 21 | 11 |
Centre for Policy Studies | 11 | 6 | 0 |
Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Technology and Development (C-TARA) | 37 | 30 | 25 |
Centre for Urban Science and Engineering | 10 | 9 | 5 |
Chemical Engineering | 190 | 160 | 119 |
Chemistry | 80 | 59 | 22 |
Civil Engineering | 177 | 146 | 113 |
Computer Science Engineering | 275 | 254 | 220 |
Economics | 32 | 30 | 21 |
Educational Technology | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Electrical Engineering | 319 | 281 | 232 |
Engineering Physics | 61 | 41 | 28 |
Energy Science and Engineering | 81 | 59 | 39 |
Environmental Science & Engineering | 50 | 42 | 34 |
Geo-informatics and Natural Resources Engineering | 26 | 23 | 17 |
Humanities & Social Science | 9 | 5 | 0 |
Industrial Design Centre (IDC) | 105 | 90 | 49 |
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research | 38 | 36 | 29 |
Mathematics | 49 | 37 | 20 |
Mechanical Engineering | 308 | 260 | 229 |
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science | 185 | 152 | 106 |
Physics | 48 | 22 | 7 |
System & Control Engineering | 18 | 9 | 7 |
Q: What is the international placement record observed during IIT Bombay placements?
A total of 78 international offers were received during IIT Bombay placements 2024. Earlier, the number of international offers received during placements 2023 and 2022 were 65 and 66 respectively. Earlier, the highest international package offered during IIT Bombay placements 2023 and 2022 stood at INR 367 LPA and INR 210 LPA, respectively.
Q: Which is the best BTech branch at IIT Kanpur?
For Computer Science and Engineering (General category), the cutoff has seen a fluctuating trend over the past three years. While in 2019, the closing cutoff rank of last round stood at 217, the closing rank for 2020 was a little less competitive (stood at 239). But in 2021, it again became more competitive and stood at 216. Alternatively, for Chemical Engineering, the cutoff has seen a deteriorating trend for the past three years. For more details regarding IIT Kanpur cutoff, check out this link. Additionally, based on the data collated from some unofficial sources, the 2022 average package was the highest for the BTech CSE branch among overall and EEE specialisations. The same can be checked in the below table:
Course | IIT Kanpur Placements 2022 - Average Package |
|---|---|
BTech (overall) | INR 33.53 LPA |
BTech CSE | INR 42.89 LPA |
BTech ECE | INR 29.57 LPA |
Q: What is the highest package offered at IIT Bombay?
More than 22 students received offers above INR 1 CPA during IIT Bombay placements 2024. Earlier, The highest international and domestic package offered during IIT Bombay placements 2023 stood at INR 3.67 crore per annum and INR 1.68 crore per annum, respectively. Further, an improving trend was witnessed in the highest international package offered over the past three years during IIT Bombay placements. The highest international and domestic salary trends witnessed during IIT Bombay placements over the past three years are presented below:
Particulars | Placement Statistics (2022) | Placement Statistics (2023) |
|---|---|---|
Highest international package | INR 2.1 crore per annum | INR 3.67 crore per annum |
Highest domestic package | INR 1.8 crore per annum | INR 1.68 crore per annum |
Step 4: The suitable date for the Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) is decided by the discussions between the companies and the T&P Cell. After confirmation from the companies, students are notified of the PPT date.
Step-5: The companies visit IIT campuses to conduct PPT.
Step-6: The companies may also if interested, select pre-final year students for summer internships during the placement drive.
Step-7: Interested students register for a particular company online to make their resumes/CVs available to the companies for shortlisting.
Step-8: Companies send the list of shortlisted students by email to the T&P Cell before the campus visit for final interviews.
Step-9: The companies visit the campus for placements on the allotted dates and conduct Group Discussions/Aptitude test/Technical test/Personal Interviews etc.
Step-10: The companies furnish the final list of selected students on the same day or in few days after the completion of the selection procedure.
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IIT Placements: Salary packages offered
See the tables below to know about the highest domestic CTC, average CTC, and highest international CTC offered at various IITs by different companies. The data is taken from the final placement reports of the previous year.
| Name of IIT |
Average Domestic Package (Per annum – in lakh) |
Highest Domestic Package (Per annum – in lakh) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.96 |
40 |
|
| 11.44 |
39 |
|
| 10-20 |
20-40 |
|
| 14.95 |
30 |
|
| 9.13 |
50 |
|
| 10-20 |
93 |
|
| 14.33 |
36 |
|
| 15 |
60-70 |
|
| 16.74 |
53.79 |
|
| 20.34 |
62.28 |
|
| 13.05 |
38 |
|
| 20-25 |
40-60 |
|
| 14.56 |
17.3 |
|
| 13.5 |
40 |
|
| 10-20 |
47 |
|
| Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi |
8.19 |
1.04 crore |
| N/A (Established 2016) |
N/A (Established 2016) |
|
| 8.44 |
16.75 |
|
| 9.2 |
22 |
|
| N/A (Established 2016) |
N/A (Established 2016) |
|
| N/A (Established 2016) |
N/A (Established 2016) |
|
| N/A (Established 2016) |
N/A (Established 2016) |
|
| Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad |
14 |
43 |
IIT Placement: Highest International Package
The table below shows the highest CTC offered to students of some of the IITs by global/international organizations. Data displayed have been taken from the final placement report for the year 2024-25.
| Name of the IIT |
Highest International Package (Per annum – in crore) |
|---|---|
| IIT Bombay |
1.16 |
| IIT Kharagpur |
1 |
| IIT Kanpur |
1.5 |
| IIT Roorkee |
1.54 |
| IIT Madras |
1.33 |
| IIT Varanasi |
1.52 |
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Core (Technical) sector emerged as the top recruiting sector that placed 20.7% of the total students. The sector-wise placement distribution recorded during IIT Delhi placements 2024 is presented below:
The sector-wise placement distribution recorded during IIT Delhi placements 2024 is presented below:
Sectors
Placement Distribution (2024)
Core (Technical)
38.6%
IT
20.7%
Analytics
10.9%
Consulting
10%
Management
8.3%
Finance
4.2%
Others
7.3%