Two major Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)- ISRO and BPCL had selected 13 students on the first day. Some of the new entrants for Day-1 were Rubrik, Palantir Technologies, and a few others
More than 150 students from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) were hired on the first day of recruitment at the institute on the first day, as per a report compared the institute.
Day one witnessed the participation of 34 companies. For the domestic roles, highest numbers of offers were made by Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, IBM, Microsoft, BCG, Cairn, McKinsey Knowledge Centre & Tata Steel while the maximum international offers were made by NEC Japan, Microsoft, Optiver, Rubrik & Uber.
Two major Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)- ISRO and BPCL had selected 13 students on the first day. Some of the new entrants for Day-1 were Rubrik, Palantir Technologies, and a few others. Among the sectors, prominent hiring was done by Core engineering, IT/Software, Finance and Consulting. "We are expecting more PSUs to participate during the rest of the placement season," said an institute spokesperson.
International player NEC Japan offered 45.70 lakhs JPY/annum translating to close to Rs 26.37 lakh.
Among the domestic offers, Blackstone — an American private equity firm made the highest offer with Rs 45 lakhs per annum followed by Worldquant at Rs 39.60 lakhs, and Microsoft offered Rs 39.02 lakhs for its domestic positions. "We are expecting more companies to participate in the next few days," said the institute's spokesperson. The report for day one of placements which was held on Friday was sent on Saturday — Day 2. This year placements will take place into two phases.
TOP OFFERS
The topmost offer on Day 1 came from Microsoft at $2.14 lakh/annum, roughly translating to Rs 1.39 crore. NEC Japan offered 45.70 lakhs JPY/annum translating to close to Rs 26.37 lakh
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