Even with the corona epidemic and global recession going on, there is still good news for IIT ISM 2021 batch students. The students continue to get pre-placement offers (PPOs) in multinational companies even before the commencement of campus placements. Tata Steel has given 10.5 lakh annual pay package to nine students of the institute. Tata Steel has selected three students from mining engineering, two each from environmental science engineering, mineral engineering and mechanical engineering. Bloomberg has selected a student from dual-degree computer science via off-campus. So far, 67 students have been offered pay package offers by various companies. Microsoft has given the highest pay package of 43.3 lakh annually to 14 students.
Hurray Tech has offered pay package of 42 lakh annually, Salesforce 34 lakh, Goldman Sales 31.5 lakh, Walmart has offered packages ranging 24 to 26 lakh. The minimum pay package has been of 9.8 lakh per annum so far. Analysts say the companies ‘ PPOs have not gone down in corona period. Campus selection will start on 1st December. Representatives from companies will come to IIT Dhanbad for campus selection. Due to corona, most of the companies will conduct online interviews. It is expected that the 100 to 125 students will already have PPOs before the campus selection begins. Companies have also offered an internship to 79 students who are currently in their third year. More than one thousand companies have been invited to visit the campus for campus selection beginning 1st December.
