Indian Institute of Technology, [IIT] Kharagpur Placement 2024

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Harinitha Panneerselvam
Harinitha Panneerselvam

Updated on - Jun 7, 2024

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IIT Kharagpur placement 2024 has concluded, and there have been significant achievements for UG and PG students. For 2023, the highest package for IIT Kharagpur was 2.6 CPA.

In 2024, more than 700 offers were made for engineering, management, software, and analytics, including PPO offers. International companies made many 1+ CPA offers. For engineering students, the IIT Kharagpur highest package recorded for 2024, so far, is INR 86.5 LPA offered for Computer Science and Engineering. 

61 national and international companies visited the IIT Kharagpur placement drive 2024 with more than 120 diverse profiles. For placements in its management school, Vinod Gupta School of Management or VGSoM, the placement cell of the school organises and invites attendees for placement drives. 

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur invites the best recruiters in the market during the internship and placement drives covering various sectors such as Core Engineering, IT, Finance, Consulting, Automobiles, PSUs, etc. The sheer diversity of recruiters across all domains and the extensive participation of overseas companies are the epitome of IIT Kharagpur's global stature.

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IIT Kharagpur Placement Highlights

The IIT Kharagpur placement season created an excellent record for the 2023-24 batch. The key highlights of the IITKGP placement 2024, as shared by students and media, are tabulated below.

Number of Companies that Participated 61+
Number of Placement Offers 700
Number of International Offers 19
Highest Salary Package Offered in Engg INR 86.5 LPA

IIT Kharagpur Placement Achievements 2024

In the IIT Kharagpur 2024 placement drive, 19 offers were made by international companies. Out of these, 6 offers were made for more than 1 CPA. More details related to the 2024 placement drive are yet to be updated. In 2023, IITKGP had a good placement drive, which resulted in the following achievements. 

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur witnessed an increase of 8.05% in the overall placement percentage.
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur observed an increase of 20% in the median salary.
  • IITKGP students of MHRM achieved 100% placements from 40+ top companies within 2 months of the placement drive.
  • IITKGP observed the highest and average package for MHRM students at INR 23 LPA and INR 15.45 LPA, respectively.
  • IITKGP placement season received more than 760 offers, including PPOs, on Day 1 of the placement drive.

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IIT Kharagpur Course-wise Placements 2024

The IIT Kharagpur course-wise placement details have not been released by the institute yet. As per the details shared by the media, the highest package offered in B.Tech is 86.5 LPA. 

Department Highest Salary 2024 (in INR)
B.Tech 86.50 LPA

In 2023, course-wise, IIT Kharagpur's highest package stood at INR 80 LPA for a Dual Degree. The second-highest package was INR 70 LPA in Integrated M.Sc. In IIT Kharagpur placements, the highest package offered to a B.Tech student is INR 64.27 LPA. The IIT Kharagpur course-wise highest salary is mentioned below.

Department Highest Salary 2023 (in INR)
B.Tech 64.27 LPA
M.Tech 43.75 LPA
Dual Degree 80 LPA
Integrated M.Sc 70 LPA
B.Arch 37.62 LPA
LL.B -
MS CSE 14 LPA
M.Sc 13 LPA
M.Sc & M.Tech 22 LPA
Ph.D. 35 LPA
MHRM 15 LPA

IIT Kharagpur Top Recruiters

The IIT Kharagpur course-wise highest salary 2024 has yet to be released. However, we do have a list of top recruiters during the IITKGP Placement 2024 drive. Below is the list of the top IIT Kharagpur recruiters.

Accenture Microsoft India OLA
Micron Technology PayPal People Interactive
Texas Instruments YCP Auctus EXL Services

IIT Kharagpur Placement Statistics

As per the IIT Kharagpur salary trend 2023 , the median salary of the placed graduates was INR 18.79 LPA. The graphs below exhibit the placement statistics during IIT Kharagpur placements.

IIT Kharagpur Year-wise Placement Statistics

The graph below shows the year-wise placement statistics for the IIT Kharagpur placement.

IIT Kharagpur Year-wise Salary Statistics

The graph below shows the year-wise salary statistics for the IIT Kharagpur placement.

IIT Kharagpur International Placements

As the reports for IIT Kharagpur 2024 have yet to be released, the countries with the maximum number of offers made have not been disclosed. IIT Kharagpur international placements 2023 witnessed several international companies participating in the drive to offer lucrative employment opportunities to students. The international IIT Kharagpur placement 2023 highlights are tabulated below.

Country No. of Offers
Japan 28
Taiwan 9
US 3
Singapore 2
Others 3

IIT Kharagpur Placement Cell

The placement cell of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, called the Career Development Centre, focuses on training and grooming students for placements. The Institute organizes a Career Development Programme under which several programs are organized to enhance the students' soft skills, personality, and professional communication skills. The Career Development Center makes sure that the students are placed in cities from various companies to ensure that students will gain international exposure. The centre is also responsible for organizing various workshops, guest lectures, leadership lectures, competitions, and Curriculum Oriented Career Prospects (COCP) in collaboration with several companies. Some of the important activities of the IIT Kharagpur placement cell are:

  • Placement training
  • Placement and Internship drives
  • Seminars and Guest lectures
  • Workshops
  • Projects with industry collaboration
  • Internation placement and internship opportunities

IIT Kharagpur Internship

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur recruitment 2023 includes internships and final placements. The internship and placement trend at IIT Kharagpur has shown that the flexibility in its curriculum makes its students fit into any sector, such as Core Engineering, IT, Finance, Analytics, and Consulting. The statistics of the IIT Kharagpur Summer Internship Drive are tabulated below.

No. of students registered
1570
No. of internship offers
810
No. of companies participated
116
Top Recruiters
Honeywell, Amazon, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, etc.

FAQs on IIT Kharagpur Placements

Q: What was the highest package offered at IIT Kharagpur placements in 2024?

A: The highest package offered at IIT Kharagpur placements 2024 for engineering is INR 86.5 LPA.

Q: How many internship offers received during the IIT Kharagpur internship?

A: The students of IIT Kharagpur received almost 810 internship offers during the IIT Kharagpur internship.

Q: Which top recruiters joined the IIT Kharagpur placement drive 2024?

A: Top organisations like OLA, Microsoft India, Accenture, etc., and others joined the IIT Kharagpur placement drive 2024.

IIT Kharagpur Reviews

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4.2

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>4-5 star

58

>3-4 star

12

>2-3 star

5

1-2 star

1

Academics & Faculty

4.2

Fees & Scholarships

4

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College Infrastructure & Hostel Facilities

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Clubs & Associations

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Arghya65420Ghosh Batch 2023 B.Tech [Bachelor of Technology]
4.8
Reviewed on Nov 18, 2021
5 Placements
4.5 Fees
4.5 Academics
5 Infrastructure
5 Campus

Placements & Internships : I completed two internships- I) Online pedagogy creator- Rekhi Centre IIT Kharagpur (15/07/2020-15/09/2020); stipend -6k/month ii) subject matter expert and quality control expert in doubtnut (11/11/2020-25/10/2021); stipend - 27k/month 2)

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Abhinav Mishra Batch 2020 B.Tech [Bachelor of Technology]
4.4
Reviewed on May 24, 2020
4 Placements
4.5 Fees
4.5 Academics
4.5 Infrastructure
4.5 Campus

Placements & Internships : Two internships: 1. Self-applied in Shipper Pvt. Ltd. for role of data analyst. The stipend of 10k pm 2. Through CDC of college in Schlumberger Pvt. Ltd. for role of Jr. Field Engg. Stipend 15k for 45 days but stay and travel all managed by

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Puja Purbey Batch 2020 M.Sc [Master of Science]
Reviewed on Apr 20, 2019

Entrance Exams & Admissions : The eligibility is to qualify the jee advance exam after qualifying jee mains and admission is based on cutoff marks than counselling.

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Arun Hazra Batch 2019 B.Tech [Bachelor of Technology]
5
Reviewed on May 09, 2018
5 Placements
5 Campus

Placements & Internships : The students and alumni of IIT Kharagpur are informally referred to as KGPians.

Clubs & Associations : IIT Kharagpur holds two student festivals: Spring Fest (Social and Cultural Festival) and Kshitij (Techno-Management Festival).

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Sun Kumar Batch 2021 B.Tech [Bachelor of Technology]
4.6
Reviewed on Apr 27, 2018
5 Placements
4.5 Fees
4.5 Academics
4.5 Infrastructure
4.5 Campus

Placements & Internships : One can join various companies for internship and the stipend is as per the company. The key companies are Google, Microsoft, TCS, Mahindra, Infosys etc. The average salary is INR 15 lakh per anum. Highest is above INR 1 crore per anum. Alm

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