IIT Kharagpur Placements 2023: Highest & Average Salary Package, Top Companies

Harinitha Panneerselvam
Harinitha Panneerselvam

Updated on - Jan 5, 2024

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IIT Kharagpur placement achieved new records for both UG and PG batches. IIT Kharagpur placements saw the highest package standing at INR 2.6 CPA. The IIT Kharagpur average package for the MHRM course is INR 15.45 LPA.

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur placement registered 1600+ offers from 300+ recruiters. The placement drive of IITKGP secured 100% placements for the whole batch. Students can refer to the official website to learn about the IIT Kharagpur recruitment process. 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 drive. 

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 2022-23 batch. The key highlights of the IITKGP placement are tabulated below.

Number of Companies that Participated 300
Number of Placement Offers 1600
Number of PPOs 500
Number of International Offers 45
Highest Salary Package Offered (in INR) 2.6 CPA

IIT Kharagpur Placement Achievements 2023

  • 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 2023

The course-wise IIT Kharagpur highest package stood at INR 80 LPA for 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 (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 and all the top corporates participating in the IIT Kharagpur placement drives are enlisted on the placement report. Mentioned below is the list of the IIT Kharagpur top recruiters.

Google Microsoft Apple
Airbus Alphagrep CapitalOne
Rubrik Square Point EXL Services

IIT Kharagpur Placement Statistics

As per the IIT Kharagpur salary trend, 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

IIT Kharagpur international placements witnessed several international companies participating in the drive to offer lucrative employment opportunities to students. The international IIT Kharagpur placement 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 includes internship and final placements. The internship and placement trend at IIT Kharagpur has shown that the flexibility in curriculum makes its students fit into any sector, such as Core Engineering, IT, Finance, Analytics, and Consulting. The statistics of 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.

IIT Kharagpur Placements FAQs

What was the highest package offered at IIT Kharagpur placements?

The highest package offered at IIT Kharagpur placements is INR 2.6 CPA.

How many internship offers received during the IIT Kharagpur internship?

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

Which top recruiters joined the IIT Kharagpur placement drive?

Top organisations like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Airbus, etc., and others joined the IIT Kharagpur placement drive.

IIT Kharagpur Reviews

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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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