58 offers made to IIT Roorkee students during graveyard session of placements

MUMBAI: The placement season for 2017-18 at IIT Roorkee started with Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Uber, Tower Research, Schlumberger, ISRO, Webstaff, ONGC and ITC participating in the graveyard session.

195 offers (including PPOs) were made to students, out of which 4 international offers were made by Microsoft Redmond and Webstaff. 58 offers were handed out during the graveyard session out of which 21 core sector and ­ 37 non-core sector jobs were offered to students. This number is expected to rise significantly during the day.

A total of 240 companies have registered for placements this year offering software engineering, product management, research & development, research engineering, associate consultant, analyst, geophysicist, geologist, among a host of profiles. 4 PSU companies have registered this year.


“With 240 companies already registered till now for this year, we hope to have an excellent placement season, with an expected figure close to 300,” Prof. N.P. Padhy, Professor-in-charge of placement at IIT-Roorkee said in a statement.