From IIT reject to ₹1.2 Cr Microsoft role: 6 years to finish a 4-year degree, failed startups and setbacks along the wayA Reddit user's journey to Microsoft showcases resilience. After academic delays and failed startups, they navigated sales and product role...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.32 PM IST
Oracle layoffs 2026 severance package: How much will the US tech firm pay to laid off workers in India and US as compensation?Oracle has initiated significant job cuts, impacting 30,000 employees worldwide. India sees 12,000 roles terminated. Severance packages are...
07 Apr, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
"New data shows decline in campus placements": Jairam Ramesh slams Modi govtCongress MP Jairam Ramesh on Monday slammed the Modi government for allegedly "hiding" the data from the IITs showing a "significant declin...
10 Nov, 2025, 07.25 PM IST
At IITs, India jobs get top dollar from a bunch of companiesIndian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are witnessing a surge in high-paying domestic job offers, rivaling international salaries. Companie...
05 Dec, 2024, 12.09 AM IST
IIT degree doesn't guarantee crores: IIT-Roorkee alumni and IFS officer gives a reality check, busts placement mythsThe reality of IIT placements, revealed by IFS officer Gaurav Garg, showcases a wide salary range from ₹6-35 lakh, with CSE and ECE graduat...
03 Apr, 2024, 03.29 PM IST
Just 960 IIT graduates received Rs 50 lakh and above annual pay in 2022Not all IIT graduates are lucky to grab lucrative salaries as a new report on Tuesday revealed that students obtaining jobs with a higher C...
07 Feb, 2023, 06.49 PM IST
IITs see record crore-plus offers as firms jostle for talentFor the first time ever, domestic offers accounted for a significant chunk of these crore-plus packages, as companies went all out in their...
24 Dec, 2021, 06.54 AM IST
Uber's Rs 2 crore+ offer revives uber-packages at IIT placementsThe Uber salary package offered at IITs this year amounts to about $274,250, or about Rs 2.05 crore, including around $128,250 (approx. Rs ...
02 Dec, 2021, 06.19 AM IST
IITs set to see a spike in big-ticket job offersAs the global competition for tech talent scales new highs, top IITs are set to witness a spike in big-ticket job offers in the final place...
29 Nov, 2021, 11.31 PM IST
IIT Placements: 2 weeks on, 50% bag jobsET spoke to all seven IITs about their individual placement numbers so far — and the total across all the institutes comes to 5,300. Top re...
19 Dec, 2020, 07.13 AM IST
IIT Roorkee placements: Microsoft top recruiter, highest package at Rs 1.5 croreThe highest salary in domestic was at Rs 47 lakh and the international package offered was Rs 1.5 crore.
01 Dec, 2018, 05.07 PM IST
Top IIT, IIM graduates get the best pay packageThe findings, published in the Campus Hiring: Salary & Employment Report 2018 by online assessments platform Mettl, reveal that students at...
17 Jul, 2018, 08.18 AM IST
Kaun Banega Crorepati? Number of IITians bagging Rs 1 cr-plus salary shrinks by halfStudents at IIT Madras, Roorkee, BHU, Guwahati and Kharagpur, for instance, received 15 Rs 1 crore plus offers this year, compared to about...
22 Dec, 2016, 06.36 AM IST
Microsoft, Oracle set to hand IIT students their first crore-plus salary offersThe two US tech cos are putting forward such international salary packages in at least four campuses — Mumbai, Kharagpur, Guwahati and Roor...
01 Dec, 2016, 06.58 AM IST
IITs not to reveal salary figures from this placement seasonThe IITs have decided not to reveal any pay package figures from this placement season following complaints of peer and parental pressure o...
02 Dec, 2015, 04.01 PM IST
Microsoft, Amazon and Google arrive at newly minted IIT campuses in placement season, salaries up 15-20%In comparison, the older IITs have recorded a 5-10% increase in salaries at the final placement offers.
04 Dec, 2012, 06.34 AM IST
IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Patna, IIT Gandhinagar lag behind older ones in placements, salariesAt new IITs, the top international offer so far has been from Japan-based Works Applications which has offered a gross salary of 35 lakh.
07 Dec, 2011, 03.32 PM IST