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IIT Kanpur Placements

The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) has a placement cell that provides various job opportunities to the students. A total of 1128 students accepted job offers including 208 pre-placement offers. More than 250 companies participated in the IIT Kanpur placement drive 2022-23, of which 5+ startups, participated in phase 1 campus hiring and offered 1200 jobs. 74 international offers were also made during IIT Kanpur placements.

In the academic year 2023-24, IIT Kanpur has nearly 989 offers were accepted and also including 22 international offers. IIT Kanpur average salary stood at Rs 26.27 lakhs as per the placement statistics of December 2023. The IIT Kanpur's highest salary package (domestic) offered is Rs 1.9 Crores. 

Overall 33 offers above INR 1 Cr have been received from various international and national organisations during the IIT Kanpur placements 2022-2023. Also, IIT Kanpur placement cell organises various training sessions and skill-development programmes to the students. As per IIT Kanpur NIRF 2024, 688 UG students were placed with a median salary of Rs 23.00 lakhs and 581 PG students were placed with an average salary of Rs 16.27 lakhs. The details of the IIT Kanpur placement process are given below.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Placement Process

  • Students need to register with the Point of Contact (PoC), appointed through students’ placement offices or placement coordinators on the Recruitment Automation System (RAS).

  • Next, students have to fill out a Job Announcement Form (JAF)/Internship Proforma (IP) and share the profile details.

  • After the verification of details, job/internship openings are made visible on the portal by the PoC team.

  • After that, students are required to upload their resumes on the RAS.

  • With mutual consent from the placement team, companies conduct their PPT and tests/screening process.

  • Students shortlisted on the basis of their resume, have to appear for the interview process.

  • After the screening process, a list of selected and waitlisted candidates is released at the end of the interview.

  • Finally, selected students are given the offer letters.

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Placement Statistics 2024

The details of the placement statistics of IIT Kanpur are given below in tabular format.

IIT Kanpur UG Placement Statistics 2022-23 (NIRF 2024)

Particulars

Statistics

No of Students Placed

688

Median Salary Offered

Rs 23.00 lakhs

No of Students Selected for Higher Studies

239

IIT Kanpur PG Placement Statistics 2022-23 (NIRF 2024)

Particulars

Statistics

No of Students Placed

581

Median Salary Offered

Rs 16.27 lakhs

No of Students Selected for Higher Studies

228

IIT Kanpur Placement Highlights 2022-2023

Particulars

Placement Statistics

Number of companies visiting campus

250+

Number of startup companies

35+

Number of job offers accepted by students

1128

Number of international offers

74

Highest domestic CTC

Rs 1.9 Crores

Note: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur placement cell acts as a bridge between the students and the companies. 

Top IITs Placement Comparison 2024

College Name

B.Tech Median Package

M.Tech Median Package

IIT Mandi

Rs 22 LPA

Rs 8 LPA

IIT Jodhpur

Rs 16 LPA

Rs 10 LPA

IIT Patna

Rs 20 LPA

Rs 12 LPA

IIT Gandhinagar

Rs 16 LPA

Rs 13.75 LPA

The above table shows the Top IIT’s placement comparison as per the NIRF 2024 reports.

Domain

Engineering and Architecture

Level

UG

Year

4 Years

Statistics for Academic Year 2022

ParticularsStatistics
First year total students intake 910
Total students admitted 889
Total Graduated Students 790
Total Placed Students 621
Placement Percentage 99.36
Total student gone for higher studies 165
Median Salary 22.07 L

Placement yearly trends

Placement Percentage
Source Data NIRF 2023

Key takeaways from IIT Kanpur's Placement Statistics

  • The Placement Percentage of IIT Kanpur has increased by 28.08 %
  • The Median salary of IIT Kanpur has increased by 13.23 %

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I felt really happy when I learned that I got admission to this college through counseling. Since I am from Andhra Pradesh, I feel very comfortable studying at this college. My seniors told me that this college provides decent placements to all students with high package

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Placements were excellent as around 70 recruiters attended the placements drive, including some of the best domestic and international businesses. Industry received most prizes from JP Morgan, Amazon, Deloitte, and Infosys are the top recruiters. The average salary packages were around 14 LPA and the highest salary package was 22 LPA.

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As it comes to placement, placement depends on the student and how they respond to or react to the interview. As per the college, there is best training on the skills known as CLAD. And moreover, skills should be upgraded, even from the side of the student for good placements or interviews.

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Have a question related to IIT Kanpur ?

Hello,

As per the IIT Kanpur cutoff 2023, the Round 1 and the Last Round closing ranks for B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering were 215 and 238, respectively for the General All India category candidates, so a candidate scoring anything near this can expect IIT Kanpur.

Hope this helps you,

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https://www.careers360.com/university/indian-institute-of-technology-kanpur

Hello Aspirant,

There is no concept of getting a free seat in IITs . You need to clear jee advanced to get into these colleges . And you need to be under atleast 2-3k to get a good branch in these IITs in these colleges.

The cut offs although varies a bit depending upon the certain factors such as number of candidates appearing in the examination, previous year cutoffs and difficulty level of the paper.

what is the cutoff for MS admissions for ME at IIT Kanpur? i have 615 gate score and 66.68 btech%

Hello Siddharth,

Considering you as a general category candidate and as you want to take admission in IIT KANPUR for M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering so let me tell you that your all India rank should be under 3k only then you would be able to take admission in IIT Kanpur.

However the cut offs doesn't only depend on the difficulty level of the examination but it also depends on number of seats available in the college, previous year cut offs .

To get knowledge about the cut offs for previous years you can check out the link given below -

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-cutoff-for-iit-kanpur

IIT Kanpur Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Who are the topmost recruiters of IIT Kanpur?

Top international and domestic companies visit IIT Kanpur campus for the recruitment every year. Top recruiters like Axtria, EXL, Graviton, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank, Intel, Microsoft, OLA, Rubrik, Samsung, Quadeye, Uber, Tiger Analytics visited IIT Kanpur campus for the recruitment drive.

2: Is IIT Kanpur good for placements?

Every year IIT Kanpur has exceptional placement providing both international and domestic offers to the students. IIT Kanpur has a Students’ Placement Office (SPO) that acts as a facilitator for all the placement and recruiting related processes. Student training, resume shortlisting, infrastructure arrangements, hospitality, conducting screening tests, scheduling and conducting job interviews are the various services provided by the institute SPO in coordination with the Career Development Cell (CDC).

3: What is highest package in IIT Kanpur?

According to the IIT Kanpur placement report 2022-23, a total of 74 international offers were made, and the highest CTC offered is Rs 1.9Cr which has been received by the IIT Kanpur graduates. Top recruiters like Axtria, EXL, Graviton, Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank, Intel, Microsoft, OLA, Rubrik, Samsung, Quadeye, Uber, and Tiger Analytics visited the IIT Kanpur campus for the recruitment drive.

4: Who are the recruiters of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur?

Some of the recruiters of the institute are Adobe Systems, ITC Limited, Microsoft, Oracle, Zest Money, Texas Instruments, Samsung, etc.

5: What are the various recruitment phases of IIT Kanpur?

The IIT Kanpur recruitment process is conducted in two phases: phase 1 in December and phase 2 in January.

6: Is the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur placement conducted on-campus?

Yes, the institute placement is conducted on-campus.

7: Does the IIT Kanpur placement office provide placement training?

Yes, the institute placement office provides placement training like soft-skills development programmes, resume preparation workshops, personality development programmes, aptitude training, group discussions, mock interviews, etc.

8: Does IIT Kanpur provide placement assistance?

Yes, the institute provides placement assistance with the help of Students’ Placement Office (SPO) in coordination with the Career Development Cell (CDC).

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