Day 1: IIT Guwahati gets top foreign job offer of ₹2.4 crore
Business Standard|December 02, 2022
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati bagged the highest international offer of ₹2.4 crore on Thursday, kicking off the first day of final placements with optimism in a post-pandemic year marked by layoffs and hiring freeze.
VINAY UMARJI
Day 1: IIT Guwahati gets top foreign job offer of ₹2.4 crore

The highest international offer at IIT Guwahati was up by 17 per cent over last year's 2.05 crore, whereas highest domestic offer was 1.1 crore at the close of the day. The placements were underway at some of the leading older IITs.

A total of 25 offers with pay packages in excess of 1 crore per annum were made at the end of Session 1.1 on Day One of the recruitment process at IIT Madras. Its students also received 15 international offers from four companies.

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