IIT Placement Cell Operations: The Real Story behind Mega Placements!
Astha Agrawal from IIT-Bombay has been in news headlines ever she got a job offer from Facebook worth Rs 2.1 crore. As many as 15 IIT-B students received crore-plus packages while more than half of its students (about 700 students) got hired right in the first week. Oracle offered Rs 2.3 crore to an IIT-BHU […]
Know How to Irritate an IITian?
Many allege that IITians are proud. This is not the truth. But there are certainly a few things that do irritate an IIT student or graduate to the core and even cause them to withdraw from social scenes (especially gatherings of the uninitiated and the clueless). Here are some of the few things you should […]
IIT Placements Now in 2 Crore League: Good Days for IITians!
Oracle has offered a package of Rs 2.03 crore to an IIT BHU student. Facebook offered Rs 2.1 crore to a girl from IIT Bombay as well as extended 8 offers of Rs 1.55 crore each. Google doled out an offer of Rs 1.7 crore to IIT Indore student and Rs 1.63 crore to another […]
Guide to IIT: Tips to Prepare for IIT-JEE 2015 with Élan
Sumit Majumdar from askIITians and Keshav Pratap from Collegepedia offered some simple time-tested guidelines on ‘How to Prepare for IIT- JEE’. Here are some of the highlights of IIT JEE tips that they offered to engineering aspirants: How to prepare for the new JEE format? We need to be methodical in our approach. To reach […]
Career Choices after IIT: Engineering is Not Your Only Option!
Each year, over 9,000 students pass through the fire of JEE entrance exam and enter the hallowed gates of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). We also read about some of the most awe-inspiring placements from IIT campuses. 2014 has registered buoyancy in salary packages and number of job offers at IIT campus placements after […]
IITs: Potpourri of Talents that Lead to Various Careers!
Over-a-crore placements, especially the Facebook pre-placement offer of more than Rs 2 crore, have been quite in news this year. Multi-national companies from all over the world are vying to get their share of Indian talent. Naturally, for most people, IITs are passports to success. However, a ‘career’ is not only about money. It is […]