KOLKATA: IIT-Kharagpur’s stellar run at the annual placements continues this year with the highest salary offered sailing past Rs 1.5 crore, according to insiders, even though the institute officially did not reveal the amount in keeping with its privacy policy.
Altogether, eight candidates had bagged attractive international offers -including the blockbuster one by an MNC -from top companies like Microsoft, Oracle, Sprinklr, TSMC, &NTT Communications, by the evening of the second day of placements.
A total of 345 offers were made and accepted till reports last came in. The placement exercise continued till midnight. The institute follows a one-offer one-student policy . The highest compensation package here had touched Rs 1.5 crore in the past two years, too.
