55% students get jobs at IIT-Kanpur placement drive
The ongoing campus placement drive at IIT-Kanpur, so far, has been able to provide jobs to about 55% of the total students registered with the placement cell of the institute. In the first 10 days of the drive, 510 students received job offers from the recruiting companies and by Saturday last, 440 students had received offer letters from companies. According to Prof Vimal Kumar, placement incharge of IIT-Kanpur, the core engineering sector has emerged as the largest employer by hiring the maximum number of students, followed by software firms and analytical companies. Kumar said by December 15 and 16, the Public Sector Units (PSUs) will also come to the campus tro participate in the placement drive. He said normally the software companies are considered as the largest employers but contrary to the concept the core engineering sector hired the maximum students. The core engineering sector companies picked students from mechanical, chemical and civil engineering departments. Last yea