Placement drive at IIT-H from December 1

Sangareddy: Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) is all set for phase-I of campus placements for the 2019 academic year. It will begin on December 1, and will continue till December 20. The second phase of placement (Phase-II) will be held from January 2020. A total of 476 students have registered for the campus placements 2019-20.

The campus placements got off to a strong start as the number of pre-placement offers (PPOs) nearly doubled compared to last year from 19 to 37. This also includes two international offers. Most of the offers have come from IT and ITES to train undergraduate



students.

Speaking about the efforts of the Institute on campus placements, Dr Pradeep Kumar Yemula, faculty in-charge (Placements), IIT-H said, “The placement process at IIT Hyderabad is a student-lead activity, and thanks to their efforts in last six months, the Institute is gaining in strength each year in terms of quantity and quality of placements. As our institute is more than a decade old, we have built a reasonable alumni base who are supporting the Institute. The fact that we have almost doubled the number of PPOs this year shows an encouraging outlook for the upcoming placement season.”