Updated on: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
This week, four students of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur got offers to work with US based online shopping retail company, Amazon. The NIT, Jamshedpur spokesperson said that the students were offered an annual package of Rs 27 lakh each.
The students who got selected are Pankaj Kumar, Subham Kumar, Savyasachi and Sumit Sinha belonged to the Engineering stream of the NIT, Jamshedpur. They had Computer Sciences as a subject. Last year, US based software company Epic Systems selected two students from the same stream for an annual package of Rs 67 lakh each; so far the highest package offered to a NIT Jamshedpur student.
On Monday, a nine companies had extended offers to 41 students during the first round of placements at NIT Jamshedpur. Dr. Rajiv Bhusan, the spokesperson for NIT Jamshedpur said that, they're expecting more than 90 companies to participate in the next eight to nine rounds of campus interview this year. We're confident that100 percent placement through campus selection with more attractive offers."
Another seven students are also been selected by Grofers India, the online shopping company. They were offered Rs 10 lakh each. Another three students were recruited by Accolite Software for an annual package of Rs 10.5 lakh. Mahindra Comviva, a software solutions company offered Rs 6 lakh per year to 14 students and 2 students got Rs 8.25 lakh per year from Honda R&D Two Wheeler.