Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has seen an increase in placement of postgraduate students and research scholars during 2017-18 academic year compared to previous years.
As the placement session concluded for the academic year, around 36 per cent of Ph.d research scholars were placed in various companies, an increase from previous years-2016-17 (23 per cent) and 2015-16(17 per cent).
Similarly, 71 per cent of total postgraduate students who registered for the session were placed this year, an increase from previous years 2015-16 (59 per cent) and 2016-17(63).
Training and Placement Advisor at the institute Prof Manu Santhanam, said, "This year saw a large number of post-graduate students getting placed (including MS and PhD research scholars)."
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