Job offers: Postgraduate placements jump 49% in first 4 days at IIT Madras

144 companies made more than 540 offers this year as compared to 122 companies making 493 offers last year

In what could hint at more research-based profiles being sought out by recruiters, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has seen a considerable increase in postgraduate recruitment during final placements this year.

For the first four days of placements, the share of postgraduate students placed this year has been 49 per cent, as against 39 per cent last year for the same period. Moreover, as per the institute, placement among research scholars has also gone up to 44 per cent at the end of day four, as against 25 per cent last year.

"Postgraduate placements call for more creative matching of specialised