IIT Delhi breaks previous years' record of campus placements amid pandemic

Earlier, IIT-Delhi had to re-conduct the second phase of its placement drive as several companies rescinded their offers

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has broken its previous years' record of campus placements despite economic slowdown triggered by the Covid-19 outbreak and several companies pulling back their job offers, IIT officials said.

According to the officials, over 1,100 offers, including multiple pre-placement ones, were made to the institute's graduating students from various national and international organisations.

"IIT Delhi has broken all previous year records of job placements. This year, it was observed that the number of placement offers increased by 4 per cent. Approximately, 85.6 pc undergraduate and postgraduate students who availed placement services of the institute got