The Summer Internship Placements for the batch of 2017-2019 at the Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur, was officially closed, with the registration of 100% placements and a substantial growth in placement statistics. The batch of 123 students received a total of 141 offers from 66 companies belonging to a wide gamut of industries. The Institute, which is ranked 7th in the Management category by the NIRF Rankings 2018 of MHRD, witnessed companies such as Accenture Digital, Amazon, Google, Crisil, PwC, Wipro amongst others, hiring for various roles.
Furthermore, a number of companies including the likes of Puma, VLCC, Valmont, Halma, visited the campus for the first time. Thus, the average stipend for the batch stood at INR 99,500 and the median stood at INR 89,300. The highest offered stipend for international internships was INR 6,30,000 and that for domestic internships was INR 2,96,300. The domains to have received the most number of interns from the batch, in descending order, are those of Sales and Marketing, followed by Operations, Consulting, Retail, Analytics, Finance, and General Management.
The sector-wise breakup of roles :
At the end of the successful round of summer placements, Prof. Prabina Rajib, the Dean of the School and the Co-Chairperson of Placements remarked, “Summer Internships are an integral aspect of learning at VGSoM, and a wonderful opportunity for the students to immerse in live industry scenarios”.
Find the Official Summer Placement Report 2018: Here
