In all, students have received 2,379 offers so far across the institute’s four campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.
According to G Balasubramanian, chief placement officer, BITS Pilani -India & Dubai, the median salary has increased 14% to Rs 19.4 lakh per annum from Rs 17 lakh per annum last year. The average salary has gone up 16% to Rs 22 lakh per annum.
The top offer, from a high-frequency trading firm, surged 44% year-on-year, he said, without disclosing the name of the firm or the salary package.
Several high-frequency trading firms, such as Tower Research, IMC Trading, Quad Eye and AlphaGrep, visited the campus for final placements, and some offered higher packages than last year.
“We have placed about 80.8% of our students this year compared to the same period last year. We have grown by about 11% roughly,” Ramgopal Rao, vice chancellor, BITS Pilani, told ET.BITS Pilani has distinct placement seasons – August-December and January-June.“One thing that is definitely happening is that the India Semiconductor Mission is now beginning to show its impact,” said Rao. “There are more and more semiconductor companies like Micron, for example, recruiting very aggressively this year from our campus.”
Micron extended offers to 51 students at BITS Pilani this year.
In order to prepare its students for placements that are becoming increasingly competitive each year, the institute has intensified its focus on hackathons, coding challenges and certification programmes.
Like any other engineering colleges, BITS Pilani has seen a drop in international offers over the years. Overseas offers at the institute have decreased 33% since 2021.
Among startups, companies such as Astera Labs, Tenstorrent, Whatfix, Vegapay, Dhruva Aerospace, Jar,
Darwinbox,, UnifyApps, Lyskraft, Trustwise and Samsara visited the campus. Major companies that lined up at the institute were Microsoft, Google, Amazon, BCG, Kearney, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Qualcomm.