What is the placement scenario of biotechnology from NIT Calicut?
Posted On - Aug 24, 2021NIT Calicut boasts of impressive placement records with high placement rates and attractive salary packages for its students. In the year 2021-2022, the Biotechnology department had a placement rate of 89% with an average salary of INR 7 LPA. On the other hand, the CSE department had a 100% placement rate with a maximum salary of INR 69 LPA, placing it at the top of the salary hierarchy among departments. Other departments such as ECE, EEE, and MECH offered around the same salary packages.
During the NIT Calicut placements in 2022, a total of 193 companies visited the campus, resulting in a placement rate of 90.90%. The average package offered during the placements stood at INR 12.07 LPA, while the highest package offered was INR 67.62 LPA. According to media reports, the average package recorded during NIT Calicut placements in 2023 was INR 23 LPA, which is a testament to the institute's commitment to providing quality education and fostering the skills required to excel in the job market.
Overall, NIT Calicut is an excellent choice for students who want to pursue higher education and secure promising placements.
Biotechnology has been in NIT Calicut for quite a while now. Since its inception, the program has evolved a lot over the years and the students pursuing this course often tend to go for higher studies since the scope for the graduates is very less. This also makes the record of placements not very impressive.
In the recent placement season of 2020, out of the eleven biotechnology students at NIT Calicut, eight got placed and the percentage of placement was 72.73%. The highest package offered to the students of biotechnology was INR 10 LPA. The median package offered was INR 6.38 LPA and the lowest package offered to them was INR 4.38 LPA.
The chief recruiters of the students of NIT Calicut are Amazon, Oracle, Qualcomm, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Intel Corporation, IBM, Microsoft, Accenture, Cognizant, Google, etc.
