National Institute of Technology Rourkela popularly known as NIT Rourkela is conducting its placement drive for the batch 2022 and has recorded 100% placements for its mining department with nearly 20 students receiving an annual CTC of INR 46.08 LPA. A total of 325 companies offered 1274 offers and 128 students received the package of INR 20 LPA or more.

NIT Rourkela is conducting its placement drive for the batch 2021 and 3 students were offered the Highest Package of INR 45 LPA. In the placement drive of 2021, around 256 recruiters participated in the placement drive out of which 101 were first time recruiters. 

In the placement drive of 2021, the Average CTC stood at INR 9.36 LPA and 84 companies offered 253 students the salary package of more than INR 10 LPA.

The institute is also conducting its summer internship placement drive of 2021, in which 211 students were offered internships from reputed companies like Microsoft, Bajaj Auto, CitiBank and the Highest Stipend stood at INR 1 Lakh.

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Table of Content

  1. NIT Rourkela Placements 2022 Report
  2. NIT Rourkela Placements 2021 Salary-Wise
  3. NIT Rourkela Placement 2020 Highlights
  4. NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Course-wise

4.1 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 B.Tech.

4.2 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 B.Arch.

4.3 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Integrated M.Sc.

4.4 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Integrated B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree

4.5 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Tech.

4.6 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 MBA

4.7 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 MA

4.8 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Sc.

4.9 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Ph.D.

4.10 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Tech. (RES)

  1. NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Sector-wise

5.1 NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Sector-wise Salary Statistics

  1. NIT Rourkela Placements Top Recruiters
  2. NIT Rourkela Summer Internship Placements 2021 Report
  3. NIT Rourkela Alumni Network
  4. NIT Rourkela Recruiter-wise Placement Criteria
  5. NIT Rourkela Placements 2021 FAQs

NIT Rourkela Placements 2022 Report

Particulars Placement Statistics 2021 Placement Statistics 2022
Number of Students 253+ -
Number of Companies Participated 256 325
New Recruiters 101 100
Number of Offers 841 -
Highest CTC INR 45 LPA INR 46.08 LPA
Average CTC INR 9.36 LPA INR 20.88 LPA
Major Sectors Software, Manufacturing, Electronics Software & IT Services
Top Recruiters Amazon, CitiBank, Bajaj Auto Apple, Google, VISA

In the placement drive of 2022, 325 companies made 1274 offers. The highest CTC of INR 46.08 LPA and average CTC of INR 20.88 LPA was offered to the students.

In the placement drive of 2021, more than 253 students participated in the placement drive and 256 recruiters also participated among which 101 were first time recruiters which offered 841 offers till now.

During the placement drive of 2021, the highest CTC stood at INR 45 LPA and the average CTC stood at INR 9.36 LPA.

Some of the top recruiters including Amazon, CitiBank, Bajaj Auto participated in the placement drive of 2021.

NIT Rourkela Placements 2022 Sector – Wise

The following table represents the sector wise placements at NIT Rourkela:

Sector Percentage of Students Placed
Software & IT Services 33.28%
Core Engineering 25%
Analytics & Consulting 18.72%

NIT Rourkela Placements 2022 Department – Wise

The following table represents the Department wise placements at NIT Rourkela:

Course Average CTC Offered
CSE INR 20.11 LPA
EEE INR 17.27 LPA

NIT Rourkela MBA Placements 2022 

Particulars MBA Statistics 2022
Highest CTC INR 12 LPA
Average CTC INR 7- 8 LPA

NIT Rourkela Placements 2021 Salary-Wise

The following table represents the salary wise placements of NIT Rourkela:

CTC Number of Students
INR 45 LPA 3
INR 43 LPA 9
INR 10 LPA or More 253

In the placement drive of 2021, maximum number of students were offered the CTC of INR 10 LPA or more whereas the highest CTC stood at INR 3 LPA which was offered to 3 students.

NIT Rourkela Placement 2020 Highlights

NIT Rourkrela concluded its final placements for the batch of 2019-2020 with over 909 placement offers from over 33 different sectors.

No. of Job Offers 909
Highest CTC INR. 42 LPA
Program with the Maximum No. of Job Offers B.Tech. CSE
No. of Sectors/Industries 33
Prominent Sector Software/IT Services

Course-wise B.Tech. and M.Tech. programs bagged the maximum number of job offers followed by Dual Degree program. 

The students from B.Tech. CSE bagged the highest ever CTC of INR 42 LPA followed by the students from the ECE department with an amount of INR. 34.22 LPA.

With regards to the year-wise salary analysis, the batch of 2019-2020 witnessed an all time record of the highest CTC worth INR.42 LPA in comparison to the previous year’s highest CTC of INR. 40.63 LPA. The following graph represents the year-wise salary statistics observed during the past few years-

NIT Rourkela Placement 2020 Highlights

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Course-wise

The following graph represents the course-wise job offers provided to the students of NIT Rourkela-

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 B.Tech.

No. of Job Offers 499
Minimum CTC INR. 3.5 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 42 LPA
Average CTC INR. 9.03 LPA
Median CTC INR. 6.53 LPA

Over 499 placements were done under the B.Tech. program, out of which 95 students were recruited from CSE itself.

The following table represents the number of job offers that were provided under different departments of the B.Tech. program-

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 B.Tech.

With regards to the salary statistics, the highest CTC was bagged by the students of B.Tech. CSE.

Departments CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
Biotech. & Med. Engg. 3.60 15.12 6.26 6.40
Civil Engg. 4.10 11.00 5.97 6.00
Chem. Engg. 3.60 22.00 6.58 6.00
Ceramic Engg. 3.60 11.00 6.21 6.00
CSE 3.50 42.00 15.18 12.50
ECE 4.10 34.22 10.58 8.00
EE 4.10 15.08 7.34 6.50
Food Proc. Engg. 3.60 12.40 6.56 6.50
Inds. Engg. 3.60 10.50 6.28 6.25
ME 3.60 17.50 8.12 6.50
MME 3.60 10.50 6.34 6.00
Mining Engg. 3.60 10.11 6.49 6.00

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 B.Arch.

The B.Arch. program bagged only 1 job offer worth INR. 6 LPA.

No. of Job Offers 1
Minimum CTC INR. 6 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 6 LPA
Average CTC INR. 6 LPA
Median CTC INR. 6 LPA

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Integrated M.Sc.

No. of Job Offers 33
Minimum CTC INR. 3.60 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 30 LPA
Average CTC INR. 7.33 LPA
Median CTC INR. 6.40 LPA

Over 33 placements were done under the Integrated M.Sc. program, out of which 14 students were recruited from the Department of Mathematics itself.

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Integrated M.Sc.

With regards to the salary statistics, the highest CTC was bagged by the students of the Mathematics department.

Departments CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
Chemistry 3.60 8.00 5.50 6.40
Life Science 3.60 7.00 5.87 7.00
Mathematics 3.60 30.00 9.87 6.40
Physics & Astronomy 3.60 6.40 5.00 5.00

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Integrated B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree

No. of Job Offers 77
Minimum CTC INR. 3.60 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 34.22 LPA
Average CTC INR. 11.92 LPA
Median CTC INR. 8 LPA

Over 77 placements were done under the Integrated B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree program, out of which 32 students were recruited from the Department of CSE and EE itself.

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Integrated B.Tech. M.Tech Dual Degree

With regards to the salary statistics, the highest CTC was bagged by the students of the CSE department.

Departments CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
Civil Engg. 3.60 8.00 5.69 6.20
Chem. Engg. 4.10 16.50 9.48 10.7
Ceramic Engg. 5.50 10.50 7.43 7.03
CSE 3.60 34.22 15.10 10.75
ECE 9.00 30.00 24.91 29.16
EE 4.10 29.16 12.09 7.75
ME 3.60 11.08 6.13 4.50
MME 5.00 8.00 6.70 7.11
Mining Engg. 6.53 6.80 6.71 6.80

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Tech.

No. of Job Offers 178
Minimum CTC INR. 2.40 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 34.22 LPA
Average CTC INR. 8.89 LPA
Median CTC INR. 6.40 LPA

178 placements were done under the Integrated M.Tech. program, out of which 51 students were recruited from the Department of CSE itself.

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Tech.

With regards to the salary statistics, the highest CTC of INR. 34.22 LPA was bagged by the students of the CSE and ECE department.

Departments CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
Biotech. & Med. Engg. 3.60 7.50 4.90 3.60
Civil Engg. 3.60 6.00 4.82 5.00
Chem. Engg. 4.00 6.50 4.95 4.65
Ceramic Engg. 3.60 6.40 4.37 4.10
CSE 3.60 34.22 12.13 11.00
ECE 2.40 34.22 12.42 7.75
EE 2.40 10.00 6.43 6.80
Food Proc. Engg. 4.10 7.00 5.55 5.55
Inds. Engg. 3.60 7.00 4.51 4.10
ME 3.60 8.50 4.85 4.10
MME 4.10 4.10 4.10 4.10
Mining Engg. 4.10 4.50 4.23 4.10

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 MBA

The students from the MBA program bagged 24 job offers. The highest CTC offered was INR. 10 LPA.

No. of Job Offers 24
Minimum CTC INR. 3 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 10 LPA
Average CTC INR. 4.67 LPA
Median CTC INR. 3.60 LPA

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 MA

The students from the MA program bagged 11 job offers. The highest CTC offered was INR. 7 LPA while the average CTC stood at INR. 3.85 LPA.

No. of Job Offers 11
Minimum CTC INR. 3 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 7 LPA
Average CTC INR. 3.85 LPA
Median CTC INR. 3.60 LPA

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Sc.

No. of Job Offers 28
Minimum CTC INR. 3.60 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 7.95 LPA
Average CTC INR. 5.24 LPA
Median CTC INR. 5.20 LPA

Over 28 placements were done under the M.Sc. program, out of which 13 students were recruited from the Department of Life Sciences.

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Sc.

With regards to the salary statistics, the highest CTC of INR. 7.95 LPA was bagged by the students from the department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

Departments CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
Chemistry 6.40 6.40 6.40 6.40
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 3.60 7.95 5.59 5.40
Life Science 3.60 7.00 5.28 6.06
Mathematics 3.60 7.00 4.82 4.86
Physics & Astronomy 3.60 7.00 5.30 5.30

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Ph.D.

No. of Job Offers 56
Minimum CTC INR. 3.60 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 14.20 LPA
Average CTC INR. 6.95 LPA
Median CTC INR. 6 LPA

Over 56 placements were done under the Ph.D. program, out of which 11 students were recruited under the Department CSE.

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Ph.D.

With regards to the salary statistics, the highest CTC of INR. 14.20 LPA was bagged by the students from the department of Ceramic Engg.

Departments CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
Biotech. & Med. Engg. 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
Civil Engg. 8.00 9.00 8.50 8.50
Chem. Engg. 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
Ceramic Engg. 6.00 14.20 9.22 8.00
CSE 3.60 5.50 4.87 5.50
ECE 7.30 7.30 7.30 7.30
EE 3.60 12.00 7.06 6.65
Earth and Atmospheric Sc. 3.60 5.40 4.05 3.60
Food Proc. Engg. 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
Mathematics 5.40 8.00 7.15 7.60
ME 3.60 8.00 5.96 6.00
MME 6.00 7.30 6.33 6.00
Physics and Astronomy 5.50 8.00 6.75 6.75

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 M.Tech. (RES)

The students from the M.Tech. (RES) Computer Science and Engineering program bagged 2 job offers. The highest CTC offered was INR. 5 LPA while the average CTC stood at INR. 4.55 LPA.

No. of Job Offers 2
Minimum CTC INR. 4.10 LPA
Maximum CTC INR. 5 LPA
Average CTC INR. 4.55 LPA
Median CTC INR. 4.55 LPA

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Sector-wise

Students were placed in over 33 different sectors of the industry. Maximum number of job offers were provided by the Software/IT Services Sector followed by the Education Sector

The following table represents the sector-wise placements:

Sectors No. of Offers
Aerospace 6
Analytics & Consulting 57
Automobile 25
Banking/Finance 2
BFSI 19
Communication 2
Construction 2
Constr. & Bldg. Materials 16
Consultancy 3
Education 158
Electrical/Electronics 75
Energy 3
Engineering 56
Engineering Consultancy 1
Finance and Trading 3
FMCG 6
Glass 2
Healthcare 3
Heavy Industries 5
Manufacturing 35
Mining 6
NGO 19
Oil and Natural Gas 29
Petrochemical 6
Production 50
Research 3
Semiconductor/VLSI 3
Software/Communication 3
Software/IT Services 294
Supply Chain Management 4
Telecom 1
Transportation Services 2
UI/UX Design 10

NIT Rourkela Placements 2020 Sector-wise Salary Statistics

Sector/Industry CTC in LPA
Minimum Maximum Average Median
Aerospace 10.20 10.20 10.20 10.20
Analytics & Consulting 3.50 12.18 7.59 6.53
Automobile 5.00 12.00 8.73 9.09
Banking/Finance 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00
BFSI 3.50 22.40 17.53 22.00
Communication 9.00 10.00 9.50 9.50
Construction 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
Constr. & Bldg. Materials 4.75 6.00 5.08 4.75
Consultancy 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Education 3.00 14.20 5.41 5.50
Electrical/Electronics 6.50 29.16 16.64 12.50
Energy 2.40 4.00 2.93 2.40
Engineering 4.50 10.11 6.01 6.00
Engineering Consultancy 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84
Finance and Trading 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50
FMCG 6.00 13.00 8.52 6.55
Glass 6.50 6.50 6.50 6.50
Healthcare 15.11 15.11 15.11 15.11
Heavy Industries 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50
Manufacturing 3.62 11.08 5.74 5.25
Mining 7.95 7.95 7.95 7.95
NGO 3.60 7.20 4.17 3.60
Oil and Natural Gas 5.00 17.50 12.55 14.89
Petrochemical 10.72 10.72 10.72 10.72
Production 5.00 7.95 6.15 6.00
Research 5.40 5.40 5.40 5.40
Semiconductor/VLSI 12.50 12.50 12.50 12.50
Software/Communication 5.31 5.31 5.31 5.31
Software/IT Services 3.60 42.00 9.94 7.11
Supply Chain Management 8.00 8.00 8.00 8.00
Telecom 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
Transportation Services 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.60
UI/UX Design 4.50 7.00 6.03 6.25

NIT Rourkela Placements Top Recruiters

Some of the top recruiters at NIT Rourkela include the following-

KPMG Myntra Oyo Samsung L&T Linde
ABB IBM Infosys Maruti Suzuki Microsoft Nokia
Hyundai Oracle PepsiCo PWD Qualcomm Reliance
Saint Gobain SAP Snapdeal Texas Instrument Vodafone Whirlpool

NIT Rourkela Summer Internship Placements 2021 Report

Batch 2021
Number of Students Offered Internships 211
Highest Stipend INR 1 Lakh

NIT Rourkela Alumni Network

The following table represents the number of alumni currently working under different companies:

Recruiter No. of Alumni
Chegg Inc. 3
Cognizant 3
Unacademy 2
Wipro 2
TCS 2
Aditya Birla Group 2
Tata Steel 2
Tech Mahindra 2

NIT Rourkela Recruiter-wise Placement Criteria

The following table represents the selection criteria adopted by some of the recruiters at NIT Rourkela:

Recruiter Selection Criteria
ServiceNow Online test consisting of 10 multiple-choice-questions(15 minutes) and one programming question followed by three rounds of interview (2 technical and 1 managerial)
SAP Labs Online coding test followed by technical interview
Samsung R&D Online test followed by three rounds of interview (2 technical and 1 HR)

NIT Rourkela Placements 2021 FAQs

Ques. What sort of salary packages are offered at NIT Rourkela?

Ans. During the placement drive of 2021, the highest CTC stood at INR 45 LPA and the average CTC stood at INR 9.36 LPA.

Ques. How many students were placed in the placement drive of 2021 at NIT Rourkela?

Ans. In the placement drive of 2021, 253 students participated.

Ques. How many Job offers were offered in the placement drive of 2021 at NIT Rourkela?

Ans. 841 Job offers were offered in the placement drive of 2021 at NIT Rourkela.

Ques. Which are the top recruiting companies at NIT Rourkela?

Ans. Some of the top recruiters including Amazon, CitiBank, Bajaj Auto participated in the placement drive of 2021.