The improving economic situation in the country has brought a smile to the face of IITians during the ongoing campus placement process, as the salary packages offered to them are much better than what their peers got in previous campus placement drives.
According to placement cell officials, while there is an apparent increase in average salary packages, students getting placed this year will also benefit from additional incentives and sops that the recruiters plan to disclose to the students once they join.
“The placement scenario this year has seen a positive trend over last year, as we have managed to get more than 50 per cent of the students placed in the first phase of the process itself. The remaining students will also get placed by the end of the process,” said Snehanshu Mallik, placement manager at IIT-Bombay.
Mr Mallik said that while in 2010 the average salary package was `7.5 lakh, the trend this year indicates that the average could be around `8 lakh to `9 lakh. Apart from the packages, many recruiters have disclosed that they would be giving additional benefits to the students once they join. As per 2010 placement report, the institute had managed to place 81 per cent of the students at the end of both phases of placement. However, this year the trend indicates that nearly 87 to 90 per cent of the students will be placed.
“Some students are dissatisfied because the placements are not to their liking. In most cases, peer pressure where in comparisons are drawn among the packages causes students to be disgruntled,” said Mr Mallik.
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Municipal body cancels AMRI trade licence
AGE CORRESPONDENT
Kolkata, Dec. 11
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Sunday cancelled the trade licence of AMRI Hospital following orders from chief minister Mamata Banerjee. According to city mayor Sovan Chatterjee, the chief minister’s move came after the inspection of the hell-hole building of AMRI. The mayor along with the director-general of the buildings department of KMC Debasish Kar had paid a visit the Annexe building of AMRI on Saturday.
Mr Chatterjee also informed that from now on, after the completion of a building, the KMC building department officials would carry out an inspection before issuing occupancy certificates. “And, if any violation of norms is detected, it may never issue the certificate,” he added. Meanwhile, Mr Kar informed that the hospital structure was safe even though parts of the basement have been gutted. “I paid a visit to the site. Though major parts of the basement have been gutted, the entire structure still stand erect due to its strong foundation,” he said.