career development

Industry 4.0 to create new job opportunities through digitization of industrial operations

Industry 4.0 to create new job opportunities through digitization of industrial operations

By Prof. Surjya K Pal Overview of Industry 4.0 The fourth industrial revolution, popularly referred to as Industry 4.0 constitutes a plethora of technological concepts aiming towards the adoption of cyber-physical systems. Essentially, it involves connecting the segments of a manufacturing system with digital technologies for gaining critical and real-time insights. The technologies include the use of intelligent robots, real-time monitoring and control of manufacturing systems, cloud, edge, and fog computing, all of which will lead to the development of the Industrial Internet of Things.  At present, Industry 4.0 is at a very nascent stage, and a large number of…
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Placed!!

Placed!!

Photo Credit: Suman Sutradhar Economic Times           Financial Express             Business Standard           Business Today          Live Mint            Millennium Post           NDTV        News18 The six month’s long preparation of the Career Development Centre (CDC), Placecom Team, Faculty members and students which was started in the month of July 2019 came to an end on December 11, 2019. The first phase of placement started on 1st December 2019 and continued till 11th December 2019. This year CDC has created…
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Placement Begins

Placement Begins

It is the time of the year when all eyes are towards the IITs - as December hits, so does the placement season at IITs. At IIT Kharagpur with 282 PPOs the Institute is aiming to secure 1000+ placements in less than a week’s time. Already three PSUs have recruited and more are expected in the coming months. This year several first-time recruiters will visit the IIT Kharagpur campus including top corporate brands like Sony Japan, PayPal, P&G India, Nestle India, Nomura. The Institute will also be welcoming back international recruiters like Apple, Microsoft Redmond, Uber, Amex, Qualcomm, Mercari Japan…
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Summer Internship Records All-time High

Summer Internship Records All-time High

  News18 Internship offers for Summer 2020 have crossed the 500-mark at IIT Kharagpur. The internship process which started in August 2019 has been soaring high compared to last year’s figure which was comparatively lower with the closing figure at 461. IIT Kharagpur’s Career Development Centre has further witnessed an increasing trend in the internship season. More than seventy-five companies have already visited the campus. The most encouraging fact is that the campus has witnessed the participation and presence of all the sectors like IT/Software, Analytics/ Consulting, e-Commerce, Banking and Healthcare though IT/ software. Career Development Centre (CDC) is optimistic…
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Business Analytics Placement Scales New Heights

Business Analytics Placement Scales New Heights

Times of India      Business Standard     Outlook    NDTV       India Today    Careers360 The Final Placements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Analytics Programme of IIM Calcutta, ISI and IIT Kharagpur for the 2017-2019 batch concluded with the batch of 52 receiving a total of 66 offers made by 35 firms. The programme which has been ranked top in India and 14th globally among full-time business analytics course by the QS Rankings has witnessed a record increase of 11% in domestic offers alone with the mean salary going upto Rs. 24.40 lakh per annum. The…
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