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Jan
19
2021
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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

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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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Dec
09
2020
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By Poulami Mondal
Counting 1000+ on 8th Day of Placement

Counting 1000+ on 8th Day of Placement

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Despite Pandemic, IIT Kharagpur secured more than 1000 jobs - the highest number of Placement offers in 2020. IIT Kharagpur bagged more than 1000 offers in Phase-I placements for the year 2020-21 till the 8th Day of the ongoing hiring session. The students also bagged 30 international job offers so far from countries such as Japan and Taiwan and companies including Accenture, TSMC, Sony, Rakuten, and Valuance, etc. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Qualcomm, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, American Express, Sony Japan, EXL Service, Oracle, Honeywell, TSMC, Rakuten, Cohesity, Amazon, Airbus, PwC, L&T, Wipro, Tata Steel, and many more have…
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Dec
01
2020
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By Poulami Mondal
2020 Day 1 Placement Report

2020 Day 1 Placement Report

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Despite Pandemic, IIT Kharagpur secured a significant number of placement offers for the 2020 season At this ongoing pandemic situation, IIT Kharagpur bagged 276 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) out of 425 eight-week internship opportunities through online mode. Companies like Barclay, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Microsoft, MasterCard, Dr. Reddy, Tata Steel have offered more than 10 PPOs each. Around thirty companies participated in Day 1 and more than 130 placement offers were received for the final year students. TSMC, Sony-Japan and Cohesity US made international hiring offers. “Key components of this success are excellent technical skills of the students, the flexible online internship…
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Dec
12
2019
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By Poulami Mondal
Placed!!

Placed!!

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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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Dec
06
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Fastest 1000

Fastest 1000

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Economic Times          India Today          Business Standard            NDTV             Indian Express                Millennium Post               India TV               New Indian Express         Yahoo News               Republic World         Times of India              Track.in         Devdiscourse Honeywell Hiring:       Live Mint       ANI       Manufacturing Today India IIT Kharagpur has set…
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Nov
30
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Placement Begins

Placement Begins

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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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Nov
14
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Summer Internship Records All-time High

Summer Internship Records All-time High

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  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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Mar
12
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
VGSOM’s Placement Century

VGSOM’s Placement Century

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VGSOM Silver Jubilee Celebrations Concluded with 100% Phase I Placement Economic Times Careers 360 Jagran Josh The Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur concluded its first phase of Final Placements season for the 26th batch of its flagship MBA program with 100% placements. With more than 65 companies participating in the process, 139 job offers, including 31 Pre-Placement Offers were made to 123 students of the Class of 2019. Leading corporates like Accenture Digital, Amazon, eBay, Deloitte, ZS Associates, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Titan, Schlumberger, Trident Group, Vedanta, ICICI Bank, HSBC, Virtusa, Maybank, Wipro, IBM, Novartis and many more reiterated their…
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Dec
14
2018
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
IIT KGP Sets New Placement Benchmark

IIT KGP Sets New Placement Benchmark

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The Week     Business Standard    Economic Times   Zee Business  Financial Express IIT Kharagpur has completed the phase 1 of placement for 2018-19 with 1275+ offers from 192 companies. The campus has witnessed the presence of many IT-Software, e-commerce, Finance and Analytics companies including the core engineering one. About 40% of the profiles offered are in IT-Software followed by 20% in core engineering, 15% each in analytics and e-Commerce and 10% in finance. Companies who have made a remarkable contribution in terms of number of hires are Google, Apple, Microsoft, EXL, Intel, Tata Steel, Flipkart, L&T Construction, Mahindra & Mahindra, TVS…
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Dec
07
2018
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
6 Days, 1000+ Offers

6 Days, 1000+ Offers

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Times of India   Business Standard   India Today    CNBC TV18   Anandabazar IIT KGP has received 1000 job offers in a record 6 days. A total of 112 companies visited till December 6, 2018 with the 6th day ending with 1000+ offers. This included more than 250 PPOs. This has been the fastest 1000 till date, typically it takes a little more than a week. About 40% of the profiles offered are in IT-Software followed by 20% in core engineering, 15% each in analytics and e-Commerce and 10% in finance. "The dynamic content of the curriculum equipping the students with the necessary technical skill which is…
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