DEHRADUN: Ninety per cent undergraduate students at IIT-Roorkee received campus placement offers this year from globally renowned companies, with the highest international placement offer standing at Rs 73 lakh.

As many as 1,047 out of 1,631 students registered at the institute got job offers from global giants like Google and Microsoft through campus interviews which took place for the first time in the history of the institution, a release from IIT-Roorkee said.

The highest salary package among international offers stood at Rs 73 lakh while the one in domestic category stood at Rs 32 lakh, it said.

171 companies have already visited the campus (till date) for the Campus Recruitment Programme this year, it said.

Prof In-charge (Training and Placement), IIT-Roorkee, N P Padhy said, "10 startups have also visited the campus this year and offered 56 jobs to the students. Some of these include companies like Unbxd, MySmartPrice Web Technology Private Limited and Printvenue.com."
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