Professional Documents
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Placement Brochure
2013-14
IIT Guwahati
Contents
Message from the Director Message from the Faculty Incharge About IIT Guwahati IIT Guwahati in Media Academic Programmes Academic and R&D Infrastructure Student Activity Placement Ofce Placement Procedure Summer Internship and International Collaboration Previous years Recruiters List Student Statistics FAQ Map Placement Team 1 2 3 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 21
Abhinav Agrawal, student of IIT Guwahati awarded M V Chauhan All India Student Paper Contest 2012
IIT Guwahatis Team Aarogya wins GE Edison Challenge. They proposed a wireless EEG device for monitoring autistic patients.
IBM entered into a collaboration with IIT-Guwahati for Shared University Research (SUR)
Academics Programmes
The varied programmes that the institute offers are extremely exible, offer students a huge number of avenues for learning through rigorous classroom training and by making them work on challenging projects that help them gain a better understanding of their disciplines and domains of study. Students are selected through hugely competitive entrance tests, and interviews too (for select programmes).
Undergraduate Programmes
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) Admission through: JEE Duration: 4 Years Focus: Providing a basic yet strong foothold on in various aspects of engineering. Final Year Project (BTP): 1 Year Bachelor of Design (B.Des) Admission through: JEE Duration: 4 Years Focus: Giving students a keen understanding in several facets of design namely, Product Design, Visual Communication, Interaction Design and Animation. Final Year Project: 1 Year Minor Degree From 2010 onwards, the institute has started a provision for a minor degree in addition to the Major in the B.Tech programme. This has allowed students to specialize in a eld of their choosing different from their Major. The selection to the minor programme has been made on the basis of academic merit and the selected students have to pursue a signicant number of additional courses in the eld they are pursuing a Minor in.This provision has led to classes of well rounded and skilled individuals well suited for professions requiring inter-disciplinary knowledge. 6
Graduate Programmes
Master of Technology (M.Tech) Admission through: GATE + Interview Duration: 2 Years Focus: Making students develop a comprehensive understanding of a particular eld of study and tackle practical problems of design and development through course work and active research. Assistantship: Afliated to course instructors or research projects. M.Tech Project: 1 Year Master of Design (M.Des) Admission through: CEED + Interview Duration: 2 Years Focus: A deep understanding of industrial Design, Visual Communication and Interaction Design through a very diverse course structure and rigorous project work. Assistantship: Afliated to course instructors or research projects. M.Tech Project: 1 Year Master of Science (M.Sc) Admission through: JAM Duration: 2 Years Focus: Developing a strong theoretical base and a good level of expertise in research supplemented by both course-wise and project. M.Sc Project: 1 Year Master of Arts in Development Studies (MA) Admission through: Entrance Test Duration: 2 Years Focus: An understanding of various perspectives of development issues. Through guided research and a well-designed course-structure. Doctoral Programme (PhD) Admission through: Entrance Test + Interview Focus: Extensive training in research that is wholly relevant to the advances being made in science and technology. All PhD students are expected to publish results related to their thesis work in International Journals and Conferences. 7
Student Activity
The true motto of IIT Guwahati - achieving excellence through the amalgamation of the mind, heart and body is brilliantly exhibited through the myriad extracurricular, sports and leadership roles undertaken by the students, in addition to a strenuous academic schedule. Students show intense time-management, intrapersonal, interpersonal as well as managerial and leadership skills as they take up versatile roles, such as managing the student body, organizing international festivals, competing ercely in prestigious national and international competitions and taking up social initiatives. The skills learnt from the plethora of activities that students indulge in are imperative in their competency and performance in a professional job environment. Student Gymkhana Council The Students Gymkhana Council is the body that promotes the objectives of fostering extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, welfare of the students during their stay on the campus. Being in the Gymkhana council enhances a students leadership and managerial skills. Inter-Hostel Events Fierce competition exists amongst the residents of the 10 hostels of IIT Guwahati, which is exhibited during the inter-hostel technical, sports and cultural festivals leading up to the overall championship. Students are thus provided with ample opportunities to nurture and develop their team-boding and interpersonal skills. Manthan (Cultural), Spardha (Sports) and Kriti (Technical) are the major inter-hostel events that take place during the year.
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Sports and Inter IIT The institute is well equipped with training infrastructure for major outdoor and indoor sports including Football, Hockey, Basketball, body-building, Cricket, Volleyball, Lawn Tennis, athletics, badminton, Squash, Swimming and many more. Students work rigorously all year-round for the Inter-IIT sports meet which is held in December every year. IITG students have exemplary records in these events and in several national level sports competitions. Such training and rigour helps students develop a mindset to persevere and to have a hunger to excel. Clubs Imperative to promoting co-curricular are the 30+ active clubs of IIT Guwahati provide stimulus and order for growth and experience in cultural, technical, sports and entrepreneurship. The sheer variety of clubs lead to a well rounded, versatile and passionate persona of an IITG student. Student Organized Fests Each year, the students organize three major international festivals in the eld of culture, technology and entrepreneurship. The organizing teams of these festivals showcase immense planning, coordination, marketing, public relation skills. The entire festivals are run and managed by students and serve as great lessons in developing communication, crowd and risk management, and leadership skills.
Alcheringa The Annual Cultural festival Alcheringa has completed 17 successful editions and is the largest cultural festival of North-East India. It brings together an amalgamation of culture of the world and fuse provide a competitive platform for dramatics, dance, music and debate talents to ourish. Techniche- The Annual Techno-Management festival Techniche has completed 14 successful editions and has come up to be amongst the largest Techno-management Festival of the country. Techniche consists of modules such as robotics, Technical writing, Workshops to Industrial Conclave and Lecture Series, thus, bringing together best of both worlds in a stimulating environment for inspirational and competitive learning. "IIT Guwahati raised my estimation of India's ability to take on the world"- Jonar Nader, Australia's higest paid Consultant and Management Guru. He was invited to give lecture in Techniche 2011. IITG Entrepreneurial Summit The Entrepreneurial Development Cell organizes this summit annually, bringing together an experience of workshops, lectures and showcases of the most promising entrepreneurs and start-ups of India, thereby promoting a culture of innovation and problem solving.
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Placement Ofce
The Placement Ofce at IIT Guwahati handles all aspects of campus placements for graduating students. Arrangements for every stage of the recruitment process are made by the ofcials at the Placement Ofce. The ofce has excellent facilities and infrastructure for placement activities which include: Air-conditioned Rooms for interviews and Group Discussions LCD Projectors and PA systems Video Conference Facilities including skype interviews (Available only under exceptional circumstances) Institutes auditorium, Lecture Halls and Computer Centre for conducting Pre-Placement Talks, written and online test. The Faculty In-Charge for Placements in consultation with the student representatives oversees all placement related activities at the institute. The Placement Cell co-ordinates with recruiting companies and handles the entire placement process. Companies are encouraged to contact the Placement Cell for initial discussions and for conrming dates for visiting the campus for recruitment.
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Placement Procedure
Placement Ofce has an effective online system to process the recruitment session. The procedure for campus placement is as follows:
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A Company/Organisation lls an online Job Application Form containing details of the job prole and the offer using their online account.
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The Placement Ofce sends invitations to the companies/ organisations along with relevant information.
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If the company/organisation is interested in conducting a Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) they can send a request along with the preferred dates. PPTs are held after academic hours (i.e. after 5 PM)
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Companies register and create account on the online placement portal: https://auto.iitg.ernet.in/tnp/ They are given a username and password from the placement Cell for their account on the portal.
https://auto.iitg.ernet.in/tnp/
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The Job Application Form is made available online to the eligible students, along with any other information furnished by company/organisation. Students apply online to companies job proles.
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The resumes of all interested students become available to the organisation for downloading or viewing through their placement account. Organisations can shortlist students. The organisations are also requested to maintain a waitlist of students who can be interviewed in the event of non-availability of some of the shortlisted students.
OFFER LETTER
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The company/organisation has to furnish the nal list of selected students as soon as after the completion of the selection procedure. As per the placement policies of the institute, as soon as a student is offered a job, he or she is ineligible to continue in the selection processes of other company/organisations or apply to other company/organizations.
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The recruitment session would begin on the 1st week of December 2013 and would continue till May 2014. Placement Ofce allots dates for recruitment procedure by considering factors like student preferences, job prole, etc.
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The Placement Ofce also coordinates the signing of offer letters by students who have been selected to ensure that they reach the company/organisation as early as possible.
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Organisations visit the campus on the allotted date(s) and conduct tests and/or interviews according to their selection procedure.
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Dark Horse DE Shaw Degremont Dell R&D Delmia Deloitte Digital Soft. Directi Dolcera Dr. Reddy's DRDO Drishti
Facebook Fair Isaac FICO Finisar Flextronics Software Flipkart Flowmaster Fluent India Fluidyn Fluor Daniel FMC Tech Futures First
HAL HCL Headstrong Hero Moto Corp. Hewlett Packard R&D HLL Honda R&D Honewell (Design) HP Global HPCL HSCC Huawei Hughes Systique
Clarice Tech Coal India Coca Cola Cognizant Comassites Software Conexant Contata Solutions
EIL EMC Emergent Ventures Emmeskay Energo India Ericsson Evalueserve EXL Service
G E India Technology GAIL India GE GE - Global Research GEIPER Geodesic Geometric Ltd. Global Anaytics Global Logic Godrej Godrej Agrovet Goldman Sachs Google
Ibibo Web Pvt. Ltd. IBM IDEB Projects Impetus iNautix Induslogic Informatica Infosys InMobi Intergraph Inzane Labs IOCL Ircon iRunway
L&T L&T ECC Lehman Brothers LG Electronics Libsys LNJ Bhilwara Energy Lovely Professional Univ. LSI Logic
Nagarro Software NALCO NetApp Nevis Network Nextgen Innovation Labs NHAI nhance Engineering Nielsen Niksun NKG Infra NMDC Nomura Service NRL NTPC Nvidia
Pangea3 PayPal/Ebay PCS PDPU Persistent Systems Pitney Bowes Polaris Power Alstom Power Grid PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Qualcomm Qwest Software Telecom Redpine Signals Reliance Com Reliance Industries Reliance Infocom Reliance Power RGUKT RIL NMSEZ
SAIL Samsung (SISC) Samsung (SISO) Samsung SEL Samsung SISO-R&D Sapient SASKEN Satyam SCATech Schlumberger Asia SEW Construction Sharda University Shell Technology SNC-Lavalin Softtech Sokarati Solidcore Sony India Sourcebits Techology Spalgo Specturm World ST Microeletronics Sterlite Tech Strand Life Sciences Strata Geosystems Streamnet Successfactors Supana Chemicals Surya Roshni Ltd Symantec
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Tata Motors TATA Power Tata Steel Tata Tech TCE Consulting TCS Techspan Tejas Networks Telcon Texas Instruments Texity Think 3 Thornton Tomasetti Timetooth TRC TRF Ltd. Tridiagonal Solutions Trilogy TVS
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Student Statistics
for graduating batch of 2014
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B.Tech/B.Des M.Tech/M.Des
M.Sc/MA
Biotechnology
70
38
55
Chemical Engineering
112
57
39
69
30
90
Civil Engineering
147
57
56
136
80
28
Design
69
41
57
174
117*
38
Engineering Physics
66
28
26
48
90
42
*B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering : 73 and B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Engineering : 44
Programme wise
M.Tech/M.Des
79
Mechanical Engineering
159
80
B.Tech/B.Des
570
Overall
810
453
B.Tech/B.Des
394 847
310
M.Tech/M.Des
307
138
M.Sc/MA
151
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FAQ
1. How well is Guwahati connected with the rest of the country? A. Guwahati, which is the gateway for North East India, is well connected by air, rail and road with the rest of the country. There are direct air services from/to Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata with connectivity to all major cities in the country and direct train services from/to all the metropolises and other major cities. 2. How do we reach the institute? A. The institute is a 45 minute drive from the airport and prepaid taxis can be availed of directly at the airport. Depending on the available transport resources the placement cell has at hand and provided the visiting company intimates the placement cell about its schedule for arrival and stay on the campus, transport could be provided to the delegates from the company. The institute also has a bus service with buses plying from the institute to the city centre and back at regular intervals. 3. Where will we be accommodated? A. Subject to availability of rooms in the institute guest house, accommodation could be arranged at a nominal rate for delegates from a company if they do intimate their requirements to us well in advance. 4. When does the placement session begin and for how long does it continue? A. The Placement Session would begin in the 1st week of December 2013 and continue till May 2014. Companies are encouraged to visit the campus before the placement session begins to give Pre-Placement Talks to our students and introduce them to the job proles and job culture of their company. This does have a direct bearing on the interest shown by students when the company visits the campus later for placements. 5. We are under the impression that we can recruit students only if their discipline is related our Industry. Is this so? A. No, the institute imposes no restrictions in this regard. Companies can opt to recruit students from any department or discipline. 19
Map
IIT Guwahati Campus Map Situated on the north bank of the majestic river Brahmaputra, the Institute campus is spread over 700 acres and has been planned taking full advantage of the natural features of the terrain, which consists of several hillocks and lakes. It is arguably the most beautiful campus in India. The campus is about 20 km from the railway station and about 18 km from the airport.
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Placement Team
Prof. Natesan Srinivasan Faculty In-Charge Training and Placement Cell Professor, Department of Mathematics Tel: +91 361 2692173, 2582171
Placement Ofcials
Mr. Supriya Das Jr. Superintendent Tel: +91 361 2582175 Mr. Alok Mazumder Sr. Assistant Tel: +91 361 2582175
Placement Coordinators
Devanshu Chaudhary General Secretary, Placements Mobile: +91 8876918711 Harish Yvs Asst. General Secretary, Placements (Undergraduates) Mobile: +91 8876836736 Umang Sharma Asst. General Secretary, Placements (Postgraduates) Mobile: +91 8473894349 Email: placement@iitg.ernet.in, placementsec@iitg.ernet.in 21
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati-781039, INDIA Phone: +91 361 2582175, +91 361 2692173 Web: www.iitg.ac.in/placement Email: placement@iitg.ernet.in, placementsec@iitg.ernet.in