Patna: Defying a challenging global employment market, the Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) has recorded its most successful placement season yet, with the class of 2026 securing more than 687 job offers from leading multinational companies, startups and public sector undertakings (PSUs). The institute also registered a remarkable 38.46% increase in the median salary offered to its BTech and BSc graduates.According to IIT-P registrar A K Thakur, the median annual package for undergraduate students rose from Rs 13 lakh to Rs 18 lakh, while the average salary increased by 17.02%, from Rs 19.80 lakh to Rs 23.17 lakh per annum. The number of pre-placement offers (PPOs) also rose significantly by nearly 30%, from 94 to 122.The placement season attracted more than 230 domestic and international recruiters, including several first-time companies, reflecting the industry’s growing confidence in IIT-Patna’s academic standards and student talent. The institute has recorded consistent growth over the past four years across all major placement indicators, including recruiter participation, job offers, compensation packages and diversity of career opportunities.Leading recruiters included Google, Adobe, Amazon, DE Shaw, Samsung, Sprinklr, Reliance Industries, HCL Tech, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata RNI and Tata Motors. Strong participation also came from core engineering firms and PSUs such as GAIL, Engineers India Limited (EIL), HPCL, BPCL, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Tata Advanced Systems, Larsen & Toubro, C-DOT and C-DAC.The postgraduate programmes also posted impressive results. The M Tech programme achieved an overall placement rate of 80.35%, up 4.25 percentage points from the previous year, while the average salary increased to Rs 15.06 lakh per annum. Three MTech specialisations — mathematics and computing, VLSI and embedded systems, and materials science and engineering — recorded 100% placements.“The MSc programme maintained a perfect placement record for the second consecutive year, with all students from physics, chemistry and mathematics securing employment,” Thakur said.
