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After completing their studies, students from IITs and IIMs often get huge packages in India, and most of the time, students from these prestigious institutes make news by getting packages worth lakhs of rupees. But in 2022, NIT Patna grabbed headlines for its record-breaking placement package of Rs 1.6 crore.
Aditi Tiwari, a resident of Jamshedpur and a final year student of Electronics and Communication, has got a record breaking package. Aditi Tiwari’s mother teaches in a public school, while her father works for Tata Steel. Rupees. 1.6 crore package is historic as this package is not offered to IIT and IIM students. As a front-end engineer, Facebook hired him.
Aditi Tiwari, a student of NIT Patna has got a job in Facebook with an annual salary package of Rs 1.6 crore. This is the biggest package ever received by a student in NIT Patna. Aditi is a student of Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE). pic.twitter.com/pgvGays8ht—Bihar Foundation | Government of Bihar (@BiharFoundation) April 1, 2022
With 110% overall placement in 2022, NIT Patna breaks its own record. Prior to Aditi Tiwari, Patna resident and NIT student Sampriti Yadav was given a package of Rs 1000 by Google. 1.11 crores. Earlier, Abhijeet Dwivedi, a student of IIIT-Lucknow, was also given Rs. 1.2 crore deal with Amazon. The Prayagraj native has a job with Amazon in Dublin, Ireland as a software development engineer.
Also read: Meet Patna student Abhishek Kumar, who got Rs 1.8 crore salary package job offer from Amazon
Undoubtedly, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on university placements. For two years, the pandemic had a significant negative impact on the campus recruitment process. However, according to the officials of NIT Patna, there has been a significant increase in the number of high paying positions offered during the placement sessions as compared to last year. 2021 has been the best year in terms of placements. The placement drive was set for 2021 at an ‘all time high’. The institute had received 700 bids from 150 companies, with a selection rate of 112%. Many big companies including Facebook, Adobe, Amazon and Paytm participated in it. According to the officials, placement is not an important concern for the students.
