DA-IICT Placements

[Based on official information from DA-IICT website]

DA-IICT(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology) , Gandhinagar is a well-known Information Technology institute.Here is a bit about its placements.

Its flagship UG degree is the BTech ICT(Information and Communication Technology) which is a mix of computer science , electronics and communications disciplines.This fact is reflected by the recruiters it attracts.

The recruiters are classified as "Niche"(those offering more than Rs. 4 lpa) and "Regular"(which offer less than Rs. 4 lpa ).

The BTech. ICT batch of 2005 has 217 students. Another 123 students are in 2 higher degrees.For these students , following statistics have been given:

The no. of job offers going up from 379 to 558 is a good sign , though it is most likely that these offers have come from IT Mass Recruiters , like TCS,Wipro etc.

However , the average package of Rs. 3.1 lpa is not very good ,as compared to a similar IT college(Take a look at the IIIT-A analysis).The highest package of 9.1 lpa would indicate that there are no international placements(which usually are over $50,000 pa).

Here is a list of recruiters:

One can see a mix of IT , CS , Electronics related companies.Exclusive recruiters like ARM , Microsoft IDC,NVidia,Qualcomm,ST Microelectronics,Texas Instruments can be seen.

It is not clear that what salaries they offerred but it is most likely that they were 6lpa+.Note that HP and Motorola are also good companies , but usually they offer just 4-5 lpa.

On the whole , we feel that DA-IICT doesn't seem to have that great on-campus placements as say IIIT-A and IIIT-H.However their ICT course structure is excellent , containing a mix of IT , CS and ECE. Their infrastrcuture , faculty and higher education options(especially abroad) seem quite good.

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IIIT- Allahabad Placements 2008

[Based on official information from the IIIT-A website]

IIIT-A (Indian Institute of Information Technology - Allahabad) is a well-known Information Technology institute of India.So let's take a look at the placement scene there.
The BTech. batches being placed was the 2005 batch from IIIT-A main campus (87 students) and from the RGIIT-A i.e. Amethi Campus(57 students).Along with them were 70 MTech students , bringing the grand total of 214 students sitting for placements.
The UG courses are BTech. InformationTechnology and BTech. Electronics and Communication.




From 2003 to 2007 , the % of students placed has gone up from 98% to 100%.Given that it has only CS/EE related fields , it is not a big deal.
However it is interesting to see that the % of "Dream Job" offers has risen from 25% to 41%. (IIIT-A defines "Dream Job" as Rs. 6 Lakhs per Annum(lpa) . The definition of dream job can very from college to college.)




Average salary has shown a steady increase from Rs. 3.95 lpa to Rs. 5.05 lpa (2003 to 2007) which is very good.Note that the college has only CS/EE related fields , so it will have higher averages.But Rs. 5.05 lpa is a good figure.




But note that the highest salary has risen from Rs. 9 lpa to just 10.25 lpa from 2004 to 2007. Note that a highest of Rs. 10.25 lpa would indicate no foreign placement.This is a key differentiator.Elite colleges(Like IIT,BITS etc) have highest placements running into Rs. 20 lpa +.This occurs due to the conversion of a $ salary into Rupees.
International placements (To US/Europe) will have starting salaries of $50,000+ pa. as the cost of living is about 4 times higher there.

As for recruiters , the number of recruiters has risen from 24 to 35 in 2004-2007.What matters however , is the quality of the recruiters.

Under "Major Recruiters" , IIIT-A lists th following names:

ADOBE SYSTEMS
AMDOCS
ARCIENT
BHARATELECTRONICS
CAPGEMINI
CISCO
CITRIX R&D INDIA PVT. LTD.
CSC
D.E.SHAW INDIA SOFT.PVT.LTD.
FISERV
GCI
GLOBAL LOGIC
HUGHES SYSTIQUE
IBM GES
IBM INDIA PVT.LTD.
IBM ISL
ITC INFOTECH
MAQ Softwares
MICROSOFT IDC
NEWGEN
ONMOBILE
ORACLE
PATNI COMP.SYS.LTD.
TCS
THOROGOOD ASSOCIATES
WIPRO
YAHOO

Note that out of these , the ones that have been highlighted are "Exclusive Recruiters" , which do not go to less-reputed colleges.Exclusive recruiters will usually recruit 5(sometimes up to 10) students.Their packages are usually 6 - 7 lpa+ .

Companies like TCS,Wipro etc. are "Mass Recruiters" and will go to even less reputed colleges.They often recruit over 30 students , as they know that majority will not be joining their company.Their packages are lower , usually between 3 to 4.5 lpa.

Exclusive and Mass recruiters , are at 2 ends of the spectrum.A lot of the above companies could be giving intermediate salalries and recruiting just 5 to 10 students.


On the whole ,placement-wise , IIIT-A is a good option.The fact that it has only CS/EE related branches ensures good pay packages.

Imp. Note : While choosing colleges do not rely solely on placements.You must find out about other important factors such as quality of teaching , lab facilities , campus/student life, internship opportunities and avenues for higher studies in India/abroad.

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