This year at IIT Delhi, around 230 undergraduate students have been offered more than 300 internships in the first phase of the placement season for the academic year 2020-21.
This IIT Delhi internship drive began on September 9, 2020, was concluded on a vibrant note. Among these 230 students, many students have successfully bagged multiple internships.
The internship drive was conducted for the BTech second year, third-year students courses and the students of the fourth year of five-year dual degree programmes by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.The institute also received several international training offers from across the globe including–Hong Kong, South Korea and the US.
The selection of students for these various internship programmes was conducted in online mode. The institute used multiple e-resources from registrations, students’ orientations and training. Company presentations, company pre-processes including tests, group discussions to selection interviews were also held virtually. IIT Delhi OCS also added, “We hope that the robust intern hiring numbers at the start of the season are an indication of hiring numbers in final placement as well.”
Till now, over 150 organisations have already registered for the current internship hiring season.
Madan added, “The entire OCS team is also gearing up for the upcoming placement season and we look forward to welcoming recruiters on the campus in a virtual mode to facilitate them in hiring top IIT Delhi talents for their companies”.
Due to the pandemic, several top institutes will hold internships virtually.While IIT-Madras has started the online internship process early and has already seen one round of internships, IIM-Ahmedabad has deferred its placements by a month, which now will take place in December.