Like the final placement this year which would be held virtually, even the internship drive was completely held online for the first time.

Students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have received 182 pre-placement offers (PPOs) this year as compared to 170 PPOs in the last placement season. Companies take students as interns for a brief time lasting over a month following which they make job offers also called PPOs to these students.

At IITs, students receive job offers as part of PPOs and direct recruitment by companies also called the final placements. The Phase I of campus placements is scheduled to commence on 1st December 2020 for the academic year 2020-21.

Like the final placement this year which would be held virtually, even the internship drive was completely held online for the first time.