Placements
The real numbers — medians, recruiters, and the honest reality behind the crore-rupee headlines.
Placements IIT Placements 2025-26: Only 11 of 23 IITs Have Reported
As of 2 Aug 2026, only one of India's 23 IITs (Bhubaneswar) has published a full-cycle 2025-26 report. Eleven have Phase 1 data. Twelve are silent. The honest scoreboard: Optiver ₹2.5 Cr at Hyderabad, Da Vinci ₹2.44 Cr at KGP, 500+ offers at Bhubaneswar (yesterday), 12 IITs disclosing nothing at all.
PlacementsIIT Roorkee Placements 2025-26: 436 Day 1 Offers
IIT Roorkee opened the 2025-26 placement season on 2 December 2025 with 436 offers on Day 1 (428 domestic + 8 international), naming NVIDIA, Qualcomm, D.E. Shaw, Google, Amazon and Texas Instruments among 14 Day 1 recruiters. The recovery matters because 2023-24's 79.66% placement rate (down from 98.54% in 2021-22) was flagged by a Parliamentary Standing Committee, and 2024-25 total offers dropped 21% while recruiter count dropped 37% year-on-year. Full 2025-26 salary numbers land after Phase 2 (May 2026).
PlacementsIIT Hyderabad Placements 2025-26: ₹2.5 Cr Optiver Record
IIT Hyderabad broke its 17-year-old ceiling in the 2025-26 placement season: Edward Nathan Varghese (21, final-year CSE) secured a ₹2.5 crore Software Engineer PPO from Optiver's Netherlands office — the highest offer in the institute's history since founding in 2008, a 278% jump from 2024-25's ₹66.13 LPA ceiling. Average package jumped 75% (₹20.8 LPA → ₹36.21 LPA). CSE Phase 1 placement 83.05%. 24 international offers in Phase 1 alone.
PlacementsIIT BHU Placements 2025-26: ₹1.67 Cr Top, Avg ₹29.33 LPA
IIT BHU Varanasi 2025-26 placements opened with what its own foundation called "history-making" — 1,005 offers by 5 December 2025, 17 students at ₹1 crore+ on Day 1 alone, average package ₹29.33 LPA (+28.6% vs 2024-25). The ceiling: ₹1.67 crore from NK Securities Research. The honest twist most sites won't tell: the average surged, but the top offer actually dropped from last year's ₹2.20 crore. Full 2025-26 numbers, top recruiters (ZS 41, ICICI 28, Meesho 24), 2024-25 reference, real Reddit voice on branch disparity.
PlacementsIIT Madras Placements 2025-26: Day 1 Numbers, ₹4.3 Cr Ceiling
IIT Madras opened 2025-26 placements on 1 December 2025 with the largest Day 1 pool in institute history — 300+ registered companies + 100+ mature startups, ~2,000 candidates. Phase 2 through May 2026. Full 2025-26 CDC report expected July-August. The 2024-25 ceiling to beat: ₹4.3 Cr Jane Street PPO (highest ever), 25 crorepatis, three firms at ₹2 Cr+, B.Tech CSE median ₹46 LPA.
PlacementsIIT Kharagpur Placements 2025-26: 1,501 Offers, ₹2.44 Cr Top
IIT Kharagpur's 2025-26 Phase 1 delivered 1,501 offers, 457 PPOs, and a ₹2.44 crore top. Underneath: quant/AI premium widening, international offers stayed thin, IIT Bombay lapped KGP 78 to 25 last year. Sourced breakdown with NIRF median, r/iitkgp voice, and the honest Director quote.
PlacementsIIT Bombay Placements 2026: Season Over, Still No Report
The 2025-26 season is over and IIT Bombay has published nothing — while IIT Patna and IIT Bhubaneswar both released full-cycle medians. The verifiable baseline: 69.3% placed in 2024-25 (down from 75%), ₹20.21 LPA NIRF median.
PlacementsIIT Delhi Placements 2026: 1,275 Offers, 300+ PPOs
IIT Delhi 2025–26 interim: 1,275 offers, 1,140+ placed, 300+ PPOs (+33% YoY), 35+ international. Plus NIRF 2026 median ₹20 LPA — and an explanation of why the OCS refuses to disclose top packages.
PlacementsIIT Kanpur Placements 2026: Phase 1 Numbers & NIRF Median
IIT Kanpur 2025–26 Phase 1: 1,202 offers, 1,079 accepted, 15 international from 250+ companies. Day 1 record of 672 offers (+16% YoY). What the SPO actually published vs the unofficial numbers circulating online.
PlacementsIIT Crore Club 2026: Who Actually Got ₹1 Crore+ Offers
The highest IIT package on record is ₹4.3 crore (IIT Madras, Jane Street) — but that's one student. The honest, per-IIT crore-club for 2024-25, why almost every crore offer is international quant/CS, and the ~20x gap to the typical median.
PlacementsHow to Prepare for IIT Placements: Year-by-Year Roadmap
The honest year-by-year roadmap to IIT placements — when the process actually runs, why the 3rd-year internship is the real lever, the CGPA filters that gate you, what companies test, and how much DSA is really enough.
PlacementsIIT Highest Package 2026: ₹2.5 Cr Verified vs ₹18L Median
Barely any IIT has published a 2025-26 median. Here is what is actually verified for the current cycle, the 2024-25 baseline, the CSE-versus-core gap, and how to spot a recycled placement number.