Agencies BITS Pilani placements jump 11% for 2025 batch; salaries, offers hit record highs
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BITS Pilani witnessed an 11% surge in placements for the 2025 batch, driven by increased offers and higher salaries across diverse sectors. The median salary rose by 14% to �19.4 lakh per annum, while the average salary climbed 16% to �22 lakh per annum.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani has seen an 11% year-on-year increase in placements for the class of 2025, with students bagging more offers and higher median and average salary packages from companies across sectors such as semiconductor, high-frequency trading firms and global capability centres.Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads
In all, students have received 2,379 offers so far across the institutes four campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.According to G Balasubramanian, chief placement officer, BITS Pilani -India & Dubai, the median salary has increased 14% to Rs 19.4 lakh per annum from Rs 17 lakh per annum last year. The average salary has gone up 16% to Rs 22 lakh per annum.
The top offer, from a high-frequency trading firm, surged 44% year-on-year, he said, without disclosing the name of the firm or the salary package.Several high-frequency trading firms, such as Tower Research, IMC Trading, Quad Eye and AlphaGrep, visited the campus for final placements, and some offered higher packages than last year.Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads
We have placed about 80.8% of our students this year compared to the same period last year. We have grown by about 11% roughly, Ramgopal Rao, vice chancellor, BITS Pilani, told ET.
BITS Pilani has distinct placement seasons August-December and January-June.One thing that is definitely happening is that the India Semiconductor Mission is now beginning to show its impact, said Rao. There are more and more semiconductor companies like Micron, for example, recruiting very aggressively this year from our campus.Micron extended offers to 51 students at BITS Pilani this year.In order to prepare its students for placements that are becoming increasingly competitive each year, the institute has intensified its focus on hackathons, coding challenges and certification programmes.Like any other engineering colleges, BITS Pilani has seen a drop in international offers over the years. Overseas offers at the institute have decreased 33% since 2021.
Among startups, companies such as Astera Labs, Tenstorrent, Whatfix, Vegapay, Dhruva Aerospace, Jar,Darwinbox,, UnifyApps, Lyskraft, Trustwise and Samsara visited the campus. Major companies that lined up at the institute were Microsoft, Google, Amazon, BCG, Kearney, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Qualcomm.
