IIT Placements 2026: Highest Packages, Top Recruiters & Hiring Stats
Median offer hit ₹22 LPA, highest crossed ₹4.3 Cr international, AI/ML roles took 1 in 3 offers. Full breakdown of IIT 2026 placement season by company, role, and campus.
IIT placement season 2026 closed stronger than analysts expected. The median offer across the older IITs landed at ₹22 LPA, up from ₹19.6 LPA last year. International packages crossed ₹4.3 Cr at IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi, both from US-based AI labs.
Top recruiters by offer count: Google, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Uber, Quadeye, Tower Research, and Apple. Indian leaders Flipkart and Adobe rounded out the top ten. Roles split roughly 1-in-3 toward AI/ML and ML-infra positions — the highest share in any IIT placement cycle on record.
Day-1 trends: 22% of students secured offers within 48 hours, dominated by quant firms and US-headquartered Big Tech. Pre-placement offers from summer interns held strong at 18%.
Core engineering branches saw lower median packages (~₹14 LPA) but consulting offers from McKinsey, BCG, and Bain rebounded to pre-2024 levels. The takeaway for current students: AI/ML projects, competitive programming rank, and a strong intern conversion remain the three reliable levers.
Source: IIT placement reports · The Hindu · Moneycontrol
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