IITGN’s 2024 placement figures describe a defined group
IIT Gandhinagar’s Annual Report 2024-25 labels its campus-placement account “Campus Placements 2024.” It says the Career Development Services office approached nearly 3,000 organisations and that 200 job offers were received. The same passage reports an 82.39% placement figure for undergraduate students, with registered students as the denominator, compared with 81% the previous year. These are two different measures: total offers and an undergraduate percentage. The report does not make the 200 offers a count of distinct students, nor does its sentence say that 82.39% applies to every degree level. Annual Report 2024-25
Use the percentage as a historical institutional report, not a prediction for a current applicant. A rate based on registered students does not describe everyone who enrolled or graduated, and offers are not necessarily unique people or accepted jobs. The report passage does not state a salary distribution. It therefore cannot support an average, median or highest package claim, an outcome by branch, or a comparison with another institute. Ask CDS for the current cohort’s reporting definitions and programme-level numbers if those distinctions affect your choice.
Recruitment has separate full-time and internship pathways
IITGN’s Career Development Services (CDS) describes campus hiring for full-time roles across engineering, sciences and humanities. Its FAQ says companies can conduct full-time hiring for final-year students, recruit interns for summer, winter or six-month placements, and make pre-placement offers. The FAQ also says there is no fee for the recruitment process. These descriptions explain the campus channel; they do not promise that every programme participates in each drive or that a candidate will receive an offer. Check the current CDS notice and eligibility with your department. CDS overview · CDS FAQ
The FAQ gives a typical annual rhythm: placement hiring starts in the first week of December, while internship hiring starts in the first week of August. It describes pre-placement talks and tests from October, company date allocation from mid-November, and placement commencement in the first week of December. Treat this as the page’s usual sequence, not a dated 2027-28 calendar. The current placement drive can change its dates or run preparatory steps earlier; follow CDS announcements for your batch. CDS FAQ
The FAQ says a process may include a pre-placement talk, resume shortlist, written or online screening, group discussion, technical interview, HR interview and offer. It may use only some of those steps. Slot allocation is described as depending on student preferences, work profile, compensation package, career prospects, intake and the company’s past track record. A shortlist or interview invitation is not an offer, so confirm each employer’s role, location, compensation structure and conditions before deciding.
Use CDS support to prepare, then evaluate each role
CDS says it conducts career-counselling sessions and provides resources for resume preparation, screening tests, group discussions, interviews and personality development. It also describes internships, industry visits and placement as channels through which students and organisations meet. For an applicant, the useful question is not only “which companies visit?” but whether the role, work profile, location and selection process fit your goals. CDS overview
The institute’s 2025-26 recruitment poster presents a five-step employer process: contact CDS, register, share interested candidates’ CVs for shortlisting, conduct tests/interviews or other next steps, and report results to CDS. This poster is addressed to recruiting organisations and is a process illustration, not a guarantee of student eligibility or selection. It gives CDS contact details for that recruitment drive; verify current contact information on the live CDS site before using it. CDS recruitment poster 2025-26
When comparing offers, read the job description and terms rather than ranking outcomes by a single headline figure. Ask whether compensation is fixed pay, variable pay, a stipend or total cost to company; ask when a role begins and what conditions apply. The official annual-report passage cited here provides offers and a registered-student percentage, but no salary amount or branch-wise breakdown. Those figures should remain unknown here unless a newer, properly scoped official disclosure supports them.
Confirm programme eligibility with your department and CDS
The CDS FAQ lists recruitment availability by programme family, including B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc., M.A. and PhD, with disciplines named under each. It is a practical starting point for identifying the recruiting office’s stated scope, but it is not an individual eligibility table for every role. The FAQ list may not capture later programme changes; use the current programme notice and employer criteria for the exact course, cohort and role. CDS FAQ
For a 2027 applicant, the responsible next step is to check how the intended programme participates in placements and internships, what students must do to register, and what current-year outcome tables count as a “registered” student or “placed” student. IITGN’s published 2024 outcome should be read with its original year and denominator, while future results remain unannounced until the institute reports them. No outcome can be inferred from the degree title, branch, recruiter list or a prior batch’s result.