The placement data and statistics are not released in public, but few details get somehow leaked by the students in the placement cell.

IIT BHU kicked off its annual placement for 2019, with four international job offers and the highest salary package of INR 1.53 crore per annum. Most of these offers ranged from INR 10 LPA to INR 58.21 LPA. Some of the top recruiters that visited were Google, Uber , Microsoft, Cisco, Goldman Sachs.

Around 1063 students from BTech registered for the placements and out of which 773 students got placements. As per the trends, the department of computer science, electrical engineering, department of Mathematical sciences and electronics engineering maintained a high degree of placements.

Though the placement offering in each branch is growing every year, the highest number of placements were from Mechanical and industrial engineering departments.

The major recruiters of IIT BHU include Maruti, EXL, Wipro, Tata Steel, Oracle, Morgan Stanley, etc. The average package offered was 8.19 lakhs with 109 students placed which is the highest among other streams.

Apart from these firms, students of IIT BHU also grab opportunities for internships in many international universities. The top-notch international universities where students of IIT BHU acquired internships offered were University of Tokyo, University of London, University of New South Wales, Harvard University.

The summer internship program starts at the beginning of May and the duration is around 8 weeks in companies like Samsung, Microsoft, Tata Steel and Bajaj. As an outcome of the continuous efforts by the institute, students have been pursuing internships and projects at various national and international academic institutions and companies.

So overall, having great results in the academics, IIT BHU stands no apart from the other IITs in terms of placements and summer internships offered to the students. Lastly it is a great opportunity and learning experience for students to get admitted at IIT BHU for industrial engineering.

Previously called Banaras Engineering College, IIT BHU offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Doctoral programs across fields including Chemical Engineering. The course fee for BTech Chemical Engineering is 3.02 lakhs.

IIT Hyderabad is considered to be one of the 2nd Generation IITs initiated by Govt. The institute offers BTech Chemical Engineering at a cost of 8.67 lakhs.

IIT Gandhinagar has been recognized as an Institute of National Importance and is mentored by IIT Bombay. IIT Gandhinagar offers B.Tech in Chemical Engineering with a fee of 10.3 lakhs.

Ranking:

IIT BHU is ranked 11th, IIT Hyderabad is ranked 8th and IIT Gandhinagar is ranked 24th for IITs in Engineering for BTech by NIRF 2020.

Admission Process:

Admission to B.Tech program at IIT is done on the basis of the JEE Advanced score. According to the 2019 data, the cutoff for Chemical Engineering at the institutes are as follows.

• IIT BHU - 4048

• IIT Hyderabad - 5923

• IIT Gandhinagar - 6671

Chemical Engineering Highlights:

IIT BHU:

• The Chemical Engineering department at IIT BHU has 3 specializations, i.e Renewable and Non-Conventional Energy Resources, Waste Minimization and Utilization, New Materials, and Devices.

• The Chemical Engineering department at IIT BHU has 18 laboratories, 7 lecture rooms, a 250 seat auditorium, and a library.

IIT Hyderabad:

With over 17 faculty members, the Chemical Engineering department at IIT Hyderabad carries out some cutting edge research in primary areas such as Biochemical Engineering, nanoscience, Process Control, Mineral Processing, Energy Conversion, Polymer Engineering, etc.

IIT Gandhinagar:

• The chemical engineering department at IIT Gandhinagar has strong collaborations with industries such as Reliance-Dahej, UCL, Rainbow Papers, NFL, Amul, and Hindustan Petroleum.

• Primary areas of research at the Chemical Engineering department of IIT Gandhinagar include Thermodynamics, Soft Matter, Energy and Environment, and Bioengineering.

Alumni:

• Renowned alumni of IIT BHU include Nikesh Arora who is CEO of Palo Alto Networks and Krishan Kant, former Vice President of India.

• Renowned alumni of IIT Gandhinagar include Dr.Yogesh Goyal who is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Renowned scientists from IIT Hyderabad include Dr.M Nirmala, Dr.Paladugu Suresh, and Dr.Arruri Sathyanarayana.

Placement:

The placement details at the institutes are as follows.

All the IITs are of high repute and globally recognized. IIT BHU takes the upper hand when it comes to chemical engineering, which is depicted from their quality research. However, you should choose the institute according to your convenience.

The most famous entrepreneurs graduated from IIT BHU are the following - 

• Thomas Anantharaman - One of the 3 members team at IBM who developed IBM Deep Blue supercomputer.

• Pulikel Ajayan - A pioneering scientist in the field of carbon nanotubes.

• Kota Harinarayana - A Padma Shri awardee and distinguished scientist at DRDO.

• Narla Tata Rao - A Padma Shri awardee, Doyen of power sector in India, played a pivotal role in development of NTPC and PowerGrid Corporation of India.

• Patcha Ramachandra Rao - Renowned Metallurgist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient and former Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.

• Palle Rama Rao - Renowned Scientist. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee.

• Akhlesh Lakhtakia - Charles Godfrey Binder (Endowed) Professor at Penn State University, USA and a pioneer of sculptured thin films.

• Nikesh Arora - President at Softbank, Ex-Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google. Currently he is the highest paid Indian executive in the world.

• Naveen Agarwal - He is a CEO at Pricelock.

• Neeraj Ghaywan - Is an Indian Film Director, popularly known for the film Masaan.

• Luv Ranjan - Is an Indian Film Director popularly known for his film Pyaar Ka Punchnama.

They are some of the well known alumni from IIT BHU.

Yes, attendance rule is there in IIT BHU Varanasi. Students are required to maintain a minimum of 85% attendance. If anyone fails to maintain the cut-off attendance, they may have to repeat the subject as professors sometimes award Z grade to students with less than 85% attendance.

But it mostly depends on the professor of that subject. Some professor follows this rule strictly while some may don’t. So, to be safe students should maintain a minimum of 85 percent attendance. It's only for theoretically class, some professor wants 90 percent or above attendance in Lab Classes. So, the conclusion is that there is a rule of compulsory attendance (85%), but it depends on a professor.