An estimated 1,310 students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur received job offers during the first phase of placement of the premier institute, an official said.
The first phase of placement started on December 1 and ended on December 11.
An IIT Kharagpur statement said on Thursday while 1000 students got offers in just five days, the overall figure of 1,310 at the end of first phase placement "comfortably passed all the previous years record."