Microsoft top recruiter with over Rs 1-crore annual package at IITs

Placements details for the first slot are awaited for IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, among others

With the highest annual package of over $164,000, or Rs 1.17 crore, this year, IT giant Microsoft has continued its streak of emerging as the top recruiter on Day One of final placements at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).

Older as well as some newer IITs kicked off their first phase of the final placements process in two slots on Sunday.

Last year, Microsoft had given the highest international offer of $215,000 (more than Rs 1.54 crore) at multiple IITs.

Participating in the first slot of the first day of placements, Microsoft gave the highest number of offers at multiple campuses including