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NIT Rourkela Highest Package 2025 Revealed; Complete Placement Report

Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 01 Sep 2025, 12:16 PM IST

NIT Rourkela BTech Placement 2024-25 report released. This year, the institute recorded 1,274 job offers which is lesser than the previous session 2023-24. Last year, the number of jobs offered was 1333. The highest salary package received ₹62.44 lakh per annum in 2024-25 while the highest package of 2023-24 session was ₹120 lakh per annum. More than 85 students obtained annual packages above ₹30 lakh. For the flagship programs, the average CTC stood at ₹14.10 lakh for BTech and ₹13.48 lakh for MTech students. On the internship front, the top offer touched a staggering ₹1.26 lakh per month.

NIT Rourkela Highest Package 2025 Revealed; Complete Placement Report
NIT Rourkela Highest Package 2025

In NIT Rourkela BTech Placement 2024-25, 48.36% are first-time recruiters among the total 373 recruiters. Wherein, Software and IT Services sector dominated the process followed closely by manufacturing, BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance), electronics, and education industries.

The streams that recorded the highest placement percentages are Ceramic Engineering (97.73%), Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (97.06%), and Computer Science and Engineering (94.48%). Core engineering branches like ECE, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Metallurgical & Materials Engineering also recorded strong performance, each achieving close to 80% placement success.

NIT Rourkela BTech Placement 2025: Sector-Wise Trends

Following the trends, the Software and IT Services sector recorded the largest share in the recent placement drive of 22.9%. This year, core branches and emerging fields like aerospace, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing also showed good demand.

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Here’s a sector-wise breakdown of placements:

Sector

Percentage

Software & IT Services

22.9%

Manufacturing

12.4%

BFSI

11.1%

Education

10.8%

Power & Heavy Industries

8.1%

Oil & Gas

6.1%

Top Recruiters

NIT Rourkela placement 2025 drive witnessed the biggest names in the corporate world. The list of top recruiters included:

  • Google

  • Amazon

  • AMD

  • Qualcomm

  • ExxonMobil

  • Wells Fargo

  • DE Shaw & Co

  • JSW

  • Accenture

  • Barclays

  • Deloitte

  • MathWorks

  • ITC

  • Texas Instruments

  • American Express

  • HP

  • Bharat Petroleum

Roles Offered

Students were placed across a variety of roles such as:

  • Software Engineer

  • Software Development Engineer (SDE)

  • Hardware Engineer

  • Graduate Trainee Engineer

  • Data Analyst

  • Business Analyst

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These opportunities reflect NIT Rourkela’s strong positioning as one of the top institutes producing industry-ready professionals in India.

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