Despite tough job market, IIM-Trichy students get 320 offers; Rs 43 lakh highest pay package

TIRUCHY: The placement season that just concluded for the 2025 batch of the Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIM-Trichy) saw higher annual salary packages and strong industry participation, even as the competitive job market left some PG students still seeking suitable roles. The highest salary offered was Rs 43.94 lakh for Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) students and Rs 33.12 lakh for Post-Graduate Programme in Management Human Resources (PGPM-HR). The average salaries stood at Rs 19.27 lakh and Rs 17.84 lakh, respectively, according to an official release. Top recruiters included McKinsey & Company, JP Morgan Chase & Co, Accenture, Godrej, and Shell. Public sector entities like GAIL, CPCL and VOC Port also extended offers. This year 408 students were eligible for placements, including 355 from the PGPM and 53 from PGPM-HR. The institute secured around 320 offers through both final placements and pre-placement offers. Director of IIM-Trichy, Dr Pawan Kumar Singh, said, This season reflected our students determination, resilience, and readiness to meet industry expectations. While many students celebrated successful outcomes, a portion of the batch either opted out of the placement process or remained unplaced due to more stringent selection criteria. I had opted out hoping to get a better opportunity on my own, but the market has become more selective. Many of us who stayed out are still looking for the right fit, said a PGPM student from the 2025 batch, requesting anonymity. The release also said summer internship stipends reached up to `3.5 lakh, marking an improvement over previous years. In comparison, the 2024 season saw 329 job offers, with slightly lower top salaries of Rs 43.69 lakh (PGPM) and Rs 29.86 lakh (PGPM-HR). While this years figures reflect improved compensation, theres a marginal drop in total offers. Recruiter interest expanded notably, with a 23% rise in pre-placement offers and a 150% increase in participation from sectors such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, and logistics, the release said.

NIT Tiruchirappalli Junior Research Fellow Recruitment 2025 - Apply Offline

TheNational Institute of Technology (NIT Tiruchirappalli) has released an official notification for the recruitment of 06 Junior Research Fellow posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply Offline through the official NIT Tiruchirappalli website. The last date to submit the application form is 12-05-2025.

IIM Trichy Research Staff Recruitment 2025 - Apply Online for 02 Posts Before May 16

The Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIM Trichy) has released an official notification for the recruitment of 02 Research Staff posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online through the official IIM Trichy website. The last date to submit the application form is 16-05-2025.

Archaeological Survey of India copies 1,000 inscriptions nationwide

KADAPA: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Epigraphy Branch, has copied 1,000 inscriptions from various regions across the country in the financial year 2024-25. Director of Epigraphy at ASI, Dr K Munirathnam Reddy, said inscriptions are crucial for historical documentation and emphasised efforts to compile them into books. Inscriptions tell us what history should be written. We are making historical, cultural, and traditional knowledge accessible to future generations and research scholars, he said. ASI continues to document inscriptions, with two teams currently working in Perungani and Allur in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, and Vishwanagar and Hathras in Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh. A team led by Munirathnam, along with Siddavatam Forest Ranger K Kalavathi and ASI experts from Chennai and Bengaluru, conducted a study in Lanka Malla Wildlife Sanctuary. Between 27 February and 1 March, the team explored the forest regions of Siddavatam, Konduru, Rolabodu, and Madduru in Kadapa district. They discovered 25 rare inscriptions and rock engravings dating from the 4th to the 15th century. For the first time in South India, rare label inscriptions and Shankha script inscriptions were found in the Lanka Malla forest region.

KIPG: Shanguman clinches two gold medals in athletics

NEW DELHI, Mar 21: Tamil Nadu runner Ramesh Shanguman shone bright on the second day of the Khelo India Para Games, winning a gold medal each in the mens 800m T53/T54 and mens 100m T53/T54 events here on Friday. By the end of the day, 44 gold medals were decided and Tamil Nadu had won nine of them. A former basketball player, Shanguman hails from a farming family in Tiruchirappalli. He lost his legs in a lorry accident when he [] The post KIPG: Shanguman clinches two gold medals in athletics appeared first on Daily Excelsior .

N. Surendran: The star-gazer behind spadex

As India and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) celebrated the success of the maiden docking of two satellites SDX-01 and SDX-02 in low earth orbit in the early hours of January 16, an apparently nondescript gentleman sat proudly smiling in the background. He was Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission project director N Surendran, who on December 31, 2024 when the PSLV-C60 launcher lifted off with the mission from Sriharikota had exuded confidence that the experiment would be a success. That confidence rode on the hard work under his supervision of the mission. Coming from a humble background, the 1965-born Surendran recollects his journey from a time when he watched the moon and the stars as a little boy sitting on the beach near his house in Tuticorin (now Thoothukudi) in Tamil Nadu, to taking over as the SpaDeX project director in 2023-end. The challenging mission under Surendran was not just about docking two satellites in space. The mission also involved the PS4-Orbital Experiment Module (POEM-4), which featured using the spent fourth stage of the Polar Synchronous Launch Vehicle, which otherwise would be wasted as space debris. POEM-4 carries 24 payloads, of which 14 are from ISRO/Department of Space centres and 10 from academia and start-ups received through Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre. All experiments on this platform aim at supporting and enhancing Indias future ambitious space missions. The experiments are ongoing. The SpaDeX mission is crucial for ISROs future projects Chandrayaan-4 and future lunar missions, Bharatiya Antariksh Space Station, Gaganyaan manned space mission, missions to Mars and beyond. When Surendran took over SpaDeX mission, configuration and design of the satellites was already completed, but challenging tasks like fabrication, implementation and testing were to be done. It was under him that soft docking and undocking trials were held and corrections made, which bore fruit on January 16. In doing so, Surendran had to coordinate with a team of around 250 people and 90 project managers and heads. But he humbly says, My previous directors and the entire team have paved the way for the success of this mission. A tough task master, and yet a go-to person, Surendran says there are no shortcuts to success. His mantra is simple: Hard work. There is no replacement for it. Smart working is also needed. Both go together in todays times. Surendran was born in Tuticorin, one among four siblings, the first-generation graduates in his family. My father P Nagarajan was an accountant in a private establishment, and ensured that all his children are well-educated irrespective of the then financial difficulties, he says. Studying in a Tamil medium school till Grade 10, he was the topper winning a gold medal in the board exams at St Xaviers Higher Secondary School, Tuticorin. He completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College (now National Institute of Technology) in Tiruchirappalli in Mechanical Engineering with Honours and then joined ISRO at UR Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru in December 1987. My first interest was always in space and science and when I learnt of the opening (in ISRO) I took it, he says. He joined ISROs Mechanical Integration Division of Systems Integration Group and significantly contributed to projects from IRS-1C to the recent GSAT-30. Before becoming the SpaDeX project director, Surendran was the Division Head, Mechanical Integration Division. He carries vast experience in design and development of Mechanical Ground Support Equipment, Mechanical Housings for Subsystem Packages, Assembly Integration and Testing of Spacecraft, System Engineering and Project Management. He was awarded the ISRO Team Excellence award-2017 and Astronautical Society of India award-2019 for his overall contribution on spacecraft and related technologies.