Student Placement Policy

Placement Season 2022-23

Placement Office
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
July, 2022
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The Placement Office welcomes all eligible students to take active part in the Placement Process
for the Placement Season 2022-23. IIT Bombay considers the Placement Process very crucial and
extends all out support to ensure that students are given the right opportunity to streamline their
career interests

The Institute Placement Team consists of the Professor-In-Charge (PIC), Training & Placement
Officer (TPO), Placement Office Staff Members, Placement Managers, Company Coordinators,
Department Placement Coordinators, Associate Placement Coordinators, Internship Coordinators,
Web Coordinators and Design Nominee.

The team continuously endeavors to ensure IIT Bombay coming up with the best Placement results
and continues to be the most favored destination for recruiting organizations. This is possible only
with the assistance and full co-operation of all students.

In order to maximize the sum of benefits to all the stakeholders, the Placement Policy for the
students has evolved over the years. To realize a win-win situation for IIT Bombay and our partner
organizations, all students are expected to understand the Placement Policy and follow it strictly.
It may be noted that some policy changes may take place during the year in the best interest of
the whole batch.

The placement policy is binding on all students who register for the 2022-23 Campus Placements
of IIT Bombay (including the ones who may de-register on a later date) and is to be followed
during the entire duration of the placement season.

The placement office acts as a facilitator between students seeking jobs and organizations seeking
to recruit these students. While this office takes all the efforts to offer placement, due to several
external constraints the placement office cannot guarantee a job to every registered student.
Students are advised to make responsible decisions and would be liable for any consequences.

1. Placement Season
The Placement Season started on July 11, 2022 and will continue up to June 30, 2023.

2. Eligibility Criteria for B. Tech, B.S., B. Des, Dual Degree, M.

Tech, M.Sc., M. Des., M. Phil. And M.P.P Students'
a. All full-time students who are expected to complete their degree requirement during the
period April 2023 – July 2023 are eligible to register.
b. For Masters, only TA, TAP, RA and RAP students are eligible. M.Sc. students are eligible.
Sponsored – self financed students are eligible with conditions applicable as per Annexure 4.
Sponsored (excluding Self-Financed), external and QIP postgraduate students are not eligible.
c. M.Sc. + PhD integrated students taking an exit in the 4 th semester are eligible only for Phase
1 of placements.
d. Students pursuing IDDDP with SJMSOM are not eligible to register.
e. International students can register only if they already possess Indian work permit or are
otherwise eligible to work in India without any work permit.
f. Students can register for placements only ONCE. (Students having to extend their stay at
IITB because of backlogs/other constraints might be considered on a case-to-case basis. It
is advisable that students opting out of placements de-register at the earliest to have adecent
case for re-registration next year.)
g. Students from earlier batches who are specially permitted as per Deferred Placement Policy.
h. Only Dual-degree students opting for exit degree are allowed for rolling placement
registration unlike other above-mentioned students.

i. Project students entering their Master's degree are allowed for placements.

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3. Categorization of Job Offers
The job profiles offered by recruiting organizations are divided into various categories based on
the gross compensation package as follows:

C1 > 20 LPA
20 LPA ≥ C2 > 16.75 LPA
16.75 LPA ≥ C3 > 14 LPA
14 LPA ≥ C4 > 12 LPA
12 LPA ≥ C5 > 10 LPA
10 LPA ≥ C6 > 8 LPA
8 LPA ≥ C7 > 6 LPA
C8 ≤ 6 LPA

(LPA – Lakhs per Annum in INR)

Factors other than compensation package like job profile, past association of recruiting
organization etc. may sometimes be considered to alter the category.

Decision regarding categorization of firms is up to the discretion of the Placement Office, IIT
Bombay and requests regarding this matter shall not be entertained.

Job profiles offered by organizations that offer salary in other currencies will be categorized by the
Placement Office based on the above factors. Job profiles offering varying salary may be placed in
multiple categories with each category depending on the salary.

4. JAF Signing Details (Job Announcement Forms)

4.1. Regular JAFs

a. A student shall be entitled to sign a maximum of 40 regular JAFs during Phase I of

Placements 2022-23 i.e., from July '11 to a date that shall be specified later by the placement
cell. Post that date unrestricted regular JAF signing would be allowed. Students unable to
secure a job in Phase I would be allowed to sign regular JAFs unconditionally in Phase II.
Students securing a job in Phase I can refer to point 4(d) for rules for signing of extra
regular JAFs.
b. A student can avail extra regular JAFs by participating in preparatory activities and earning
incentive points. Of the total incentive points completed by the student, a minimum of 5
incentive points must be completed through the institute-level preparatory activity to avail
the opportunity to sign these extra regular JAFs. Extra regular JAFs can be availed abiding
to the following structure:

Incentive Points < 15 15-24 25-34 35-44 ≥ 45

Total Number of Allowed
regular JAFs 40 70 95 120 150

c. A student appearing in multiple shortlists in a single interview slot will have to submit
his/her priority list amongst the organizations that have shortlisted him/her. The instructions
for providing the option and its deadline (which will typically be at least one day before
the visit of the organizations for interview) will be communicated by Placement Office. On
receiving multiple offers, the student has to accept the offer from the organization
appearing higher in his/her priority list.
d. The 2nd Job Policy is strictly applicable only in Phase II from January 2022 for all
organizations visiting campus in Phase II and thus a student can only apply for a second
job in Phase II as per the below mentioned rules.

I. A student securing a job in C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 or C6 category organization will NOT

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be eligible to sign any new JAF. The student's name will also be removed from all
other JAFs of organizations that he/she has applied and he/she will be de-registered
from the placement process.
II. Only a student securing a job in C7 or C8 category organization (either in Phase I or
Phase II) and having incentive points according to clause (4.d.viii.) will be eligible for
2nd job policy.
III. A student securing a job in a C7 category organization will be allowed to sign extra
regular JAFs only of organizations in category C6 or higher as per point (7).
IV. A student securing a job in a C8 category organization will be allowed to sign extra
regular JAFs only of organizations in category C7 or higher as per point (7).
V. A student has the option of choosing one out of multiple offers if the said offers were
received within the period of one working day for jobs secured in Phase II subject to
the fact that the selection procedure for each of those organizations has been fully
completed and only their final results are awaited. It shall be binding on the student to
accept the job for which he/she has been selected through the Placement Office after
one working day.
VI. Any student who gets 2 jobs during Campus Placement will NOT be eligible to sign
any more JAFs, and the student will be deregistered from further placement process
including removal from further signed JAFs. The student must accept the higher
category job, and both the organizations will be informed accordingly. This clause is
applicable even for students eligible for signing additional regular JAFs as per the
incentive scheme.
VII. A student completing the specified number of incentive points through participation
in institute-level and department-level preparatory activities will get an opportunity to
sign additional regular JAFs (applicable after the student has secured his/her First Job).
Of the total incentive points completed by the student, a minimum of 10 incentive
points must be completed through the institute-level preparatory activity to avail the
opportunity to sign these extra regular JAFs.

Minimum Incentive
Points for 2nd Job
25 points 35 points 40 points

Category of 1st Job

C7 2 4 6
e.Inter
C8 4 8 12

Disciplinary Dual Degree students can sign the following JAFs:

I. Open for B.Tech. program of their own B.Tech. department and any of the dual
degree programs.
II. Open for M.Tech. program of their own M.Tech. department and any of the dual
degree programs.
III. Open for Dual Degree program of either their B.Tech. or M.Tech. department.

4.2. Bonus Opportunity JAFs

a. A student shall be entitled to sign an additional number of JAFs that are not open for
his/her own department and program which will be considered as a bonus opportunity to
the students.
b. A student can avail these Bonus Opportunity JAFs only if he/she has less than 3 penalty
points.

c. Rules of Bonus Opportunity JAFs are independent from rules of regular JAFs.

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d. If a JAF is signed using Bonus Opportunity but reopens again as a regular JAF for the
student, it will be considered as regular JAF and the student will be entitled to one extra
Bonus Opportunity JAF to compensate the Bonus Opportunity availed previously for the
same JAF.
e. The Placement Office will notify the students in advance when a particular company is not
going to accept Bonus Opportunity JAFs.
f. Bonus Opportunity JAFs will be allowed in Phase-2 as well.
g. Students will be allowed to sign the remaining number of bonus JAFs even after getting 1st
job, subject to the condition that the total number of JAFs a student can sign will be
according to 4.1.(d) and this number shall be inclusive of Bonus Opportunity JAFs.

Bonus Opportunity JAFs can be availed abiding to the following structure:

Incentive Points <10 10-15 16-21 22-27 28-33 >33

Total Number of
Bonus Opportunity 2 3 4 5 6 7
JAFs available

5. Off-Campus Application Rules

a. Students are strictly prohibited from applying to off-campus organizations except as

described below. Students are strictly prohibited from making any contact with
organizations that are likely to visit or have visited the campus for placement
b. Students are strictly prohibited from participation in any sort of competitions conducted by
organizations or any activity not falling in the purview of the Placement Office. Students
are discouraged from sharing their contact details with any organization during any part of
the selection procedure of the organization. The exceptional cases where contact sharing is
allowed will be communicated specifically by the Placement Office.
c. Students who register with the Placement Office are strictly forbidden from applying for
off-campus recruitment without permission till March 31, 2023. Any student who wishes to
apply directly to any organization must contact the Department Placement Coordinator of
his/her department, so that the organization is officially invited for campus placement.If
the organization is not invited as per the decision of the Placement Office or is unable to
visit IITB for placement due to their own constraints, off-campus application to that
organization may be permitted at the discretion of the Placement Office. The decision of
the Placement Office will be final and binding to the student.
d. A student may also directly contact the Professor-in-Charge for permission to apply for off-
campus placement in case he/she does not wish to disclose the name of theorganization
to the other members of the placement team. The decision of the Professor- in-Charge will
be binding to the student.
e. Any student who receives an off-campus offer is required to report the same to the
Placement Office within ONE working day. This offer shall be treated as a PPO and he/she
shall be permitted to sign JAFs for other organizations, as per the rules for signing JAFs
mentioned in section 6 depending on the gross compensation package of the off -campus
offer.
f. Any student found to have applied to or secured a job through off-campus application
without the prior consent of the Placement Office or is found to have directly contacted
any organization, including those participating in Campus Placement will be debarred from
taking part in any further placement process. Further the organizations to which he/she has
applied/secured job with will also be informed of the policy violation by the student. The
matter may also be referred to the institute for further disciplinary action.

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6. Rules for Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs)
a. All Pre-Placement Offers by any organization, extended to any student, have to be
immediately reported to the Placement Office by the student after registration. This also
includes offers extended by organizations that are not participating or are not likely to
participate in the 2022-23 campus placements.
b. All organizations contacted will also be informed about the PPO policy of the institute
depending on which a company may or may not allow the student to sit for placements.
c. Any form of intimation from an organization about the possibility of a PPO being granted
in future should be informed to the Placement Office without waiting for the formal offer
letter/email. The Placement Office will take up the matter with the organization further and
the student will be allowed to sign JAFs as per normal policy until a decision regarding the
grant of a PPO is made by the organization.
d. Students should proactively review the terms and conditions for the PPO. In case of any
difference between the company's terms and conditions and the Institute Policy, the same
should be explicitly brought to the notice of the Placement Office.

e. The student will have to accept or reject the offer before the deadline of the organization
/ 1-week from the date after which the offer has been released / 30 th November 2021,
whichever is earlier. Failing to do so, Placement Office will assume the offer to be accepted
and the below mentioned rules would be applicable.
f. Students accepting or rejecting a PPO will have to immediately notify the Placement Office
of the same with a copy of their communication to the organization. If the PPO is accepted,
the job will be recorded, and he/she will be allowed to appear for additional placement
opportunities based on the discretion of the organization offering PPO. The companies
pertaining to the additional JAFs the student signs must visit before / on the date of the
company from which the student has received the PPO. For PPO offering firms which do
not visit campus, the number of additional placement opportunities allowed shall depend
on the gross salary (category) of the PPO and restriction of the slot till which a student can
participate shall be decided by the PIC.

On accepting a PPO, the student will be allowed following additional opportunities:

Category of PPO job profile No. of JAFs student can sign

C1 2

C2 3

C3 4

C4 5

C5 6

C6 7

C7 8

C8 9

Students will have to appear for the personal interviews in the companies for which they
have been shortlisted.

g. Any student who gets a job during campus placement must accept the job offered through
campus placement, and the student will not be eligible for signing any additional JAFs. The
organization offering PPO will also be informed accordingly.

h. A student with additional opportunities available as per 6(f), on completing the number of

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incentive points for participation in the preparatory activities, will get an incentive of signing
additional JAFs as follows:

Minimum incentive points for

additional JAFs 25 points 35 points 40 points
Category of PPO Job

C7 2 4 6

C8 4 8 12

i. A student who is found to have breached any of these rules or secured a PPO and not
informed the Placement Office of the same within the stipulated time-limit will be debarred
from the placement process. If at the time of the breach the student is already placed, the
organization in which he/she is placed will be informed of the violation. The matter may
also be referred to the Institute for further disciplinary action.
j. Pre-Placement Interviews: Students, who are offered PPIs, can choose to accept or reject
PPIs. If a student accepts the PPI and gets a job offer after giving the PPI, standard Pre-
Placement Offer rules shall apply. If the student chooses to reject the PPI or does not get
selected after giving the PPI, he/she can appear for the rest of the placement process as
usual.
k. Any terms and conditions, if applied by the organization offering the PPO shall override
the Pre-Placement Offer guidelines mentioned above by the Placement Office, IIT Bombay,
under the discretion of Professor-In-charge

7. Rules for Public Sector Undertakings visiting campus before Day 1:

a. PSUs would be allowed to conduct campus recruitment before Day 1.
b. PSUs conducting campus recruitment before Day 1 will be referred to as Pre Day 1 PSUs.
c. The Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) rules will be binding on students selected in Pre Day 1
PSUs.
d. All Pre Day 1 PSUs will also be informed about the Pre Day 1 PSU policy of the Institute
depending on which the PSU may or may not allow the student to sit for Placements.
e. Pre Day 1 PSU JAFs will follow JAF signing details as under point 4 of the IIT Bombay
Placement Policy.
f. Pre Day 1 PSU JAFs can also be availed under Bonus Opportunity JAFs.

g. Rules for PSUs visiting during December will be same as that of other companies.

8. Deferred Placement Policy - Entrepreneurship

Please refer to the Deferred Placement Policy Document, announced separately in Annexure 1.

9. Deferred Placement Policy - Higher Studies

Please refer to the Deferred Placement Policy Document, announced separately in Annexure 2.

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10. Placement Policy - IDC
Please refer to the IDC Placement Policy Document, announced separately in Annexure 3.

11. Self-Financed Placement Policy - IDC

Please refer to the Self - Financed Placement Policy Document, announced separately in Annexure 4.

12. Participation Incentives

a. Placement Office will organize some compulsory and optional activities at the department
and institute level. Optional activities will have points attached to them. These points will
be awarded to a student on the basis of written attendance taken during the event (except
in the case of online tests).

b. A student will be awarded “2" points for participating in an Institute-level activity. The
institute-level activities include but are not limited to preparatory workshops, coding and
aptitude tests, lectures, and other employability enhancement initiatives under the purview
of the Placement Office.

c. A student will be awarded “2" points for participating in a department level activity (lasting
more than 45 minutes). There are no points awarded to any preparatory activity requiring
less than 45 minutes. These activities include but are not limited to the employability
enhancement initiatives by Department Placement Coordinators like mock Group
Discussions (GDs), mock Personal Interviews (PIs), buddy talks and tests.

d. Any violation (including proxy attendance) will be addressed in the same manner as in PPTs
and corresponding penalty points will be imposed as given in the 'Graded Penalty Structure'.

e. A student who earns “25" or more points will get the opportunity to sign extra JAFs as
mentioned in section 4.1(d) and 6(f) from that day onward.

13. Graded Penalty Structure

Some unfair/inappropriate activities have been identified as Dark Violations. The penalty
points and/or other disciplinary action (which might range from hours of community service
to a semester drop) for Dark Violation will be decided by the Placement Office on a case-to-
case basis depending on the severity of the violation. The disciplinary action may range from
informing the recruiting organizations of the violation, suspension from placement-related
activities for certain duration or referring to the institute for further action. In case of Dark
Violation after placement, the job offer may be deferred or cancelled. The matter may also be
referred to the Institute for further disciplinary action.

a. The following describes the violations and the corresponding penalty points.

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Sr.
Violation Penalty Point
No.

Not meeting deadline for a placement related activity

1 3
(provided the delay is condoned)

2 Missing a compulsory PPT 3

Misbehavior during a PPT

Use of Cell phones during a PPT (each offence) 1

Dress Code violation during a PPT 1

3
Walking out of a PPT 2

Inappropriate questions or other inappropriate Dark Violation

behavior

Not turning up for selection Procedure after signing a JAF 5/Dark Violation
4

Indiscipline during selection procedure (after signing a JAF)

Dress Code Violation 2

Not abiding the time deadlines for an activity 3

5

Inappropriate behavior during the selection procedure Dark Violation

Indiscipline during institute-level preparatory activity

False attendance entry 3

Walking out of an institute-level activity 1

6

Use of cell phone during an institute-level activity 2

Dress Code Violation 1

Cheating or using unfair means during any activity conducted

7 by an organization as a part of selection process 10/Dark Violation

8 Violating norms for Pre-Interview company interactions Dark Violation

Violating PPO Rules or not informing Placement Office abouta Debarred from
9
PPO Placement Process

10 Found Guilty of falsifying information in Resume Dark Violation

b. The penalty points of a student get carried forward even after a disciplinary action has been

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imposed. The following are the disciplinary actions that the student will have to face:

i. 3 penalty points: The student will not be eligible to sign any bonus JAFs
ii. 5 penalty points: The student will not be eligible for the extra JAFs earned as part of
the preparatory incentive points.
iii. Greater than 5 penalty points: The candidate will be removed from the preceding “2
x (penalty points - 5)" number of JAFs signed from the time of imposition of
penalty points.
iv. 30 penalty points: The student will be debarred from the placement process. The
matter may be also referred to the Institute for further disciplinary action.

c. Appeal against penalty can be made in writing to Professor-in-Charge, whose decision will
be final and binding. In the period pending the final decision, the interview shortlisted
organizations will continue to be informed of the student's attitude and activities resulting
to imposition of penalty.

14. Withdrawal of Placement Offer by the company

Placement office puts all the efforts to verify and substantiate the company's job role and its
components. However, under unforeseen circumstances things might not turn as expected
which is not under the control of placement cell. Placement office will always try its best to
negotiate with the company for alternate arrangements, but things like company
withdrawing the offer or changing the detail mentioned in the JAF might happen. Thus,
students are advised to take informed decision before signing of JAF of any company.

a. In unfortunate circumstances when a firm withdraws a job offer, the student (if he desires)
will be allowed to participate for the remaining process thereafter.
b. Keeping in mind the best interests of future batches, strict action will be taken against the
company so that such instances do not happen in the future.

Any further decision regarding this will be taken by the Placement Office and would be final and
binding by the student.

15. Withdrawal of Placement Offer by the student

IIT Bombay and its graduates hold an excellent reputation in the professional and industrial
space. Students share the responsibility of preserving this image. In the best interest of future
batches and the institute, the students are expected to show higher professional and ethical
standards. Students securing a job through campus placements are expected to join the
respective company as per the joining instructions. However, in exceptional situations if a
student wishes to forego his/her job offer, it is the responsibility of the student to inform the
Placement Office and the company at the earliest in writing with supporting proofs.

Placement Office will recommend to the Institute appropriate disciplinary action against
students who indulge in unprofessional and unethical practices.

16. Responsibility of student

Once a student gets an offer, he/she is not permitted to participate in any off-campus company
activities until the completion of the academic commitments at IITB. However, if company
requests for the presence of the candidate for any time critical activities, the student has to get
the permission from the Placement Office.

Apart from the rules and regulations mentioned above, a student is entitled to maintain the
nobility of IIT Bombay and placement office. No confidential information pertaining to blog or
portal, or any other details regarding students placed, companies visiting should be unveiled
to media. Strict action will be taken against students found violating the above rules.

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ANNEXURE – 1
Placement Cell – IIT Bombay
Deferred Placement Policy for Entrepreneurship
(Placement Season 2022-23)
“Change is the only constant - Heraclitus."

Student interest has evolved multi-dimensionally with time with a plethora of career opportunities
available post-graduation. One of the major areas experiencing this uphill trend significantly is
entrepreneurship.

The Placement Cell strongly believes that students have the acumen, ideas, vigour and perseverance
to create a venture which adds value to the economy. One of the major bottlenecks is the general
reluctance among the students because of the huge risk and miniscule success rate of these
ventures.

To promote and support this entrepreneurship drive among the students, The Placement Cell, IIT
Bombay offers what is known as “Deferral of Placements". The following clauses are applicable to
the students deferring their placements to 2024-25.

1. A maximum of 15 students would be allowed to defer their placements to 2023-24. Further

maximum of 10 students from CTARA would be eligible for Social Deferral.

2. Eligibility – All students eligible to participate in the placement process 2022-23 (refer to
Placement Policy for students) may apply for deferral of placements in the pursuit of an
entrepreneurial activity; Social Deferral is also applicable for CTARA students receiving
fellowship from the MHRD.

3. Eligible students should lock their resumes and register according to the corresponding
deadlines of the placement season 2022-23.

4. Eligible students should express interest to Placement office by August 5, 2023, should they
be interested in sitting for placements in 2023-2024.

5. Eligible students would be allowed to edit their resumes; Editing would include only addition
of content related to the entrepreneurship activity pursued.

6. Students deferring their placements to 2024-25, if sitting for Placements in 2024-25, shall
not be allowed to sign the JAFs of those companies which had visited campus on Day-1
(Dec 1) in 2022.

7. Students would be subjected to a one-job rule and would not be required to participate in
preparatory activities and earn incentive points.

8. Apart from clauses 3-7, the Placement Policy for 2024-25 would override the Placement
Policy of 2022-23.

9. Student will be allowed to participate in the Placement Season 2024-25 only if sufficient
proof is provided supported by necessary documents

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ANNEXURE – 2
Placement Cell – IIT Bombay
Deferred Placement Policy for Higher Studies
(Placement Season 2022-23)
It has been seen over the years that a lot of students interested in higher studies also sit for
placements just as a backup option and later decline the placement offer once they get option of
going for higher studies. Thus, Placement Cell have come with deferral for such candidates so that
they can also focus entirely on their higher education prospects and at the same time have a
backup option of landing a job later. The following clauses are applicable to the students deferring
their placements to 2023-24.

1. Seeing to the number of applications, decision will be taken by mid of September. The
deadline for applicants to apply for deferral is 1st of September.

2. Eligibility – All students eligible to participate in the placement process 2022-23 (refer to
Placement Policy for students) may apply for deferral of placements in the pursuit of higher
studies.

3. Eligible students should lock their resumes and register according to the corresponding
deadlines of the placement season 2022-23.

4. Eligible students should express interest to Placement office by August 5, 2022, should they
be interested in sitting for placements in 2023-24.

5. Eligible students would NOT be allowed to edit their resumes.

6. Students deferring their placements to 2023-24, if sitting for Placements in 2023-24, shall
not be allowed to sign the JAFs of those companies which had visited campus on Day-1 (Dec
1) in 2022.

7. Students would be subjected to a one-job rule and would not be required to participate in
preparatory activities and earn incentive points.

8. Apart from clauses 3-7, the Placement Policy for 2023-24 would override the Placement Policy
of 2022-23.

9. Student will be allowed to participate in the Placement Season 2023-24 only if sufficient
proof is provided supported with necessary documents like Statement of Purpose and Letter
of Recommendation, meant to be sent to the colleges for higher studies applications. The
final decision will be taken by the Professor-in-Charge and will be binding to the stude

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ANNEXURE – 3
Placement Cell – IIT Bombay
IDC Placement Policy
(Placement Season 2022-23)
This Policy document is for the students belonging to Industrial Design Centre who are registering
for the Placement season 2022-23.

1. Regular JAFs
Please refer to clause 4.1b

2. Bonus Opportunity JAFs:

A student shall be entitled to sign 5 additional number of JAFs that are not open for his/her
own department and program which will be considered as a bonus opportunity to the students.
Students will be allowed to sign the remaining number of bonus JAFs even after getting 1st
job, subject to the condition that the total number of JAFs a student can sign will be according
to section 3 of IDC Placement Policy and this number shall be inclusive of Bonus Opportunity
JAFs.

3. 2nd Job Policy

I. A student securing a job in C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 or C6 category organization will NOT be eligible
to sign any new JAF. The student's name will also be removed from all other JAFs of
organizations that he/she has applied for and he/she will be de-registered from the placement
process.
II. A student securing a job in a C7 category organization will be allowed to sign 2 extra JAFs
only of organizations with category C6 or higher. If the student gets selected in thehigher-
category organization, he/she will become ineligible for the job offered by the lower-category
organization.
III. A student securing a job in a C8 category organization will be allowed to sign 4 extra JAFs
only of organizations with category C7 or higher. If the student gets selected in the higher-
category organization, he/she will become ineligible for the job offered by thelower-category
organization.

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ANNEXURE – 4
Placement Cell – IIT Bombay
Self-Financed Placement Policy
(Placement Season 2022-23)

The Placement Cell has decided to modify the eligibility criteria for students belonging to the
Self-Financed category, w.r.t. placements. This policy overrides previous documents.

SF category students will be grouped into three broad categories:

Category 1: SF Previously Employed but not Currently:

These students must submit a resignation / termination letter of the last-held job, dated before
the start of their academic programme. The cutoff date will be 1 month after the start of their
academic programme, which would be considered as August 31st for those starting in autumn
and January 31st for those starting in spring. The letter must clearly indicate that the candidate
no longer has a job at the company. The candidates must also submit a declaration that they
are not currently employed, and the attached letter is from their last-held job.

Category 2: SF Never Employed: These students must submit a complete timeline of their
education profile, and a declaration that they were never employed. The declaration will be
verified by Placement Office.

Category 3: SF Employed: This category includes those on extended leave; Candidates on an

extended leave will be considered as employed.

Students in category 1 and 2 are eligible to appear for placements.

Students in Category 3 are not eligible to appear for placements.

In case a student cannot furnish proof of unemployment, they will be treated as employed,
which means they will not be allowed to participate in the Placement Season.

Further, in case of any doubts, Placement office is entitled to question the candidate about their
employment history, to decide on the category, and the final decision will be taken by the
Professor-in-Charge and will be binding to the student.

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