IITs Loses Its Sheen; Top Tech Conglomerates Skip Placements This Year

As per the sources, Facebook has filled its belly in the previous year’s recruitments and the decision not to indulge in hiring this placement season is not confined to India alone.

Surbhi Garg, overall placement co-ordinator at IIT-Delhi, exclaimed that all but 10 of their regular players who recruited heavily will be missing from action this year. The total number of registrations for this year’s placements stands at 170 and the institute expects the number to reach 250 by the end of this month.

In the words of Garg, "The situation seems a bit difficult this year as a few companies that came last year are not visiting the campus".

Harsh Sejwar, one of the overall placement coordinators from IIT-Kanpur, said that they are still negotiating the terms with several recruiters. And added that, "The global slowdown has affected placements, but it is too early to comment on the entire season. Several companies are hesitating to come but are keen as we had good relations in the past".

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