According
to a recent article by Hemali Chhapi posted on The Times of India which
talks about how here was a time when the IITs
would see recruiters land up at their gates a day before the hiring season
began, and the famed 'day zero' came into being.
Far from that glorified time, the class of 2024 has had a rough start to
their professional careers.Around 38% IITians across all 23 campuses are yet to
be placed, shows responses to RTI applications filed by IIT Kanpur alumnus
Dheeraj Singh.place the current batch or recommend graduates to firms looking
to hire engineers. IIT-Bombay and Birla Institute of Technology and Science
have also reached out to its alumni.IIT Delhi has mailed its alumni seeking
help to place the current batch or recommend graduates to firms looking to hire
engineers. IIT-Bombay and Birla Institute of Technology and Science have also
reached out to its alumni.
"7,000+ IIT students yet to get placements this year'
As the placement session for the academic year
2023-24 at IIT-Delhi draws to a close, we find ourselves faced with a
significant challenge.
Despite our best efforts, approximately 400 students are yet to secure
job placements. In light of this, we are reaching out to our esteemed alumni network,
seeking your assistance in providing job opportunities for these graduating
students, according to RTI responses.
From offering students jobs in their organisations to providing
referrals and recommendations to even extending internship opportunities, the
appeal goes on to ask old students to support their juniors.
"On behalf of the Office of Career Services
(OCS) at IIT-Delhi, we appeal to you to consider extending a helping
hand to our students. Your support and efforts in this matter will not only be
greatly appreciated but will also serve as a crucial steppingstone for these
students as they embark on their professional journeys," it
states.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science first reached out to its
alumni two months ago, and so did many other institutes, some informally, some
other loudly.
IIT-Bombay also reached out to former students for assistance. While
placements are still on and will go on till June end, about 10% of the batch -
or 250 candidates - who are participating in placements are yet to find a job.
According to an RTI by Singh, last year, 329 candidates were not placed and 171
of them from the class of 2022failed to find a job.
V Ramgopal Rao, BITS group vice-chancellor, said, "Everywhere,
placements are 20% to 30% lower.
some institute is saying all students have been placed, the quality of
jobs leaves much to be desired. This is the first year when ChatGPT and large
language models have started showing their impact. If two people can do the
work of three people, we are already 30% down in hiring. There has already been
a lot of overhiring and many countries are holding elections this year, so
companies are adopting a wait-and-watch policy."
"Over 7,000 IIT students are yet to be placed via campus placement
this year across all the 23
IITs. Two years ago, this unplaced number was half at 3,400. While the
number of students sitting in placements has gone up 1.2 times, the number of
unplaced students has doubled to 2.3 times in two years," said Singh.
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