Google resumes talent hunt at IITs after 2-year breakAt the last All-IIT Placement Committee (AIPC) meeting in October, the schools had decided to discourage off-campus recruitments.
20 Nov, 2018, 08.32 AM IST
Once bitten, firms hiring at IITs fight shy of startup tagA year after the IITs blacklisted 20-odd young businesses and barred them from participating in annual placements, these companies are shyi...
27 Nov, 2017, 10.30 AM IST
IITs revoke year-old ban on 31 companies, allowing them to hire studentsThe decision to revoke the ban was taken yesterday at a meeting of the All-IIT Placement Committee (AIPC), where the members unanimously de...
21 Sep, 2017, 07.24 PM IST
All IIT Placement Committee revokes ban on 30 companies from placementsApart from startups like Zomato, Grofers and Stayzilla, the other companies in the list are Zettata; Nowfloats; ConsultLane; Zimply; GPSK e...
21 Sep, 2017, 01.02 AM IST
India's brain gain: Fewer than 200 IIT graduates went abroad last yearNot even 200 of the approximate 10,000 students from the Indian Institutes of Technology took up positions outside India last year.
16 Jan, 2017, 12.09 PM IST
More PSUs line up at IITs for placementsAt IIT-Kharagpur, the country's oldest IIT, the number of PSUs confirming participation has gone up from four last year to 13 this year. So...
27 Nov, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
For the first time in almost a decade, Google to give placements a miss at most IITs"There was an internal decision taken by the company to go the offcampus route. Most of the IITs agreed to this. But Delhi and Bombay have ...
09 Nov, 2016, 01.38 AM IST
Major startups not recruiting at IITs this yearWhile many startups have stayed away, several are being screened by placement teams before they are allowed to visit the tech campuses.
06 Nov, 2016, 05.33 PM IST
Campus placement: Banned startups still plan to hire IITiansIn August, 30 companies, mostly startups, were blacklisted by the All IIT Placement Committee (AIPC) and barred from taking part in the cam...
14 Oct, 2016, 01.14 AM IST
Portea among 9 companies blacklisted by IIT-Bombay for going back on job offers"These 9 are companies that had created issues at IIT Bombay," said Shreyash Gupta, placement manager at IIT Bombay.
25 Aug, 2016, 02.48 PM IST
IITs to scrutinise job placements by startups, PSU jobs make a comebackWhile scrutiny of startups has been intensified like never before at most institutes, some are insisting on knowing companies' joining date...
08 Aug, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
IITs up the ante, plan to blacklist firms that withdrew job offersThey have decided to blacklist about half-a-dozen firms that failed to honour their commitment, withdrew offers and left students in a lurc...
04 Jun, 2016, 02.40 PM IST
McKinsey skips IIT campus placements; recruits the off-campus way this yearMcKinsey is among a few companies that are taking the off-campus route to hire fresh talent from the nation’s top engineering colleges this...
26 Dec, 2015, 06.56 AM IST
IITs not to reveal salary figures from this placement seasonThe IITs have decided not to reveal any pay package figures from this placement season following complaints of peer and parental pressure o...
02 Dec, 2015, 04.01 PM IST
IITs keeping a sharp eye on companies flouting placement guidelinesIITs are keeping a sharp eye on companies flouting placement guidelines even as the war for talent at IITs begins on Tuesday amid rising co...
01 Dec, 2015, 05.20 AM IST
Restaurant guide Zomato goes off placements menu at IITsZomato, valued at over $1 bn, was denied a day one slot as a recruiter as its salary offers, amounting to a total of Rs 26 lakh, was too lo...
11 Nov, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
IITs gear up for a bright start to placements; first-time hirers queue upOn the campuses of India's premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), there is an air of optimism around final placements.
27 Sep, 2011, 11.53 AM IST