'Unemployed IITian': Graduate shares placement struggles, seeks advice on job or PhDAn IIT graduate is struggling to find a job in software development, AI, machine learning, and data science. Facing placement setbacks, the...
07 Jun, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
IITian struggles for job after getting laid off, wonders if MBBS would have been a better choice: 'At least doctors can earn something'An IIT graduate expressed jealousy towards the medical field, citing AI's impact on IT job security and his own layoff. He highlighted doct...
03 Jun, 2026, 05.36 PM IST
Why are newspapers so big? Industrialist Harsh Goenka shares a surprising 300-year-old secret you may not knowA British tax law from over 300 years ago shaped the large size of newspapers. Publishers printed on bigger sheets to pay less tax. Even af...
03 Jun, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
Why these IITian founders offered Rs 50,000 salary to candidate who asked for Rs 35,000: 'If we can remove...'IITian founders went viral for offering a candidate more than he asked for. The startup paid Rs 50,000 monthly for a role budgeted at that ...
23 May, 2026, 12.39 PM IST
IITian left high paying job in US to become a director, took loans from 30 people to fund his first film. Today, the movie is streaming on Netflix. Who is Tanmay Shekhar?A data scientist left a lucrative New York career to pursue his passion for filmmaking, building his first movie from scratch with communit...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
'Rs 17 LPA not worth it': IIT Delhi graduate quits bank job, says 'can’t sell peace of mind for a salary package'A 24-year-old IIT Delhi graduate resigned from a high-paying banking job, citing a toxic work culture that eroded his health and peace of m...
16 Apr, 2026, 03.57 PM IST
‘I earn Rs 80 LPA now but something feels empty’: IITian explains harsh truth of living away from homeAn IIT graduate recounted a friend's poignant experience that sheds light on the unexpected emotional struggles tied to climbing the corpor...
07 Apr, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
No drama. IITian father's cool response to son bagging a software job at Amazon wins over internetA father's understated "ok" in response to his son's Amazon job offer went viral, resonating with many who recognise this as a common, deep...
27 Oct, 2025, 10.09 AM IST
No slowdown in jobs for IITiansFirst round of placements at the IITs show firms are eager to pick up talent and ready to pay to get the best.
18 Dec, 2019, 05.01 PM IST
Education is strongest software to fight naxalism: IITianEducation is the "strongest software" to combat the problem of naxalism in the country says IITian Vatsalya Chauhan, a computer professiona...
01 Mar, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
Facebook recruits more non-IIT freshers this yearFacebook, the recruiter every campus awaits, has not just looked beyond the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) this year but offered job...
02 Dec, 2013, 01.11 AM IST
US colleges learn business mantra from Indian gurus like Soumitra Dutta, Pradeep K Khosla and Dipak C JainA reason behind this success is a three-letter word - IIT. Many of the stars at management schools in US come from the IIT.
25 Jan, 2012, 11.17 PM IST
- IIT placement diktat: Coaching classes not allowed
IITGuwahati placement in-charge Saurabh Basu said the institute decided to ban coaching classes from participating in the campus placement ...
16 Jan, 2010, 10.56 AM IST
- IITians created 2 crore jobs in 50 years: Study
IIT alumni hold senior positions across industries and govts. They are associated with incremental economic value creation of Rs 20 lakh cr...
25 Nov, 2008, 09.49 AM IST
- IITians feel the global meltdown heat
Once considered immune to job churns, graduates from top institutes face the axe of the global meltdown. Planning for pink slip I Why work ...
27 Oct, 2008, 08.17 PM IST
- IITians venture beyond fav subjects, take law seriously
IITians are looking beyond mundane sectors like finance and technology and venturing into law. Leading legal process outsourcing (LPO) firm...
06 Feb, 2007, 12.17 AM IST
- For IITians today, home is where the moolah is
‘One leg of an IITian is in India , the other in Air India’ went a popular wisecrack of the late 1980s and early ‘90s. No longer, however. ...
05 Jan, 2007, 08.34 AM IST