CAPUS HIRING

Student interest in engineering on decline; trend to rise with slump in IT sector hiring

"In the past five years, BTech and BE courses have seen a steady decline as job opportunities in core streams have diminished. The overall fresher hiring by IT companies has declined from 26 per cent of overall passouts in FY22 to 15 per cent and 10 per cent in FY23 and FY24, respectively," Sharma told PTI.