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Mend, don't throw away the safety NTA
Fixing NTA will also require regaining public trust. The committee must engage with stakeholders as well as experts, who can provide guidance on creating fail safes to localise and minimise impacts should the system be breached. Options for leveraging technology to improve the process and system - drawing on successful practices of similar organisations like ETS in the US - should be on the agenda.
Freshers, take note: Data proficiency is becoming the key to multiple career opportunities
Data analysis is a crucial skill valued by employers across industries. It involves extracting insights from raw data using statistical tools. Lokesh Nigam and Krishna Kumar emphasize its importance in decision-making and career growth.
Inspiring! This IIT Kanpur graduate left a high-paying job to become a fitness trainer
Gupta, a graduate of the esteemed Indian Institute Of Technology Kanpur, surprised the world with a daring career transition—she departed from her position at a major multinational corporation to pursue her passion for becoming a fitness coach. Her LinkedIn post garnered widespread attention as she discussed the challenging decision she made and her determination to persevere, even after facing setbacks with her initial startup venture.
ChatGPT Effect? 7,000 IIT students still jobless as placement season ends; Institute sends SOS to alumni for help
Over 7,000 IIT students remain unplaced as the 2023-24 placement season ends. IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and BITS are seeking help from alumni to secure jobs for these graduates. Economic factors and technological advances, such as the rise of ChatGPT, have contributed to the decline in placements, with many companies adopting a cautious hiring approach.
Murthy & Kris want next govt to ease way for entrepreneurs
Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy said no country has solved the problem of its poverty without encouraging its entrepreneurs. Gopalakrishnan said the new government at the centre must push for more public and private spending on research.
Economy is on strong footing then why such low salaries for IITians?
With companies scaling back on hiring and offering lower salary packages, IIT students at the tail-end – those that haven’t been placed yet – are being offered annual packages below Rs 10L
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Apple users hit by spyware attack; placement blues at IITs
iPhone maker Apple has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a “mercenary spyware attack”. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
IITs strive to beat placement winter blues
The schools are going all out to get more recruiters to campuses. The placement season ends in May-June for the IITs. Two of the top schools - IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi - have provided official placement data to ET. At IIT Bombay, the top choice for those who clear the entrance exam process, 33% of the 1,973 students participating in placements were yet to get jobs as of April 4. The older IITs are typically regarded by candidates as the most desirable. Apart from the eight older ones, India has 15 other IITs set up since 2008. IT-BHU became IIT-BHU (Varanasi) in 2012 by an act of Parliament.
Lack of mass hiring by Amazon and other big cos adds to the woes of IITD students amid 30% drop in job offers
IIT Delhi's 2024 placement season faced challenges as students struggled to secure roles despite approaching numerous recruiters. The demand for specialized skills and absence of top firms added to the pressure, reflecting the tough job market conditions.
Many IIT students grapple with tough job market of 2024: From pay package woes to placement challenges
After failing to secure a job during the recent placement season, an undergraduate from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi turned to LinkedIn in hopes of finding employment but faced continued disappointment. Describing the 2024 placement season as lackluster, he emphasized the pressure felt by students. At IIT Delhi, placements occur in three phases,
Adani unveils South Asia's largest ammunition and missiles complex in Kanpur, to add 4,000 jobs
The Ammunition & Missiles Complex in Kanpur, owned by Adani Defence, is the first leg of Uttar Pradesh's defence corridor. It is South Asia's largest ammunition manufacturing complex, dedicated to the brave warriors of the Balakot strike. It will produce high-quality ammunition for the Indian Armed Forces, paramilitary forces, and police.
IIT-K partners with HCL Group entity to launch regional language tech, biz courses
IITK Foundation for Advanced Consulting, Education and Training (IFACET) partnered with GUVI to launch technology and business courses in regional languages, catering to diverse needs of dynamic job market. Mentor-led courses blend theoretical knowledge and practical application, breaking down linguistic barriers. Professional certificate courses in business intelligence, digital marketing, full stack development, data science, and data engineering are offered.
Stress management becomes priority for engineering colleges
Colleges including the Indian Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology & Science and Vellore Institute of Technology are taking various steps to ensure the mental wellbeing of students.
IIT placements: After a dull Phase 1, focus turns to getting more recruiters
The placement war rooms of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are working hard to attract more job offers as engineering colleges enter the second phase of placements. The number of students from the Class of 2024 who landed a job was 15-20% lower compared to the previous year. To ensure more students graduate with a job, IITs are reaching out to companies through alumni, venture capitalists, and social networking platforms. Startups and public sector organizations are also being tapped. Placements at old IITs start in December, and the second phase continues until April-May.
Meesho back as campus recruiter after a year-long gap, plans to hire over 150 students
The company is hiring for roles across technology and product, analytics, business, fulfilment and consumer experience, monetisation, finance, growth, and HR. “Non-tech roles like strategy and operations have witnessed an uptick in salary packages in comparison to last year,” Meesho said in a release.
IIT-Kanpur Class of 2024 secures 989 offers in first phase of placement; with average pay of Rs 26.27 lakh per annum
“The relentless efforts of the Students’ Placement Office deserve appreciation as we culminate the first phase of this year’s placement season," said S Ganesh, director, IIT-Kanpur. Among the recruiters that visited the campus were Microsoft, Fujitsu, Samsung, Reliance, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Deutsche Bank, Tata Projects and Navi, a statement said.
818 IIT Kanpur students get 891 full-time offers at end of Day 8 in ongoing first phase of placements
With engineering institutes, including IITs, staring at a particularly tough placement season this year, Microsoft, Fujitsu, Samsung, Reliance, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Deutsche Bank, Tata Projects, Navi, Uniorbit, ICICI Bank, EXL, NPCL, Intel, and TSMC were among companies were took part in the placement season at IIT Kanpur this year.
Concerns rise as final placements at IITs show 15-30% decline in job offers for class of 2024
Indian Institutes of Technology are experiencing a decline in job offers for students of the Class of 2024, with the number of students receiving job offers down by between 15% and 30% compared to the previous year. This is particularly concerning as the old IITs of Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Madras, Kharagpur, Roorkee, Guwahati and Varanasi (BHU) set the bar for engineering placements in the country.
Day 1 of placements: Databricks offers ₹2cr+ to IIT-Roorkee student
Amid concerns over the global economic slowdown's impact on placements this year, arguably one of the most challenging yet, students on Day 1 bagged salaries ranging from ₹15 lakh to above ₹2 crore. Indus Insights recruited students for data science roles at a package of ₹18 lakh.
Trading firms & global investment managers make lucrative crore-plus offers to onboard top tech talent at IITs
The top offer breached the Rs 2 crore mark at the time of filing this report. US software company Databricks made an offer of about Rs 2.05 crore at IIT Roorkee for an international role. Bulk of the compensation will comprise restricted stock units, said a placement official.
Tough placement season begins at IITs; startup funding winter continues in November
As placement season kicks off in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country, students are nervous about landing jobs as a shadow of the tech slowdown lurks on campus. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Students tense as old IITs start final placements
The Class of 2024 at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is anticipating a challenging placement season as the older IITs commence final campus placements amid a tech slowdown. While some students secured crore-plus offers, concerns linger about ensuring maximum placements in the current market scenario. Pre-placement offers (PPOs) from high-frequency trading firms have provided some relief.
Pre-placement job offers at the IITs bring relief
PPOs translate into jobs in hand for the students who have accepted them, even before final placements begin on December 1 at the old IITs. For campus placement teams, it means fewer students to place in a year when many companies have slashed hiring numbers, and some are skipping placements altogether.
Engineering colleges expand recruiters’ list; to boost campus hiring
With several other sectors such as technology and startups scaling back recruitment, institutes are exploring all avenues to ensure that as many students as possible graduate with jobs. From top league institutes like the IITs and others like the NITs to government engineering colleges in states, and private engineering colleges — all are expanding their recruiter list between 25% and 100% compared to previous years.
IIT students secure over 130 Rs 1 crore-plus job packages
There has been some impact though: job offers with compensation of over Rs 1 crore have dropped at most IITs this year compared to last year when these campuses, as well as IIT Bombay, hit an all-time high record of crore-plus offers during final placements at about 185, as reported by ET earlier.
‘Systemically important’ platforms may face more scrutiny; angels investing in foreign startups meet forex hurdle
The parliamentary committee on finance will submit a report on digital markets in the winter session of Parliament that will propose mandatory disclosures by these platforms on a regular basis, they told us.
Placement season: IIT Kanpur students receive 519 offers
The highest package so far this year for domestic is Rs 1.9 crore, and in all 33 offers above Rs 1 crore have been received, according to the institute's statement.
Tech campuses play the 5G tone in indigenisation drive
IIT-Madras, IISc, Bengaluru, IIT-Kanpur and a few other top-tier tech institutes are rapidly building the hardware and software for 5G technologies and using their campuses as testing facilities.
IITs see record crore-plus offers as firms jostle for talent
For the first time ever, domestic offers accounted for a significant chunk of these crore-plus packages, as companies went all out in their bid to bag the best of tech talent.
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