Worrisome? IITs receive lukewarm response from PSUs during placements
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Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) invited around 80 PSUs for its placement season and very few turned up, leaving many worried.
The IITs that have so far received about five confirmations from the PSUs are IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Madras and IIT-Roorkee.
"ThePSU lineup this year after lifting of the ban is not on expected lines. But we hope the numbers will rise in the coming days," a representative from the placement cell at IIT-Bombay told ET.
“At IITs, most of the companies give instant offers to students. Once students get offers and they accept them, they cannot be allowed to participate in other interviews. Though some like Coal India do give instant offers during the campus process, others have to follow a set format, which takes time. We are in regular talks with them and hope the numbers will go up by the month end," A placement representative from an older IIT told ET.
Meanwhile, theAll-India Placement Committee (AIPC) is in talks with several government organizations. "So far, most of us have received confirmation from two to three PSUs. They are keen on recruiting from our campuses, but we do not know what is taking time. We were really looking forward to having them in the first phase of the placement process so the best of the students get an opportunity to get employed with government organisations," a professor at AIPC told ET. BHEL and BEL have registered at some of the IITs so far.
PSUs were in great demand in IITs before a public interest litigation was filed in 2011 against the campus recruitment process. The petition cited that the PSUs recruiting directly from campuses defies the public employment policy and that they cannot disregard job notifications.
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The IITs that have so far received about five confirmations from the PSUs are IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-Madras and IIT-Roorkee.
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