Saturday 21 December 2013

Hiring at IIT: Not all computer science graduates placed

MUMBAI: A computer science degree from an Indian Institute of Technology does more than just sate the quest for an education. Each year, millions of 18-year-olds take an entrance exam, many of their eyes set on grabbing a seat in the computer science (CS) school, only to graduate four years hence feeling like a million dollars, and going on to make all that money. This year though the story has been different for some.

As the first phase of placements at all the IITs come to a close, a handful of computer science students are yet to be placed and will participate in the second edition that starts in January. Most of their other batchmates got bulge-bracket offers during the very first hours of placement. Half the CS batch at most tech schools was placed by the end of Day 1.

Across the IITs, recruitment for computer science graduates closes the earliest with companies snapping up all the talent available. Often, recruiters that want to come in the latter part of the hiring season have to be turned away as no graduates are available.

But this year, IIT-Bombay has nine CS students who are yet to be placed. IIT-Guwahati has 13 CS candidates who will be a part of placements in January.

Five MTech computer science graduates from IIT-Kanpur, and three from IIT-Madras will sit through the second round of the placement process.

"Generally, computer science students all get placed early in the placement process, but we have a few students who have not yet been placed. Some do not have the required credits or have a low CGPA," said professor Babu Viswanathan, placement advisor at IIT-Madras. Close to 50% of the batch has been placed with CS topping the charts.

The story is similar at IIT-Guwahati with 40% of the batch being placed of the 912 who have registered for placements. Close to 85% of the CS students from the graduating class have been hired, barring six BTech and seven MTech candidates.

At IIT-Delhi though, 100% computer science students have been hired. Close to 65% of the 1,100 candidates who registered for placements at IIT-Kanpur have been placed.

"There are many reasons why some IIT-Bombay students are not yet placed. Some haven't selected by any firm, some have not found anything interesting enough, others are still waiting for a university they may want to go to or they may dabble in a start-up," said a member of IIT-B's placement team

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