Engg colleges fear grim campus hirings

For, barring the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and a few other top engineering institutes like BITS Pilani, many fear they might be able to place only 60-70 per cent of their students against 80-85 per cent last year.

For instance, at the Ahmedabad-based Indus University that runs the Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering, the placement process started in September 2013, but so far it has bagged only 14 offers across its 15 branches, including six engineering branches. The batch size is around 900, with 60 seats in each branch.

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Placement scene at engineering institutes not very positive Students planning to opt for higher education in absence of jobs Institutes say placement for only 80-85% of batch size possible Salary packages take a dip Slowdown in automotive and manufacturing sector impacting placements

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