US EditionIIT BTech placement slump: Over half institutes see 10% point drop since 2021-22, shows govt data
- In more than half of India's 23 Indian Institutes of Technology , BTech placements declined by over 10 percentage points from 2021-22 to 2023-24, according to data from the union government.
- The sharpest drop was at IIT Dharwad, where placements decreased from 90.20% in 2021-22 to 65.56% in 2023-24, a decline of around 24.64 percentage points.
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee, led by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, reported an unusual decline in placements at IITs and suggested that the Department of Higher Education take measures to enhance employability.
- IIT Varanasi was the only exception, where placements increased from 83.15% to 88.04%, marking a rise of 4.89 percentage points.
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'Unusual decline' 10 percentage point major drop in placement across 23 IITs
According to a report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee, an "unusual decline" was observed with over a 10 percentage point drop in placement across 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) between the academic years 2021-22 and 2023-24.
IIT BTech placement slump: Over half institutes see 10% point drop since 2021-22, shows govt data
The union government recently shared IIT placement data for the last four years with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports. Here are the institutes with the sharpest dip in placement percentages
Older IITs hit hard as House panel flags ‘unusual decline’ in placements between 2021 & 2024
Revealing that half of 23 IITs saw average drop of 10 percentage points in placements, parliamentary panel has urged dept of higher education to take measures to enhance employability.
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