Placement woes. How IT sector correction lead to dip in hiring at engineering campuses

The dark days of the pandemic may be over, but the Covid period is still indirectly impacting campus placements. Engineering colleges, including the feted IITs have reported a sharp decline in placement offers as well as median salary packages this year. At the Sona College of Technology, Salem, B Saravanan, Director of Placements, says IT services companies like Infosys, Wipro and Tech Mahindra have not recruited for their entry-level job roles. He says, “The lockdown period during Covid deceived the planning of most of the IT services companies across the globe. They were hoping that all walks of our life will be totally digital. But that did not happen.”