The allure of campus placements and the long-held “dream job” bubble around India’s premier institutes is starting to crack. Despite the premier institute brand name, thousands of students are graduating without offers in hand, raising questions about the real value of elite degrees in today’s job market.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), CA Nitin Kaushik wrote, “The Ugly Truth About Campus Placements at India’s Top Colleges. Still living in the ‘IIT-IIM = Dream Job’ bubble? Time to WAKE UP. The numbers are out — and they’re brutal.” Advertisement

Brutal numbers

According to Kaushik, placement statistics this year have been sobering:

Across all 23 IITs, nearly 38% of students remain unplaced — that’s over 8,000 graduates still job hunting.

At IIT Delhi, only 61% secured jobs, leavi

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