IITs to have common placement structure

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are
mulling a “semi-formal structure” comprising
placement heads across all IITs to help
coordinate and collate all placement-related
activities.
IIT placement heads across all IITs met at IIT-
Bombay (IIT-B) on Friday to discuss
placement-related experiences for this season.
So far, the institutes coordinated on an
informal level, though each follows its own
placement policy.
The proposed body would meet twice a year.
“We want to proactively ensure that students
and recruiters have a similar experience
regardless of which IIT they choose to go to,”
said Ravi Sinha, who is in-charge of placements
at IIT-B.
The semi-formal body would collect feedback
and placement data from all the IITs to
identify trends on changing student
preferences, emerging corporate trends and
opportunities in the economy.
The body would not impose a single, binding
policy across IITs but would coordinate
between them.
Placements at IIT-B began on December 1,
2011. Recruiters will be visiting the campus till
May this year.
Seven new IITs are going through their first
placement season this year or the next
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