Inside the High-Stakes World of IIT Placements

The placement pressure is on! Is Job Mela going to give a jolt of joy? Host Prachi Verma travels to the high-stakes world of IIT placements as she speaks to students, and placement directors to gauge the sentiment far more muted than last year. Those in charge of placements reveal the new pressure and change in strategy to attract new recruiters as the lists get lighter. 

In this episode, Prachi Verma talks to:

• Dr Dhiraj K. Mahajan, Head of Training & Placement, IIT Ropar, 
• Dr Lalit Mohan Pandey, Head of Centre for Career Development at IIT Guwahati,
• Sreeradha Basu, Senior Assistant Editor, ET 

Tune in as we take you through the pressure inside IIT placement cells. 

Check out the other interesting episodes like Long Work Hours: Productive or Punitive?, The Great Indian Job Jhol, Vile & Viral: Growing Toxic Work Culture, ESOP Fables: Risks and Rewards, and more!

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